High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region
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High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region |
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 Thursday, June 26, 2008 Celebrate Express Acquired by Liberty Media Kirkland, Washingto-based Celebrate Express, an online retailer of party supplies and costumes, has been acquired in a $31M cash deal by Liberty Media. Liberty and Celebrate Express said Thursday afternoon that the deal, which has been approved by both boards of directors, will make Celebrate Express part of Liberty Interactive Group. posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) Triquint Boosts Exec Team Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor, a manufacturer of RF semiconductors, said Thursday that the firm has hired on Steven R. Grant as the firm's VP of Worldwide Operations. According to TriQuint, Grant joins the firm from Intel Corporation, where he was Vice President of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group in Oregon. TriQuint develops gallium arsenide (GaAs) an dother technology for RF communications ICs; the firm also provides GaAs foundry services to other firms. Grant report (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) Estately Expands To San Diego Seattle-based real estate web site Estately said today that it has expanded the firm's real estate search site to the San Diego, California Metropolitan Area. According to Estately, the addition adds more than 19,000 homes and condos to its database. Estately's web site is used to find real estate, and helps users connect with local real estate agents. posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) Microsoft Buys Mobile Software Firm Microsoft said today that it intends to acquire MobiComp, a developer of technology used to backup and restore mobile data, and post content to social networking sites such as Facebook. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. MobiComp is based in Portugal. Microsoft said the acquisition will help Microsoft's vision of providing "compelling experiences that span work and play across mobile phones, the Web and PCs." MobiComp was founded in 2000, and currently offers its services on 11 mobi (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) Pixelworks Back In Nasdaq Compliance After Reverse Split Tualatin, Oregon-based semiconductor firm Pixelworks said today that it has received notification from the Nasdaq Stock Market that it has regained compliance for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market. The troubled semiconductor manufacturer had been warned by the NASDAQ in December that it was not meeting minimum bid close prices, the first step in delisting. Pixelworks said the matter is now closed. The firm met the requirement through a reverse split of the firm's stock. Pixelworks is (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) Redfin Expands To Chicago Seattle-based online real estate firm Redfin has expanded its online real estate operations into Chicago, the firm's CEO, Glenn Kelman, said in a very early morning blog post today. Kelman said that the market is the firm's eighth, and is the first one in almost a year. Kelman said that the Chicago operations will be run by Mark Reitman with assistance from Rachelle King. Redfin now has local real estate operations in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Orange County California, San Diego, San Francis (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) Eyealike Takes On Online Dating Seattle-based Eyealike, a developer of technology for visual search, has put a new spin on its product: finding your next mate. According to Eyealike, it has added a new image search solution for facial recognition and similarity matching. The new feature is targeted at searching social networking and online dating websites, which helps people find potential mates using what the firm describes as "personal preferences for face shape, skin color, and hair color." The firm--which rolled out its fa (More info...) posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008(Full story) |
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