Amazon.com last week announced plans for the largest acquisition in its history — snapping up online shoe retailer Zappos in a deal currently valued at about $880 million. Now the folks at Meet the Boss have come out with a cool map that shows the Zappos deal is part of a larger Amazon shopping spree [...]

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We’ve seen companies do a lot of silly things over the years. But nothing quite like this. After losing a bet following the company’s recent Web site redesign, WhitePages executives Alex Algard and Max Bardon donned red and white cheerleader outfits.
In a Twitter message this evening, Algard wrote about his reluctance in sharing the spectacle. [...]

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DARPA, the Defense Dept. agency that helped invent the Internet, is setting its sights on cleantech, more  and Motorola Has a Lot Riding on Android Phones  New phones equipped with Google’s Android operating system may come to market too late to save Motorola’s mobile phone business, more 

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Traditional versions of the iconic device are a thing of the past, but future iterations will have a long and vibrant future, more  and Mega Mergers Can’t Cure the Pharmaceutical Industry  Big pharmaceutical companies may gain more from collaborating on research and development than from mega mergers, more 
and Murky Waters: The AP’s New Content Protection Plan  A [...]

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