Serkan Kutan, CTO, previously worked at medical appointment booking company?Zocdoc. He was also a?principal engineer of e-commerce at Amazon and spent more than a decade at Microsoft.
Seattle competitors such as Pro.com and Porch also have raised large financing rounds, but the 5 million from Thumbtack is the biggest round in the sector to date. Pro.com has raised .5 million across two rounds, while Porch, back by Lowe’s and others, has raised .8 million across three rounds.
Seattle City Councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda and Lisa Herbold told the crowd about their city’s affordability issues, homelessness crisis, and influx of newcomers drawn by tech jobs. They also held up Seattle’s?short-lived head tax as an example of what can happen when Amazon gets involved in a political fight.
Seattle has an obvious location which more than meets Amazon’s requirements. A visitor to Seattle or even many residents would be excused for not knowing this since they would likely hear people say things like “Seattle has run out of places to grow.” Anyone looking out a south-facing window of a relatively tall office building can see where the growth must happen. The reality is that within walking distance from downtown is the SODO area. It is already served by mass transit in the form of light rail with stations at 4th and Lander and 5th and Royal Brougham, with more stations coming as the ST3 mass transit system is built. Voldemort placed a taboo curse on anyone saying his name in Harry Potter and certain vested interests have done the same thing with any mention of downtown being extended to SODO.
Seeing postal workers on Sunday are already a common occurrence,?but right now they are only?delivering packages?for?Amazon.com. A partnership between the Seattle e-commerce giant and the Postal Service?was unveiled last year, with New York and Los Angeles going live first.?Since then, it has rolled out to dozens of markets.
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Services such as audio and video conference meetings, telecommuting and cloud storage have accelerated enterprises' efforts in work consumption, according to the official.
Senate Republicans decided to vote on the bill to repeal parts of Obamacare, which was enacted by Democrats in 2010 under former President Barack Obama, after a debate early Friday morning.
Seven people were killed and 24 are missing after multiple mudslides hit Wenchuan county in Sichuan province on Tuesday, local authorities said.
Season one of Good Girls Revolt was available to stream exclusively through Amazon Video. The show was well received among critics, who applauded Amazon for highlighting these issues at a time when many women feel marginalized by political dialogue. It also performed well with viewers, according to a third-party report?from Symphony Data obtained by GeekWire.