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Amazon introduces $20 Dash-like button for the Internet of Things, sells out in a day
Amazon’s Dash Buttons are there to make shopping easier. Instead of pulling out your phone or heading to the computer when you’re running low on laundry detergent or razors, you just push one of...
Jeff Bezos sells $671M worth of Amazon shares in his largest stock sale ever
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than 1 million shares of company stock in the past three days, worth a total of $ 671.29 million, according to a...
Microsoft sells 50% stake in Caradigm healthcare startup to GE
Microsoft is no longer an investor in Bellevue-based healthcare startup Caradigm, selling off its stake this month to General Electric.
Caradigm was initially a 50-50 joint venture of Microsoft and GE, created out of their respective health care technology units in 2011.
But in a press release announcing...
Build conference sells out in seconds, even with higher price and no hardware giveaway
We're still waiting for Microsoft to deliver all its "bridges". Especially the Android one! (credit: Microsoft)
Microsoft's Build developer conference will be in San Francisco once again, on March 30 to April 1. In spite of costing a little more this year, $ 2,195 (~£1,550) to last year's $ 2,095 (~£1,480), the conference sold...
Background check powerhouse Talentwise sells to SterlingBackcheck in ‘significant’ exit
Talentwise, the Seattle area company that helps employers complete background checks on potential recruits, has been acquired SterlingBackcheck. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Talentwise founder Naveen Jain said it was a “significant exit”...