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Amazon’s cloud computing cash cow: AWS, now a $10B business, fuels record quarter for company
Amazon is happy about its cloud computing business, and so are investors.
The Seattle-based company crushed analyst expectations for its Q1 2016 earnings on Thursday, as the company’s stock spiked more than 12 percent in after-hours trading.
Wall Street expected Amazon to post earnings per share of...
Microsoft said to be wanting to help out Yahoo buyers with its own cash
In 2008, Microsoft bid almost $ 45 billion in an attempt to buy Yahoo. That deal fell through, but with Yahoo putting itself on the chopping block and planning to divest its core Internet business, the software giant is once again expressing an interest. This time,...
Joylux raises cash for sonic technology that strengthens women’s pelvic muscles, boosts sexual health
For women who have had children, or who are simply getting older, it can be difficult to maintain sexual health. Of course, this isn’t something only women...
Kannact raises more cash for at-home diabetes management platform
Portland-based Kannact has more funding to help fuel development of its at-home diabetes management platform. The 4-year-old startup recently closed $ 5.5 million in investment, bringing total funding up to $ 8.5 million. The fresh cash...
Patent troll VirnetX wants jury to give it a half-billion dollars of Apple’s cash
A patent trial has just kicked off in the patent hotspot of East Texas, and it's a big one. VirnetX, a patent-holding company that says it owns wide-ranging rights to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), is facing off against Apple.
VirnetX says that Apple's VPN technology, as well as its Facetime video-messaging, both infringe the company's...
Intellectual Ventures spinoff Sublime Technologies raises cash for new consumer products venture
Sublime Technologies is the latest spinoff to come out of the Invention Development Fund (IDF) at Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures (IV), the patent holding firm and technology company run by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold. A spokesperson at IV confirmed that Sublime Technologies...
More cash for startups: Median angel investment round size increases in Q3
Angel investors are putting more money behind startups according to the latest Halo Report, a survey of angel financing deals and activity compiled by The Angel Resource Institute and sponsored by Seattle-based Pitchbook. The report found that median angel round sizes increased from $ 500,000 in Q2 to $...