Seattle-based venture investor Maveron is one of the firms backing Newsle, a developer of technology to help surface and track news on your social contacts and connections. Newsle said it raised $1....

Portland-based indoor wi-fi location technology developer Meridian Apps has been acquired by Aruba Networks, Aruba announced last week. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Aruba said the buy will enable new location-based services....

Seattle's Tableau Software had a stunning IPO debut this morning, surving as high as $50.25 in morning trading, well above its pricing of $31.00 last night. Tableau was up 60%, a huge surge for an IPO for the enterprise software developer....

Seattle-based real estate site Zillow added a nifty new feature to its Android app yesterday: the app will now push information on homes for sale to users, as they get close to a home....

The highly anticipated IPO of Seattle's Tableau Software has priced at $31.00 per share, above its estimated initial public offering range of $28.00 to $30.00 per share. The pricing is higher yet than the initial estimated range of $23.00 to $26.00 a share the company had set on May 6th....

Riders on Trimet, the commuter rail, bus, and light rail operator, can now use their mobile phone to purchase fares--if they're willing to try out a beta of a new product from Portland's GlobeSherpa....

Seattle-based online real estate broker Redfin added yet another market to its growing list of areas it supports: Miami. Redfin said it will support the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach areas of South Florida, and will be kicking off its efforts in the market at a live event June 13th....

Everett, Washington-based supply chain and inventory management products developer Intermec has opened up a new technology center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the firm said this week....

Seattle-based Amazon.com is bolstering the exclusive content available through its streaming video service, Amazon Prime Instant Video, saying today that it has added new, exclusive subscription streaming access to a number of NBCUniversal shows....

Brandlive is a live video platform with website and Facebook integration that allows a company to conduct product demonstrations on the web to connect directly with their audience....

Seattle-based Tableau Software has bumped its initial public offering range, saying in a filing this morning that it now expects the IPO price to be between $28.00 and $30.00. The range is above an earlier, $23.00 to $26....

DocuSign, the electronic signature firm which has operations in Seattle, said today that it has acquired Cartavi, a provider of real estate transaction management and document sharing service. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed....

Bellevue-based Apptio announced this morning that it has raised a huge, $45M funding round for the company's enterprise software. The company said the Series E funding round was led by Janus Capital, The Hillman Capital, and another, un-named institutional investor....

There apparently are quite a few Star Trek fans over there in Redmond--or so it seems, as Microsoft's search engine, Bing.com has rolled out a tool to convert your web pages or queries into Klingon....

Seattle-based Amazon.com is facing down striking workers at two of its German logistics centers, according to multiple reports this morning, as those workers are seeking higher wages. The all-day strike includes over 9,000 of Amazon....

A Virginia-based IT staffing and consulting firm, DISYS, said today that it has set up an office in Seattle, due to the region's role as a dominant hub for information technology....

Liberty Lake-based smart utility meter developer Itron has extended its reach in Brazil today, announcing a strategic alliance with Brazilian technology firm Choice. Itron said the companies will integrate and jointly market a smart grid product around the world, with a focus on Brazil....

Seattle-based open source, machine learning software developer GraphLab said this morning that it has raised $6.75M in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Madrona Venture Group and New Enterprise Associates....

Portland-based Lucky Sort, which developed data visualization tools, has been acquired by Twitter, Lucky Sort said Monday. Financial details of the deal were not announced....

Trying to find a person on the internet? Bing, the search engine site from Microsoft, said Monday that it has added a new, autosuggest feature to help people find people easier from the site's search box....

Seattle-based Amazon.com has confirmed its acquisition of Liquavista, the developer of color, electronic book reader technology that is owned by Samsung. The acquisition has driven speculation that the technology will end up in a color Kindle reader....

Redmond-based Microsoft is cheering a number of new customers today, who the company said chose Microsoft Office 365 over Google Apps....

Redmond-based micro-display and laser projection developer MicroVision reports this morning that it has regained NASDAQ compliance. The firm had received a warning back in March over issues with meeting minimum market capitalization for the NASDAQ Global Market....

Seattle-based Amazon.com is looking to spur the use of its Amazon Coins virtual currency, via a free coin giveaway to Kindle Fire owners. Amazon said it would deposit $5 in free coins directly to every Kindle Fire owner, letting them purchase apps, games, and in-app items in the Amazon Appstore....

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Bellevue-based social bookmarking service Clipboard has been acquired by Salesforce.com, in a positive return for the company--but one which will shut down the service. According to Clipboard, Salesforce has acquired the company, but will shut down the service as of June 30th....

How do you make Seattle a better community for startups? A new effort, headed by the City of Seattle, is hoping to bring together the Seattle startup community, via Startup Seattle....

Data center operator Equinix, the data center operator which recently opened its second Seattle location, announced this morning that it has a direct connection to Amazon Web Service in its Seattle data centers....

Seattle-based real estate site Zillow said last night that it hit $39M in revenues in the first quarter of 2013, up 71 percent over its first quarter in 2012....

Kirkland-based Market Leader, the developer of customer relationship management software for the real estate industry, has been acquired by Trulia, in a deal worth approximately $355M. Trulia said the price implies $11.33 per share for Market Leader....

DFJ Frontier, the venture capital firm which has an office in Portland, is bolstering its Pacific Northwest connections today, saying that it has added former Seattle resident and MSNBC.com founder Merrill Brown as a Venture Partner....

Spokane-based Ecova, which provides energy and sustainability management services to business clients, is joining the White House "Green Button" effort, the firm announced recently, and is helping with San Diego Gas & Electric to connect commercial customers to its metering dashboard....

Liberty Lake-based Itron's smart utility meters are used all across the world: the firm has announced deals recently in South America, Poland, South Africa, and Russia. But the company's latest customer win is much closer to home: the City of Olympia....

Seattle-based Cray said today that it has rolled out a new supercomputer, which starts at only $500,000. The new, air-cooled Cray XC30-AC supercomputer is aimed at technical enterprise users in the high performance computing field....