TechFlash: Why April 1 isn't a joke in the world of H-1B visas

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Why April 1 isn't a joke in the world of H-1B visas For many of us, today is just the day people play pranks on us. But for thousands of people looking to work in the U.S., today is H-1B day, the first day the federal government accepts applications fo ... Irony alert: Amazon could spur huge amount of bricks-and-mortar retail in Seattle A new report from CoStar Group puts the potential at 1.7 million square feet of shop space in Seattle. The business of play: Wild Tangent grows its Pioneer Square studio An Eastside mobile games distributor called Wild Tangent has a growing office in Seattle's Pioneer Square where employees work on building new games, including Polar Bowler, which launches on April 2. Microsoft still No. 1 in worldwide software sales, says report ​Microsoft Corp. remains the No. 1 seller of software in the world, with 2013 revenues of $65.7 billion, which is up 6 percent from 2012, according to a new report. Amazon, Twentieth Century Fox make deal for '24' Amazon.com Inc. said it's made a deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution that makes Amazon's Prime Instant Video the online-only subscription home for all 192 episodes of the "24" TV s ... Intellicheck Mobilisa gets $391K contract Intellicheck Mobilisa Inc. said it's received a $391,000 contract to improve security at an unnamed U.S. military installation. Why did two ex-Microsofties pay $6.15M for this old building? A former owner of the building said the plan is to start a brewery in the building on the old auto row of Seattle's Capitol Hill. Now we know the value of Tableau's future office The deal was announced earlier this year, but the sale price was unknown until Monday. National Tech News After Mary Barra apology she gives Lehman investigator 'unimpeded' access to GM 3 successful startups that built products for Gmail (which turns 10 today) Brand foolery: Pug deliveries, Pokemon, Flappy Birds and other April 1st shenanigans Halo co-creator raised $5M to make mobile games for hardcore gamers Just call him 'One-Buck Zuck' 2 Portland cleantech companies land high-profile energy award How a dove hunt changed the course of Powerball and Mega Millions Jack Dorsey's Square accepts bitcoin, could signal encrypted currency arms race Back 9 Links: Facebook gets a 'Dear John' letter Teen's geeky font idea goes viral, but probably won't save the taxpayers millions

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