Exclusive: Zynga’s Engineering VP for New Gaming Platform Moves On

Zynga’s Neil Roseman has resigned after only 15 months at the social games company. Roseman was based in the Seattle office and oversaw its growth, including two acquisitions.
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Amazon’s Seattle Expansion Plans Reveal Three New Office Towers and Much More!

Amazon revealed plans for its Seattle headquarters last night, including the construction of 3.3 million square feet of office space over the next eight years.
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Deep Diver James Cameron Talked Ocean Geekery Way Back at D8

His love of the sea goes on (and deep this time).
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Google+ Growth Appears to Accelerate — Was It the Muppets?

Google added 12 million new users to its Google+ social network in December, according to external and unofficial (but somewhat officially blessed) statistician Paul Allen.
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Microsoft Co-Founder to Build Massive Jet for Space Launches

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen says he will use his wealth to build the world’s largest airplane as a mobile platform for launching satellites at low cost, which he believes could transform the space industry.

Whither Google+? Approaching 50M Users, but Not Being Mentioned in the Same Breath as Facebook Anymore.

Google+ user registrations shot up dramatically last week, according to Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen, whose external measurements of usage of the service have proven to be quite accurate so far.
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Microsoft Co-Founder’s Museum Forages Far and Wide for Digital Behemoths of Yore

Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen wants an IBM 7094. The elusive data-processing system was taken off the market in 1969 after just seven years and hasn’t been widely used since. It’s Ian King’s job to find it.

More Women Crashing Google+ Sausage Party

Google+ isn’t the frat party it first appeared to be.
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By the Numbers: Google+ the Biggest Social Network Launch Ever?

Two-week-old Google+ has 10 million users, Google CEO Larry Page announced yesterday. That’s an enormous number, and makes it likely that Google+ has had the fastest out-of-the-gate velocity of any social network ever. Let’s parse what that means.
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Paul Allen's Idea Man, The Musical

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)

Groupon's Andrew Mason Speaks!