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Amazon Softens Stance on Taxes

Stu Woo, Staff Writer, The Wall Street Journal in Commerce on April 28 at 6:15 am PT

Amazon.com Inc. reached an agreement with Texas officials Friday to begin collecting sales taxes in the state starting in July and appears to be backing away from its long-held opposition to tax collection in states where it has warehouses and other facilities.

Walk Score Places a Value on How Easy It Is to Navigate a Neighborhood (Video)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 26 at 5:30 am PT

When looking for a new house or apartment, ever wonder what the commute will be like, or how far away the grocery store or coffee shop is?

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

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 29 at 4:59 pm PT

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.

Amazon’s Seattle Expansion Plans Reveal Three New Office Towers and Much More!

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 28 at 9:16 am PT

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.

Exclusive: AOL’s CTO Alex Gounares Leaves Company

Kara Swisher in News on February 27 at 10:44 am PT

Another AOLer bites the dust.

eBay Is the Most Recent Bay Area Transplant to Seek Access to Seattle’s Talent Pool

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 6:00 am PT

The e-commerce giant has joined a growing list of companies willing to brave the rain in order to gain access to a deep pool of technology engineers in Seattle.

One in 124 Seattleites Uses a Kindle Fire

John Paczkowski in News on January 5 at 5:01 am PT

And 20 percent of them live within a mile of Amazon headquarters.

News Byte

Deloitte Scoops Up Ubermind to Create Mobile Apps

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 4 at 9:26 am PT

Deloitte confirmed on Wednesday that it has bought Seattle-based mobile developer Ubermind for an undisclosed price. The consultant said the purchase should help it create new apps for its clients.

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HTC Purchase Could Help in Patent Suits

Paul Mozur, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 5, 2011 at 9:40 am PT

Smartphone maker HTC Corp. agreed to acquire all of the shares of U.S. mobile Internet applications company Dashwire Inc. for as much as $18.5 million, in a move that could give it more tools in possible future patent litigation against competitors, including Apple Inc.

Exclusive: Zynga About to File for IPO

Kara Swisher in News on May 24, 2011 at 3:32 pm PT

Zynga is poised to file for its initial public offering, according to sources close to the situation, as early as this week, or next week at the latest. The San Francisco-based online gaming company’s valuation in its last round of funding was $10 billion, but it is likely to price itself higher in an offering, given the recent series of strong IPOs for Internet companies.