Thursday, October 14th, 2010 at 08:22
Washington state ranked fifth in terms of venture capital investments during the third quarter as $ 171 million was invested in 29 deals, according to the MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.
That’s down from the previous quarter when $ 187 million was invested in 37 deals, and off slightly from the same period last year. Those numbers differ from a report released earlier this week by CB Insights, which tracked $ 222 million into 34 deals in the state during the quarter.
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Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at 01:20
The mid-term elections may come down to one critical issue: jobs. That could spell trouble for the Democrats, which are trying to make the case that the economy would be far worse if they weren’t in power.

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Friday, October 8th, 2010 at 23:43
Taqwa.me, a Seattle and Australia-based startup formed last March by Catalin Vasili La’Zar, Kerim Numan and Sourabh Behra, takes its name from the Islamic concept of constant awareness of Allah. It’s a fitting name given that the founders are trying to create safe and educational online search experiences for Muslims, a lofty goal given that the founders admit that there are many current misconceptions about the faith.
We chatted with Vasili La’Zar, a former Microsoft manager, for the latest installment of Startup of the Week.
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Thursday, October 7th, 2010 at 09:43
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 registered its fourth consecutive month as the top-selling game console in the U.S., rising 37 percent to 484,00 units sold in September, according to NPD Group data cited by the Redmond company.

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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 at 13:58
Reporter Jeanne Lang Jones has
an interesting story in today’s Puget Sound Business Journal about a warehouse for sale next to Amazon.com’s new headquarters in South Lake Union that will serve as a litmus test for the Internet giant’s impact on property values.

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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 at 10:42
College students are a driving force behind mobile phone trends — providing an early glimpse into the habits that will ripple across
the broader market in the years and decades to come.
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Monday, October 4th, 2010 at 21:56
The Kindle is getting a few more games.
Amazon released three new games for its electronic reader: Triple Town, a puzzle strategy game ($ 2.99); Mine Sweeper, a free puzzle game; and EA Solitaire, a set of card games ($ 3.99).
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Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 at 11:21
Some of the major players in Seattle’s video-game community have started a new tradition, challenging each other in quarterly matches of ping-pong. And in this game, at least, the guys with the pea-shooters and precious gems seem to have an advantage over the ones with the battle rifles and energy swords.

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