TechFlash: Will new Pioneer Square company be tech?; Microsoft cleans clouds

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Seattle mayor: 'Major company' moving to Pioneer Square - is it tech? Mayor Murray is set to announce this afternoon that a "major company" is moving its headquarters to Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. A cleaner cloud: Microsoft research could change how we power the cloud Microsoft is working with partners to research ways to more efficiently power the growing number of data centers that it and other companies use to power the cloud. Microsoft cuts Surface 2 price by $100 Microsoft cuts the price of its base Surface 2 tablet with 32 GB of storage by $100. Instagram impulse buy: Nordstrom turns to social media to drive online sales The Seattle retailer is continuing its aggressive digital push into the realms of social media, a smart move as more and more people shop using mobile devices. Colliers lures top-performing broker Laura Ford from rival JLL Ford helped Seattle landlords attract Amazon.com and Zulily to their buildings. Bill and Melinda Gates donate $1M to gun control initiative Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife donated $1 million to I-594, which would require universal background checks for all guns sales in Washington state. Microsoft's web browser, media player targeted in Chinese probe: Report A Chinese antitrust probe is reportedly centering on Microsoft's web browser and media player; similar to antitrust skirmishes that Microsoft waged in the U.S. and Europe more than a decade ago. National Tech News

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