TechFlash: Expedia buys Travelocity, Starbucks takes on tech, Allen's Hawks amp

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Here's why Expedia's Travelocity acquisition won't have a huge impact on either company Bellevue-based Expedia has acquired Travelocity for $280 million, but the deal won't have the kind of impact on the company's bottom line that you might expect. Not just lattes and espresso anymore: Starbucks is becoming a tech company Starbucks' appointment of a tech leader as its No. 2 officer underscores the company's commitment to growing sales and customers through increased digital offerings. Paul Allen's custom Seahawks amp goes all the way to 12 Around the time of the Seattle Seahawks' victory last weekend over the Green Bay Packers, an employee of Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen put an order in for a spiffy new team-themed amp in time for the Super Bowl, as a gift to Allen. Microsoft is a 'strange bedfellow' for recently acquired open source company Microsoft announced on Friday it will acquire Revolution Analytics, the company behind the open source programming language R. Zillow stock soars 13 percent on rumors FTC will approve Trulia merger ​Shares of Zillow spiked 13 percent in Friday morning trading after rumors surfaced that the Federal Trade Commission is poised to approve its merger deal with Trulia. Here are the big Box winners — and who was underwater at IPO price Here is a tally of who made the most and who was still in the red on their investments, as of Box's IPO price agreed to this week. The calculations were done by New York secondary market operator EquityZen. T-Mobile CEO John Legere launches Twitter rant after Sprint promotion targets his customers T-Mobile CEO John Legere is known for his colorful Twitter rants, and the one he launched on Friday did not disappoint. Expedia buying Travelocity for $280M ​Expedia Inc. said it's purchased Travelocity from Sabre Corp. for $280 million in cash. Vulcan sells Issaquah property leased to Microsoft, Costco Seattle company Talon teams up with a New York City investment firm to make a $128 million purchase. Skip the line: Starbucks mobile ordering may soon come to Seattle Seattleites could get the ability to order Starbucks coffee through their phones as soon as March. Starbucks names former Microsoft executive Kevin Johnson as president, COO Starbucks has appointed board member Kevin Johnson as its new president and chief operating officer, the company announced during its first quarter conference call Thursday. National Tech News Private equity firms said to be in talks to buy Denver Post's parent company New boss bullish on Synacor future Array BioPharma shares jump on Novartis cancer drug deal news Cree outsourcing move means 319 jobs cut in Durham ​Bosch pedals into Irvine with tech boost for bicyclists Meet the 9 business dreamers testing Oregon's new crowdfunding model (Photos) Even at its peak, Fab.com wasn't as fab as we thought Not just lattes and espresso anymore: Starbucks is becoming a tech company The Wine Merchant in Clayton moving Winklevoss brothers assemble 'A Team' for 'Nasdaq of bitcoin'

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