Network-security hardware vendor WatchGuard Technologies, based in Seattle, has acquired the HawkEye G threat-detection and response technology from Hexis Cyber Solutions, of Hanover, Md. WatchGuard, which is privately held, paid $ 3 million in cash and 1.7 million shares, plus other consideration, according to an SEC...
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T-Mobile plans to give away company stock to customers in next ‘Un-carrier’ move, report says
T-Mobile plans to give its customers a chance to own company stock as part of its latest Un-carrier move, set to be announced Monday morning, according to a VentureBeat report,...
Amazon stock reaches all-time high as shares spike 46% in 3 months
Amazon reached a new milestone on Tuesday as the company’s shares hit an all-time high, trading at just over $ 704 before dropping slightly to $ 703...
Jeff Bezos sells $671M worth of Amazon shares in his largest stock sale ever
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than 1 million shares of company stock in the past three days, worth a total of $ 671.29 million, according to a...
GeekWire Deals: Stock up on Xbox Live with this discounted Gold membership
The fact that you need to pay $ 60 per year on top of subscription fees just to access Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu and other streaming services on your Xbox continues to be annoying. But the free games, discounts and 300,000-server-strong multiplayer network...
Bill Gates slows his Microsoft stock sell-off in 2015, still tops list of U.S. insider sales at $1.5B
Bill Gates sold more than $ 1.5 billion worth of Microsoft stock in 2015 — topping the list of U.S. corporate insiders who sold the most stock in their companies through Dec. 5 of this year, according to new research published today...
Goldman Sachs upgrades Microsoft stock and admits, “We were wrong’
In a rare mea culpa from Wall Street, analysts from Goldman Sachs this morning upgraded Microsoft stock from “sell” to “neutral” — acknowledging that they “failed to appreciate” that the Redmond company’s share price would defy lower earnings expectations thanks to promising signs in the company’s cloud computing business. “We were wrong,” wrote Goldman Sachs analyst...
GeekWire Deals: Stock up on an extra MacBook charger for nearly half off
The MagSafe charger is a wonderful invention. It pumps power to your laptop without you having to worry about someone tripping over the power cord and yanking your $ 1,000+ laptop to the floor. But they’re not exactly cheap. And with constant use they can...
Analysts: Redbox might be dying, but this week’s 29% stock drop was an overreaction
Redbox may be dying, but it’s not dead yet. And that creates opportunity. That’s the key message from several stock market analysts who watched the company behind those famous DVD kiosks seemingly...