TechFlash: Amazon towers to be open to the public; Microsoft exec goes to GoPro

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Walk your dog at the Amazon dog park: Amazon's new office buildings will be open to the public Amazon building designer NBBJ revealed at an event Monday that the new office towers in South Lake Union will, at least in part, be open to the public. Former Microsoft exec, sidelined in CEO search, takes job as president of GoPro Former Microsoft executive Tony Bates has taken a job as president of camera-maker GoPro. Will Amazon's new smartphone have 3D capabilities? A blog released what it says are leaked photos of the Amazon smartphone that is expected to be released later this summer. Chinese media attack U.S. 'pawns,' aka Google, Microsoft et al. Chinese state media mounted an angry offensive against "the pawns" of the U.S. government — tech companies like Google and Yahoo — calling for ​the government to punish them for allegedly helping to spy on China and steal its secrets. What do Amazon employees think of the company's press policies? The Stranger investigates what Amazon workers think of the company's ebook battle: The world may never know. Allen Institute for Brain Science wins $3.4M grant for Alzheimer's research ​The Allen Institute for Brain Science has won a $3.4 million NIH grant to map connectivity patterns across the whole brain in mice with Alzheimer's disease. In a digital map-filled world, analog map retailer Metsker expands Pike Place Market staple Metsker Maps has opened a new location in SeaTac International Airport. Publishers may hate Amazon, but the retailer may be helping us read more books Amazon claims that people who have bought Kindles read more after buying the device than before. Microsoft's Bing search engine turns 5 this week Bing now now powers Siri and Spotlight in the new Apple OSX operating system. Seattle Mystery Bookshop welcomes 'windfall' of cash from famous author Seattle Mystery Bookshop received a grant from mystery author James Patterson, who is on a mission to help independent booksellers survive. National Tech News

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