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Google Demos Chrome OS, Microsoft Links Into LinkedIn, Amazon Ramps Up for Holidays, & More Big Company News...you data from your social networks. Integrating e-mail with social networks and search is a fast-growing area, with startups like Gist in Seattle (backed by Paul Allen and Foundry Group) helping lead the way. Gist's CEO T.A. McCann told... In this article: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Nasdaq, LinkedIn, Rhapsody, Seattle, E mail, and RealNetworks |
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Ars Technica | 2 days ago
Microsoft settles with employee accused of stealing docs
In January 2009, Microsoft filed its own lawsuit in King County Superior Court in Seattle, which claims Mullor wrote in his October 2005 Microsoft employment application that he no longer worked for Ancora because it was out of business.
In this article: Microsoft, Windows Vista, Toshiba, and Dell
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 4 days ago
Gates Foundation awards $40 million to city schools
...offering. The four grants will come from a $500 million pool the Gates Foundation established for a variety of teacher-effectiveness efforts, a new area of focus for the Seattle-based philanthropy, operated by Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill...
In this article: Gates Foundation, Hillsborough County, Pittsburgh, Mark Roosevelt, Florida, Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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The Seattle Times | November 05, 2009
Microsoft's job cuts 'complete' - for now
...program that began in January, the first major layoffs in its 34-year history. Microsoft reminded Seattle on Wednesday that when it rains, it pours sometimes. The software giant said it's cutting more jobs than expected in a broad,...
In this article: Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Seattle, Fiscal year, MSN Direct, Amazon.com, and Wall Street
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 10, 2009
Google offers free wireless to airport travellers
...family a little bit easier." As of Tuesday, the 47 cities with airports on Google's Wi-Fi gift list included Las Vegas, San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, and Seattle near the headquarters of Microsoft. "Google gets this year's Wi-Fi...
In this article: Google, Seattle, Boingo Wireless, Marissa Mayer, US Federal Aviation Administration, Microsoft, US, and Silicon Valley
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
Microsoft told to stop some Windows sales in China
...copies might be affected. Zhongyi said its agreement with Microsoft allowed the Seattle-based software producer to use its fonts only in Windows 95 and they were added to later products without permission. China is a leading source of...
In this article: Microsoft Corp., China, Beijing, Plaintiff, Windows XP, Windows 95, Windows Server 2003, and Windows 98
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Xconomy | 3 days ago
Microsoft Will Buy Twitter, Adobe to Buy Picnik, and Other Bold Predictions for 2010
...while Microsoft might buy Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone. Sack predicted Adobe would pick up Seattle photo-editing startup Picnik. Rupert Murdoch (News Corp.) would buy Seattle's Cheezburger Network, and someone...
In this article: Twitter, Adobe, Microsoft, Picnik, Seattle, Redfin, and Amazon
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ABC News | November 11, 2009
Free WiFi in Airports?! What's the Catch?
...airports, airplanes and public places. Google Inc. announced Tuesday that it would provide free Wi-Fi access in 47 airports across the country, including Boston, Houston and Seattle, through Jan. 15. The airports handle about 35 percent of...
In this article: Google Inc., EBay, Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp., NEW YORK, All rights reserved, and Delta Air Lines Inc.
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TechFlash | November 13, 2009
Ongoing Seattle tech job cuts come despite signs of turnaround
...that they can probably do without," said Sid Parakh, an analyst who covers Microsoft for the McAdams Wright Ragen brokerage firm in Seattle. "This is simply an operational improvement plan, more than anything else. " The recent...
In this article: Microsoft, RealNetworks, Seattle, Recession, Unemployment, Washington, Respondent, and Revenue
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Seattle (pronounced: /En-us-Seattle.ogg/, ) is located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Situated in the western part of Washington state on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about south of the Canada – United States border, it is named after Chief Seattle, of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. The encompassing Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metropolitan statistical area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. The major economic, cultural and educational center in the region, Seattle is the county seat of King County. As of July 1, 2008, the city had an estimated municipal population of 598,541, making it the twenty-fifth most populous city in the U.S. and a metropolitan area population of 3,344,813.
The Seattle area has been inhabited for at least 4,000 years, but European settlement began only in the mid-19th century. The first permanent European settlers — Arthur A. Denny and those subsequently known as the Denny Party — arrived November 13, 1851. Early settlements in the area were called "New York-Alki" ("Alki" meaning "by and by" in the local Chinook Jargon) and "Duwamps". In 1853, Doc Maynard suggested that the main settlement be renamed "Seattle", an anglicized rendition of the name of Sealth, the chief of the two local tribes. From 1869 until 1882, Seattle was known as the "Queen City". Seattle's current official nickname is the "Emerald City", the result of a contest held in the early 1980s; the reference is to the lush evergreen forests of the area. Seattle is also referred to informally as the "Gateway to Alaska", "Rain City", and "Jet City", the last from the local influence of Boeing. Seattle residents are known as Seattleites.
- Name:
- City of Seattle
- Also Known As:
- The Emerald City, Seatown, Rain City, Jet City, Gateway to Alaska, Gateway to The Pacific
- Type:
- City
- Government type:
- Mayor–council
- Founding Date:
- December 02, 1869
- Total Area (sq. mi):
- 142.5
- Total Area (km):
- 369.2
- Land Area (sq mi):
- 83.87
- Land Area (km):
- 217.2
- Water Area (sq mi):
- 58.67
- Water Area (km):
- 152|.0
- Metro Area (km):
- 21,202
- Elevation (ft):
- 0–520
- Elevation (m):
- 0–158
- Urban Population:
- 2,712,205
- Time Zone:
- PST
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