Curt Woodward
Curt covers technology and innovation in the Seattle area, a region being transformed by Amazon's ambitious expansion and the arrival of Silicon Valley companies desperate for engineering talent.
Curt joined Xconomy in 2011 after nearly nine years with The Associated Press, the world's largest news organization. He worked in three states and covered a wide variety of beats in that time, including large publicly traded companies in Seattle and politics and government in Olympia, WA.
Curt is a native Washingtonian. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA.
Recent posts
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When you build a fast-growing business, there are bound to be a few “oh shit” moments. Darrell Cavens, the CEO of moms-and-kids retailer Zulily, knows that feeling well.
Cavens runs one of the... Read more »
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Why pay for produce to be trucked up from California when you’ve got rooftops that could be converted to greenhouses? That’s the question posed by UrbanHarvest, a startup company founded by... Read more »
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Seattle’s RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK) has agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle a lawsuit over deceptive marketing practices that Washington state’s attorney general says duped consumers into expensive monthly subscription fees.... Read more »
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Amazon.com’s remarkable growth is remaking the face of downtown Seattle, on a scale far different than any company before it in this city. Today, the e-commerce and cloud-computing pioneer felt some... Read more »
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SocialEyes, a startup with roots in RealNetworks and financial backing from Bellevue, WA’s Ignition Partners, is changing directions.
The company unveiled a group video-chat service tied to Facebook just last spring. But... Read more »
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Ever get the feeling that social media services didn’t really think through the privacy and legal problems they might run into? Turns out, you’re probably right.
Del Harvey saw it firsthand. When... Read more »
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In today’s tech industry, builders rule. But there’s a real tension between creators—who want to use every tool at their disposal—and everyday users, who freak out when too much of their personal... Read more »
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Seattle startup Medify unveiled its medical-research service last year, aiming to give patients a window into the latest and best knowledge as they navigate the medical system.
The 10-person team will... Read more »
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With just a few weeks left until its big demo day, organizers of the Seattle Angel Conference are announcing the finalists competing for an investment of about $100,000. And it’s a pretty wide... Read more »
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With its latest attempt to make a dent in Web search market, Microsoft is once again showing its true value in the social networking age: a safe place to turn for other tech... Read more »
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In Seattle, the future is pretty easy to find. Just head to Amazon.com’s neighborhood.
Just a few years ago, this corner of the city was dominated by warehouses and cheap rentals. It... Read more »
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For your average digital consumer, Internet-connected video is no longer a revolutionary thing. It’s now simply a staple of the modern media diet, and one that will get even more ubiquitous as consumers... Read more »
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Five years into its existence, online airfare tracker Yapta is going through a major overhaul. The company is searching for a permanent CEO, after co-founder Tom Romary stepped down late last year. And... Read more »
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Zillow, one of the country’s leading online real-estate companies, is acquiring San Francisco-based RentJuice to beef up its growing professional services business.
Zillow is paying $40 million in cash for the... Read more »
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Amazon.com’s ambitions in signing up content creators are taking another step forward. The company is now showing off the details of its new TV programming project for Amazon Studios, an... Read more »
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SEOmoz, the Seattle-based provider of online marketing software, has raised $18 million in venture financing to fuel its expansion in the growing sectors of social media, online publishing, and search... Read more »
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Updated 4:15 pm with comment
The surprising announcement that Big Fish Games CEO Jeremy Lewis was stepping aside was a planned change of power that puts the focus on founder Paul... Read more »
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Could Seattle become a center of innovation for social enterprise? Mobile and tech startup veteran Michael “Luni” Libes is betting on it with Fledge, a new incubator aimed at fostering companies that... Read more »
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Competition in the cloud storage business is definitely ticking up a few notches.
Yesterday, we saw the official unveiling of Google Drive, the long-rumored online file-storage service that could draw customers from... Read more »
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Planetary Resources, the new company started by wealthy entrepreneurs and space experts to mine asteroids, hopes to make bundles of money by hauling precious metals like platinum back down... Read more »
