GeekWire Mid-Week Update, Presented by Wells Fargo

Read the top tech stories so far this week from GeekWire [GeekWire Mid-Week Update] Top stories so far this week [Amazon tweaks cardboard box tape in new app icon after some saw Hitler’s mustache in the design]( After ditching its longtime shopping cart app icon in favor of a cardboard box with blue tape on it earlier this year, Amazon has revisited the new design for another slight tweak — and less of a perceived Adolf Hitler vibe. [Seattle-area fintech startup Secure reveals secret: Suze Orman is part of the founding team]( Secure had a secret. And a “secret weapon.” The Seattle-area fintech startup announced recently that TV personality and best-selling author Suze Orman is one of the co-founders of the company. [Bill Gates and Amazon join $80M funding round for Turntide electric motor venture]( Turntide Technologies, a startup that makes next-gen electric motors, has completed an $80 million funding round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures. SPONSOR MESSAGE [Wells Fargo Gateway APIs feature use cases supporting faster payments and data services]( The technology allows wholesale banking customers to integrate Wells Fargo products, services and information into their own digital environments, such as treasury workstations or enterprise resource planning software. [Learn More.]( [What it was like to fly — and land — in Alaska Airlines’ first commercial 737-MAX 9 flight]( [Editor’s Note: Brian M. Westbrook is a journalist and longtime member of the Seattle tech community who was the first paying customer aboard Alaska Airlines’ first commercial 737-MAX 9 flight today as part of the Boeing plane’s return to service.] For someone who typically flies nearly 100,000 miles a year, leaving early this morning after a year spent largely grounded was eerily foreign, while oddly familiar. [PayScale and Payfactors combine into 600-person company, eyeing big market for compensation data]( Seattle-based compensation data and technology company PayScale is merging with Payfactors, a compensation data management company based in the Boston area, joining forces in a new effort to capitalize on growing demand from corporate leaders grappling with issues of employee pay equity and remote work. [Zillow Group real estate rival Compass files for IPO, shows $3.7B in revenue for 2020]( Real estate brokerage Compass filed for an IPO on Monday. [Tech Moves: WTIA elects new board leadership; Adriane Brown joins American Airlines board]( — The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) elected Dave Cotter as the new chair of its board of directors and Kristen Forecki as vice chair for the next two years. [Amazon takes 3 Golden Globes, including big ‘Borat’ win, as annual event goes mostly virtual]( Amazon captured another three Golden Globe awards Sunday night as the annual celebration of film and television took on the look of a long-running Zoom meeting from the homes of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. [More capital for Pacific Northwest startups: Founders’ Co-op raises $50M fund, its largest yet]( Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op, an early backer of billion-dollar companies such as Remitly, Outreach, and Auth0, has raised a $50 million fund to help fuel another batch of Pacific Northwest startups. [SpaceX aims to expand its Starlink satellite operation to Texas and set up Starbase City]( SpaceX plans to break ground on a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Texas to support a satellite operation that got its start in Redmond, Wash. GEEKWORK: TODAY'S TECH JOBS - [Substantial: Senior Engagement Manager]( - [TrueBlue, Inc.: Director, Oracle Cloud Applicaations]( - [INRIX: Content Strategist]( - [INRIX: Head of Product – Location Intelligence]( - [INRIX: Senior Product Marketing Manager]( - [Playful Software, Inc: Startup Sr Product Manager]( - [Proprio Vision: Lead Software Development Engineer – Test]( - [INRIX: Legal Contracts Manager]( - [Logic20/20: Data Engineer – Spark]( - [GeekWire: GeekWire Technology and Business Reporter]( [FIND MORE JOBS ON GEEKWORK]( [HIRING? BUY A FEATURED LISTING TO APPEAR HERE]( [About GeekWire]( [Contact Us]( [Advertise]( Copyright © 2021 GeekWire LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted to receive emails from GeekWire LLC.  Our mailing address is: GeekWire LLC 123 NW 36th St, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98107  [change email frequency or address]( | [unsubscribe](