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Seattle mayor expands tech tool built with Google to streamline benefit program application process

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The homepage for the City of Seattle’s CiviForm website, a tool that makes it faster and easier for residents to apply to city-related benefit and discount programs. The tool works by easing some of the time, computer literacy and language barriers that can create roadblocks for residents seeking to access benefit programs.

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Ray Ozzie’s cellular IoT startup Blues Wireless raises $22M from Bill Gates and others

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He joined Microsoft after the Groove deal, ultimately succeeding Gates as the company’s chief software architect, and helping to lead the launch of Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform. Developers use the JSON programming language and two lines of code to make it all work. Blues previously raised $11 million in April 2020.

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TheWMarketplace wants to take on Amazon with its new e-commerce site for women-led businesses

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It includes retail sales and professional services, as well as nonprofit organizations and a blog about women’s economic issues, creating more of a sense of community than a platform focused strictly on shopping. Nonprofits are included on the site for free. “We plan to take Amazon on,” said Isler, who is CEO.

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Charge up: How the Pacific Northwest is boosting electric infrastructure as EV sales rise

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“This is a transformational time,” said Tonia Buell, alternative fuels program manager for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Even Matthew Metz, the Seattle founder of the EV-boosting nonprofit Coltura , can’t say for sure if the infrastructure build out is on track to meet demand.

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Tech Moves: Zillow co-founder joins Palantir board; Hootsuite names new CEO; and more

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Keiser was most recently COO of CRM software company Zendesk. He led technology and product operations at retailers Gap Inc and L Brands, and spent more than a decade as a consultant at EY. Miner was most recently SVP of brand marketing and communications at Tableau Software. Arvin Patel. Intellectual Ventures Photo).

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Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires new CFO; Tune CEO lands at Roku

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Figliolia was previously based in Shanghai where she held senior roles at software companies PTC and Autodesk. The startup provides retailers the back-end infrastructure to sell products online. He moved into an advisory role at Tune last year, following the Seattle marketing startup’s acquisition by Constellation Software.

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

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Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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