Technology

NYT Report: Amazon Merchant Bribed Buyers For 5-Star Reviews

By Ellis E. Conklin Fri., Jan. 27 2012 at 2:16 PM
Categories: Technology

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​After a recent purchase of a slim black leather case folio cover from Amazon merchant VIP Deals, some customers got back an unusual letter along with their product. "Thank you for your recent purchase from VIP Deals," the letter read. "We invite you to write a product review for the Amazon Community. In return for writing the review, we will refund your order so you will have received the product for free."

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Average Techie In Greater Seattle Now Makes More Than $90,000

By Ellis E. Conklin Tue., Jan. 24 2012 at 2:21 PM
Categories: Technology

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​Still want to major in anthropology? TechFlash reports today that the average tech worker in the greater Seattle area is now hauling in a cool $90,362 a year, up 5 percent from last year. On top of that, one in every three tech professionals in the city say they've pocketed a bonus, which in 2011, was close to $10,000.

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Is America Even in the Game Anymore? Amazon Moves Into India In a Big Way

By Ellis E. Conklin Mon., Jan. 23 2012 at 9:00 AM
Categories: Technology

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​The Sunday New York Times had a provocative story on just how far America has fallen from economic grace, and that the largest technological-making purveyors in this country (Apple, in particular) have all but given up on this country's ability to supply the needed tech-savvy workforce and factory capabilities when needed.

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Amazon's Rep as Online Bully Who Practices 'Scorched-Earth Capitalism' Is Gathering Steam

By Ellis E. Conklin Wed., Jan. 18 2012 at 9:00 AM
Categories: Technology

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​Last month one of the country's leading novelists, Richard Russo, penned an op-ed piece for the New York Times which focused on how Amazon was encouraging customers to visit brock-and-mortar bookstores and use its price-check app to earn a 5 percent credit on Amazon purchases.

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Ben Huh, I Can Has Cheezburger Creator, Says Internet 'Flexing Its Political Muscle' With SOPA/PIPA Protest

By Keegan Hamilton Wed., Jan. 18 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Politics, Technology

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​Today's demonstration in Westlake Center may be is definitely* snowed out, but some of the Web's most popular sites are still blacked out in protest of the Internet censorship bills SOPA and PIPA. Among them are the Cheezburger network of sites, and the company's founder and CEO Ben Huh says the online activism in response to the controversial measures is unprecedented.

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Cyber Attack on Amazon's Zappos; 24 Million Customers Could Be Affected

By Ellis E. Conklin Tue., Jan. 17 2012 at 6:30 AM
Categories: Technology

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​Zappos.com, the popular 12-year-old online shoe retailer owned by Amazon.com, has had its internal network hacked by a cyber attacker. Zappos chief executive Tony Hsieh sent an e-mail to employees informing them that the company will notify more than 24 million customers that some of their personal information may have been tapped into by an intruder.

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Chinese Foxconn Workers Threaten Mass Suicide at XBox Plant

By Ellis E. Conklin Wed., Jan. 11 2012 at 8:57 AM
Categories: Technology

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​Employees at the Foxconn factory in Wuhan, China, threatened mass suicide during a protest last week and were finally talked down from plant's roof by the Mayor of Wuhan. The 300 workers involved in what has been described as a pay dispute manufacture XBox consoles for Foxconn, which makes a whole lot of the world's tech gear and whose partner companies include Microsoft, Apple and Sony.

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Microsoft GPS Devices To Come With 'Avoid Ghetto' Feature

By Ellis E. Conklin Wed., Jan. 11 2012 at 7:00 AM
Categories: Technology

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​They think of everything over there in Redmond. Must be something in Microsoft's water coolers. Just when you thought you had every possible gadget necessary to live a happy and productive life, the software giant comes out with an "avoid ghetto" feature for your GPS device. Indeed, Christmas has really come early.

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Slate Interviews Nathan Myhrvold About Innovation, Fails to Mention He's Stifling It

By Caleb Hannan Thu., Dec. 8 2011 at 2:38 PM
Categories: Technology

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​"Nathan Myhrvold is a connoisseur of innovation." So begins the introduction to Slate's four-part interview with the former-Microsoft-executive-turned-patent-troll, which could double as an instructional video on how to avoid the pink-haired elephant in the room.

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Intellectual Ventures Trolls for Patents, Now You Can Troll for Intellectual Ventures

By Curtis Cartier Wed., Nov. 23 2011 at 1:00 PM
Categories: Technology

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​Nathan Myhrvold's demonic creation Intellectual Vultures--I mean Ventures--is often accused of patent trolling. Here's your chance to Troll 'em back!

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