TechFlash: Bungie's Destiny; Marc Cuban's advice to Ballmer; 99-cent Fire Phone

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It's Destiny: Bellevue's Bungie launches first video game since leaving Microsoft Bungie, fresh off its huge success with the video game Halo, held a packed launch party at Bellevue Galleria Monday for its new game, Destiny. Mark Cuban's advice to new Clippers owner Ballmer: Don't be shy Tech investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he was happy to welcome former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer as an NBA owner: "My advice to him is, don't be shy." No nuance needed: Big expansion plans for communications company in downtown Seattle Nuance Communications taking additional space in the historic Exchange Building, company says. The ringtone will cost more than the phone: Amazon drops Fire Phone to 99 cents Amazon announced the Fire Phone will now cost 99 cents, down from $199, raising questions about how well the company's smartphone is selling. T-Mobile sues Chinese telecom Huawei over a robot named 'Tappy' T-Mobile filed suit against the Chinese company claiming industrial espionage. Salesforce.com to invest another $100 million in startups The San Francisco-based cloud computing giants wants to woo new firms develop products on its platform. Chinese search engine Baidu hires top Chinese Microsoft exec ​As if Microsoft Corp. didn't already have enough problems in China, it was reported that Chinese search engine giant Baidu has hired away a top Microsoft executive in China. National Tech News

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