TechFlash: SEC changes could decimate Seattle startups; Amazon: $100 in free apps

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SEC changes would have 'a chilling effect' on Seattle startups The SEC may change the definition of an accredited investor, which would vastly limit the funding options for Seattle startups. Amazon Appstore offers $100 in free apps to boost its Fire Phone This weekend, Amazon is giving away 31 paid apps for free. T-Mobile beats Sprint in its own backyard Sprint Corp. is the slowest and most unreliable national carrier in the Kansas City metro, according to the independent carrier test group RootMetrics Inc. Expedia to buy European online car rental company Auto Escape Group will be part of Bellevue company's CarRentals.com brand. See some Seahawks on Saturday in Bellevue Doug Baldwin, Derrick Coleman to appear to tout the Surface 3 tablet. Amazon backlash backfires (subscription required) The world's largest online retailers shrugs off mounting criticism Press-shy Amazon responds to critics (subscription required) ​Notoriously press-shy Amazon does not often respond to media requests for comment and takes efforts to shield its offices from the public. Here are comments it has offered to some of the issues raised against the company in the past few years. National Tech News

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