TechFlash: Facebook, Best Buy put stake in Seattle; K2 raises $100M; Bertha digs

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Facebook confirms big expansion to Dexter Station, will grow to 2,000 employees ​Facebook Seattle confirmed Wednesday it was moving its office to Dexter Station, a soon-to-be-built office tower at 1101 Dexter Ave. N. No ports better than slow ports: Startup PebbleBee will now make wearable device in Washington, not China Tech startup PebbleBee is growing. The company has hired 12 employees in 5 months and opened an office. But the budding company can't risk losing customers because of late product, so they are moving manufacturing from China to the U.S. Best Buy to open engineering office in Seattle Times building The Richfield, Minn.-based company will hire 50 engineers for 32,000 square feet of office space in the Seattle Times building, according to reports. Bellevue software company K2 raises more than $100 million, puts off IPO K2 is 15 years old and considers itself IPO ready, but a recent fundraising round has allowed the company to stay private for a while longer. Paul Allen's mammoth Stratolaunch aircraft nearly half completed Paul Allen is building the world's largest aircraft, as a way to cheaply put satellites into orbit, and work seems to be on track. Bertha tunnel machine starts to dig again, but only to break through into repair pit After more than a year stuck under ground, the tunnel boring machine called Bertha has started moving again. Zillow CEO: Trulia acquisition will bring more MLS data, help compete with News Corp. Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff discussed the Seattle company's acquisition of former rival Trulia, which will help Zillow compete with large companies like News Corp. by providing more access to Multiple Listing Service data. National Tech News Mayors forecast: What's in store for San Francisco, Oakland in 2015 Five things from Hacker Lab's third anniversary Austin software maker Abila acquires Georgia company SciQuest founder buys Boston stock research firm Want some seriously loyal contract workers? Take a page from CSOFT founder Shunee Yee's book ​Firefly raises $8 million to bring top Asian mobile games to the West ​BlackBerry files patent infringement suit against Ryan Seacrest's Typo Report: Science Inc. quietly raises $20 million Who needs an IPO when you can raise $100M? Not this Seattle software firm What the numbers say about Arizona's tech sector (Hint: it's good news)

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