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Former Xbox manager: To save Microsoft, Ballmer and thousands of others must go When Jennie Locati heard that Microsoft is looking to restructure the company, she decided to offer CEO Steve Ballmer some advice: Don't restructure: renew. Spies in the cloud: CIA chose Amazon over IBM despite higher price This week, IBM learned the risk of protesting the award of a $600 million government contractor to a competitor: The government might just share its thoughts about your product. What Google Poetics reveals about Seattle businesses Please let this be my Friday gift to you: If you haven't checked out Google Poetics, it's a must read. Microsoft to open 600 mini-stores at Best Buy Microsoft Corp. said it will open 600 mini-stores at Best Buy locations beginning this summer, with 1,200 Best Buy employees getting special training to sell Microsoft products. Apple finally allows developers to sell their apps Five years after the Apple app store was born, the company has released a way for developers to buy or sell an app, The Washington Post reports. Analyst: Mobile ad revenue will grow 80 percent this year, to $15.8 billion Mobile ads are a rapidly growing business, and Google and Facebook are emerging as clear winners—collectively sucking up nearly 69 percent of total mobile ad spend this year. That's the latest word from analysts at eMarketer, who estimate advertisers will spend $15.82 billion on mobile ads in 2013. Microsoft Office 365 comes to iPhone An application for Microsoft Corp.'s Office 365 is now available for Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Key Apple executive takes the stand in antitrust trial Apple executive Eddy Cue took the stand Thursday and vigorously defended his actions and his company in the federal antitrust case over e-book price fixing. Cue was in charge of negotiating e-book distribution deals with publishers, and is seen as the key witness in the government's case against Apple. National Tech News 6/20 initiative builds critical mass in year one Lovelace puts new cancer-fighting technology to use Spies in the cloud: CIA chose Amazon over IBM despite higher price Wichita physician launches social network for health care providers DuckDuckGo sees post-Prism traffic surge Stephen Hau on stepping aside at Shareable Ink Product-tracking startup raises $1M Amid layoffs IBM creates partnership at Nanocollege When a medical device is also a smartphone, is it taxed? Texas tourism may go suborbital thanks to new legislation

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