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Jeff Bezos grilled over violent games, movies during Amazon shareholder meeting
— Amazon just wrapped up its annual meeting of shareholders at Seattle Center, with Jeff Bezos giving a broad overview of the company's business and fielding questions from shareholders.
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Amazon to pay royalties for fan fiction in new ‘Kindle Worlds’ program
— Ready to write some fan fic? Amazon may have some money for you. — The company says it will license rights to popular books, games, movies and other content to let independent authors write their own stories based …
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Images: Amazon.com wants to build a massive biosphere in Seattle (perfect for workers and mature trees)
— Amazon.com is charting a new course for one of its proposed downtown Seattle office buildings, unveiling new drawings this week which show a massive spherical greenhouse-like structure capable …
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Big offering for big data: Tableau prices stock at $31 per share
— Tableau Software had been boosting its proposed price for Friday's initial public offering for the past few weeks and now we've got a concrete number. — The company will price its shares at $31 for Friday's IPO …
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Apptio raises $45 million at a hefty valuation, plans to accelerate ‘on all fronts’
— Apptio is not playing small ball. — Just 14 months after raising a $50 million venture round, Bellevue-based Apptio is back with a little more cash in its pocket. The company, which offers …
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Salesforce.com buys Clipboard, in exit for ex-Microsoft researcher: Service to shut down June 30
— Salesforce.com has purchased Clipboard, the Seattle startup led by former Microsoft researcher Gary Flake which drew comparisons to Pinterest. — It appears to be more of a talent …
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Always on? Study says 72% of U.S. gamers now play online
— The number of people who play video games without an online connection is quickly dwindling, according to the results of a study released today. The report by the NPD research firm found that 72 percent of U.S. gamers now play games online …
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Cheezburger cuts 35% of staff as it looks to make transition from desktop to mobile
— Cheezburger today announced that it is cutting 24 employees, or about 35 percent of its staff, as it struggles with the changing economics of more people viewing content on mobile devices.
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A first? Zillow to conduct quarterly earnings Q&A via Facebook and Twitter
— Coming soon to Facebook and Twitter: In-depth discussions of Zillow's operating margins. — Blazing a trail for social media channels and earnings reports, the Seattle company said today that it plans …
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