Bellevue-based GoAhead Software, a developer of embedded middleware software, said today that it is shifting to an open source software model. The firm said that along with the shift to an open source business, the firm has acquired Avantellis, a blade middleware provider, from Emerson Network Power. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed....Continue →

Seattle-based RealGames, the game division of RealNetworks, announced this morning that it has appointed Wilf Russell as its Chief Technology Officer, and Jeffrey Revoy as its Vice President of Social Games. Revoy was most recently at CenturyLink, and also served at Yahoo responsible for Yahoo! Answers. Russell was most recently Vice President of Engineering at RealGames, and had previously served at MySpace as Vice President of Engineering....Continue →

Portland-based ActiveTrak, a developer of products to track lost or stolen laptops, mobile phones, and other devices, said it will be launching products for the Android mobile phone OS later this month. The firm said it will show its GadgetTrak Mobile Security Software for Android at CTIA. ActiveTrak just announced a round of funding from ProtectCell, a provider of mobile phone warranty and handset protection products....Continue →

Portland-based Integra Telecom is reporting this morning that it is seeing a big Internet traffic spike--from its business customers--as a result of the March Madness basketball tournament. Integra said it saw web traffic increase by nearly 15 percent Thursday, compared to the prior two weeks, as the first round of the NCAA Division I "March Madness" tournament kicked off....Continue →

Seattle-based Avvo, which operates an online site which rates lawyers, said today that it has received $10M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by DAG Venturs, and also included prior investors Benchmark Capital and Ignition Partners. Avvo said it will use the funding to expand and enhance its products. The firm said it now has 50,000 active participating lawyers, and about 1/3 of Washington's lawyers on the service.Continue →

Seattle-based Gist has acquired Learn that Name, a firm created out of a recent Startup Weekend in Redmond, the firm said last night. Learn that Name is an application that helps people remember professional contacts, by matching pictures with names. The iPhone app pulls photos of people from LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and other apps. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Continue →

Seattle-based Amazon.com announced late Wednesday evening that it has rolled out a new, Mac version of its Kindle electronic book software. Amazon said "Kindle for Mac" allows Macintosh users with access to the U.S. Kindle store, and is now available for free for download. Amazon's Kindle reader software also is available on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC and Mac....Continue →

Seattle-based Zillow said this morning that it has launched a new, Android application, which gives users access to the firm's site via mobile phones. Zillow said that the Android app give users access to its Zestimate home values, curbside images of homes, home details and contact information, and more. The new application is free, and is available on the Android Market. Zillow has had a similar application available on the Apple iPhone since April of 2009....Continue →

Seattle-based Evri, a developer of semantic web search tools, has issued $349,203 in equity, as part of its acquisition last week of Radar Networks, the operator of Twine.com. The details came through a regulatory filing by the firm Wednesday afternoon. It's unclear if the funding came as part of an investment to buy Radar Networks, or if the shares were issued to Radar as part of the acquisition. The filing indicates the size of the equity issue is targeted at $552,330....Continue →

Cheetah Medical, a developer of noninvasive hemodynamic and cardiac output monitoring technology, said this week that it has raised $20M in a venture round. The firm, which has its U.S. headquarters in Portland, and international headquarters in Tel Aviv, said the round was led by Ascension Health Ventures, and also included Robert Bosch Venture Capital and MVM Life Science Partners. Dr. Walter Lin of Ascension Health Venturse, Gadi Toren of Robert Bosch Venture Capital, and Dr....Continue →

Seattle-based Applied Technical Systems, a provider of IT services to the U.S. government, reported Wednesday that it has been awarded an IT contract worth up to $5M, for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). ATS said the contract covers temporary IT professional services for the Forest Service, and was awarded as a one-year base, three year option contact. ATS said it will provide expertise with Oracle, JAVA, ....Continue →