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Microsoft inks deal with Seattle Reign soccer team for jersey sponsorship
Microsoft is becoming the de-facto jersey sponsor for professional soccer teams based in Seattle.
Seattle Reign FC today announced that Microsoft will serve as its presenting partner for the...
REI and startup goTenna team up so you can #optoutside and still get a cell signal
If you #optoutside and happen to wander further than the range of your cell signal, goTenna may be the device for you, and now recreational outfitter REI will be the only retail outlet to carry it.
TechCrunch reported Wednesday that...
Sales for startups: Limeade CEO Henry Albrecht’s tips for building a sales team and landing deals
Henry Albrecht, CEO of the Bellevue-based health and wellness technology company Limeade, believes that sales are the most important part of any startup’s success — a position he argued convincingly at his talk...
Hulu quietly purchases assets from Seattle video startup Vhoto, hires most of the team
Vhoto, which developed a computer vision technology that scanned mobile videos in order to extract the very best still photographs, is no more. Assets from the venture-backed Seattle startup have been sold to Hulu, and most of the Vhoto team is now working in the Seattle engineering office of the online...
Bernie Sanders’ team questions Microsoft’s involvement in Iowa Caucus app
The Iowa Caucuses are coming up on Monday, and for the first time, smartphones will play a role in calculating who wins. But it’s not a government app that party leaders will be using to file totals, it’s a Microsoft product. And...
Madrona bolsters team, names former Isilon president Bill Richter venture partner
Madrona Venture Group, the Seattle venture capital firm that raised a $ 300 million fund last year, continues to add horsepower to its team. The latest addition is a familiar face at Madrona. Bill Richter, who first met the Madrona team about...
New Horizons team shares new X-Files from Pluto
If “X-Files” are defined as data about weird and alien phenomena, NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto has X-Files galore. And this week, the mission’s science team shared an X-File with an actual X on it. The timing of Thursday’s image release couldn’t be much better,...
Google and Ford reportedly team up to build self-driving cars
Google just found a major partner for its self-driving car program. A report from Yahoo Autos claims that, during CES, Ford will announce a joint venture between it and Google to build self-driving cars. The report describes the partnership...
Amazon and JetBlue team up to let Prime members binge watch at 35,000 feet for free
JetBlue passengers who happen to subscribe to Amazon Prime won’t have to miss out on any binge watching time this holiday season just because they’re flying at 35,000 feet. The company announced on Tuesday that it has officially launched a new feature that gives Amazon Prime members access to in-flight Wi-Fi they can...