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Several of San Diego’s biotech and life sciences companies raised money this past week, while others await the result of studies to see if the money they’ve already invested will pay off.... Read more »
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Microsoft and Yahoo officially announced this morning that they had reached a search engine and advertising agreement. Amid intense speculation, and after more than a year of disagreements over minor and not-so-minor details,... Read more »
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Burlington, MA-based Vela Systems, which develops software for construction firms, has completed a $10.5 million equity funding, according to an amended SEC filing made today. The investors were not disclosed. In... Read more »
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aTyr Pharma, a San Diego-based developer of protein drugs, said today it has raised $12 million in additional venture capital to develop treatments for autoimmune diseases, metabolic disorders, and blood conditions.
The company... Read more »
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Extreme Reach, a Needham, MA-based video advertising management startup, announced today it has received new money from three venture firms to expand upon its current operations. Village Ventures, Greycroft Partners, and Long... Read more »
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Kashless.org, a free online goods market, has launched its first celebrity donation program, according to a press release today. Seattle-based Kashless is working with Dave Dederer, the former singer and guitarist for... Read more »
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“Earth’s biggest bookstore,” boasted Amazon.com in the early days after its 1995 launch. Nearly 15 years later, Amazon seems more like Earth’s biggest store, period. Music and movies, videogames, clothing, toys,... Read more »
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Limeade, a Bellevue, WA-based health IT company, raised $2.4 million of a $3 million equity offering, according to an SEC filing yesterday. The investors were not disclosed. Limeade provides software to... Read more »
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Bellevue, WA-based Dreambox Learning, an education software startup, announced yesterday that Pearson Canada, the largest education publisher in Canada, will distribute its online math education system to schools and customers throughout... Read more »
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“Gaming will save us all,” proclaimed Tim Chang this morning. A principal at Norwest Venture Partners, a venture capital firm out of Palo Alto, CA, Chang spoke at Casual Connect Seattle, the three-day... Read more »
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Amazon.com has bought online clothing and footwear provider Zappos.com for about $850 million according to a press release by Amazon today. Most of the money comes from around 10 million shares... Read more »
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Bellevue, WA-based Internet search service provider Infospace announced the launch of a new search website focused on charity. DoGreatGood.com,which compiles search results from Google, Bing, Yahoo, and ask, will donate money... Read more »
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Wireless telecommunication networks require a constant, uninterrupted supply of electricity. Unfortunately, power outages are a common problem in many parts of India. The electrical grid in those areas can go down for hours... Read more »
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A mixture of good news and bad for New England life sciences this week with a couple of companies closing their doors while others forged new partnerships and made acquisitions. Health IT... Read more »
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Casual games are a serious business.
Seattle-based PopCap Games’ Bejeweled and Big Fish Games’ Mystery Case Files were cheap to develop compared to most modern computer and console games, and the cost to... Read more »
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Using social media to interact with customers pays off, according to the ENGAGEMENTdb report released today by Seattle-based Wetpaint and the Altimeter group, a San Francisco-based digital marketing consultant. Starbucks, Dell and... Read more »
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Microsoft’s Macintosh division announced a new service pack for the Mac version of Microsoft Office. The update is designed to fix several old issues with the program as well as add new... Read more »
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Google is based based in Mountain View, CA, but has two research and development groups in the Seattle area, one in Kirkland, WA and one in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. But according... Read more »
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After just a couple of weeks, Ryan Morel was hooked on Bumper Stars, a free game on Facebook. He and his co-workers were but a few of the tens of thousands of people playing... Read more »
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Boston is justly famous for the constant stream of inventions, ideas, and technologies that flow from the city and surrounding areas. Keeping track of them all seems like a Sisyphean job, but... Read more »
