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Blake Krikorian Joins Microsoft’s Xbox Team

January 10, 2013 at 11:07 am PT

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Microsoft today named entrepreneur Blake Krikorian as corporate vice president for its Interactive Entertainment Business. Last week, word emerged that Microsoft had acquired Krikorian’s home-entertainment tech startup, R2 Studios.

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May 16, 2013 at 2:18 pm PT

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May 14, 2013 at 11:35 am PT

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Google Loses Its Wallet VP

May 08, 2013 at 4:05 pm PT

Yahoo Acquires To-Do App Maker Astrid

May 01, 2013 at 4:08 pm PT

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I feel sorry for Peter Thiel. Did he really want flying cars? Flying cars are not a very efficient way to move things from one point to another. On the other hand, 20 years ago we had the idea that information could become available at your fingertips. We got that done.

— Bill Gates, in an interview with Wired magazine’s Steven Levy