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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 Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Wetpaint Creates Web Community for NY Giants Fans Wetpaint, a provider of a free, hosted Web page-publishing service, revealed Wednesday that it has developed a new online community for fans of the New York Giants professional football team. The Seattle-based service said the virtual locker room aims to archive the history of the defending Super Bowl champions. Wetpaint added that Giants fans may share their knowledge of team history, upload their photos and discuss the team with other fans. Wetpaint is a developer of wiki tools and related sof (More info...) posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2008(Full story) Pacific Northwest Firms Raise $324M In Funding In Q3 Northwest Innovation has totaled up the venture funding for Q3, and found that approximately $324.0M was invested in Pacific Northwest firms this quarter. According to the numbers, the amount is approximately on par with investments in Q2 of 2008, when around $357M was invested in Washington and Oregon, and down slightly from last year, when $403.6M was invested in the region.
posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2008(Full story) Allrecipes.com Expands in UK, Australia Seattle-based Allrecipes.com, an online food community and social network, said Wednesday that it has launched two new international sites, focused on the UK and Australia/New Zealand audience. According to Allrecipes, the move is the first in an expansion overseas, with two new sites targeted at France and Germany launching before the end of the year. According to Allreceipes.com, the new sites will feature localized versions of its site, with local languages, ingredients, and measures, and wi (More info...) posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2008(Full story) Bezos Invests In Health Care Startup Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos is one of the high profile investors in a New York-based healthcare startup, ZocDoc. According to ZocDoc, the firm has added Bezos as an investor in the firm, through his firm Bezos Expeditions, along with Salesforce.com's marc Benioff. ZocDoc operates an online site for helping consumers find and book doctor and dentist appointments. Bezos comes as part of an additional investment in ZocDoc's first round of funding, which closed last month from Khosla Ventures. posted on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 (More)(Full story) |
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