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Amazon Acquires Ivona for Text-to-Speech Software

January 24, 2013 at 6:13 am PT

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Amazon has bought Ivona, which makes text-to-speech software, for an undisclosed amount. Amazon says it already uses Ivona to power several features on its Kindle Fire tablets.

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Accel Leads $9.4 Million Round for Affiliate, App Marketing Tracker HasOffers

May 20, 2013 at 9:00 pm PT

Yes, Yahoo Is Going to Run More Ads on Tumblr, Says Marissa Mayer

May 20, 2013 at 7:24 am PT

Yahoo Buys Tumblr and Promises “Not to Screw It Up”

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No End-Zone Dance for Tumblr Investor Fred Wilson

May 20, 2013 at 5:00 am PT

How to Spend a Billion-Plus on User-Generated Content, Google Edition

May 19, 2013 at 12:42 pm PT

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I probably shouldn’t be saying this, but it is a compliment of sorts … [Piracy is] something that comes along with having a wildly successful show on a subscription network.

— HBO programming president Michael Lombardo, talking to Entertainment Weekly about the “rampant” piracy of HBO’s “Game of Thrones”