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Tech employment bounced back in the month of July, with 7,400 tech jobs added in the U.S., according to national labor statistics.
U.S. mobile data revenue jumped 30 percent to $10.6 billion during the second quarter as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile saw increases in the category, according to a report by Chetan Sharma.
Bothell biotech MDRNA has named James Karis -- the former CEO of Entelos and a former exec at Parexel International -- to the board.
Clearwire plans to unveil its WiMax Innovation Network in a 20 square mile area of Silicon Valley in the coming weeks. VentureBeat reports that the network will be available to qualified developers who want to test business ideas on the WiMax network. The network is free to use for those developers who purchase a $50 WiMax modem.
In a three year deal, Huawei Technologies of China said it will supply radio equipment for Clearwire's WiMax network. Dow Jones reports that the equipment could help Clearwire reduce its network base station cost by as much as 30 percent.
Seattle Genetics, a Bothell biotech company, plans to sell nine million shares of stock in a public offering that could raise up to $106 million.
The U.S. Air Force will train more pilots this year to fly unmanned aircraft than for bomber or fighter planes, reports The Washington Post. Meanwhile, Bingen unmanned aircraft maker Insitu -- now a unit of Boeing -- said that its ScanEagle has completed 200,000 flight hours.
Following Publicis Groupe's $530 million acquisition of Microsoft's Razorfish unit, paidContent.org talks with Razorfish CEO Bob Lord about the deal, future acquisitions and how the company integrated with Microsoft.
Dendreon -- the Seattle biotech that is ramping up for the debut of its Provenge prostate cancer treatment -- today posted second quarter revenue of $25,000 and a net loss of $126.7 million. The company finished the quarter with $287.5 million in cash and cash equivalents.
Microsoft's new Zune HD will cost $220 for the 16GB model and $290 for the 32GB model, reports Gizmodo based on Best Buy's inventory system.
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