TechFlash: Inside Amazon on Cyber Monday; Xbox sales soar; Boeing 787 mistakes

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Inside an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday: Not as hectic as you might think We take a look inside Amazon.com's Jeffersonville fulfillment center with a slideshow of images and a look at the company's system on the busiest day of the year. Initial reports show Xbox One outsold Playstation 4 on Black Friday Microsoft's Xbox One has been outsold by Sony's PlayStation 4 over the past year, but early numbers indicate it was the winner over Black Friday weekend. More than 426 items sold per second: Amazon on track to shatter holiday sales record Online sales in the month of November have increased more than 15 percent over last year. NTSB report: Boeing, FAA missteps caused Dreamliner battery fire On Monday the National Transportation Safety Board pointed to Boeing, its battery supplier and the FAA as sharing blame for the 2013 lithium ion battery fire aboard a Japan Airlines 787 Dreamliner. Amazon stock takes a hit as company plans debt offering Amazon's share price dropped nearly 3 percent Monday after it filed a prospectus to raise new debt. Microsoft pays $200M for Accompli, which had raised only $7.3M in VC funding Microsoft has agreed to buy San Francisco mobile email startup Accompli less than two years after it launched Kirkland's Aortica raises $7M for 3-D-printed medical devices This three-month old company is forging ahead with testing and possible commercialization of a product that would make aneurysm therapies more customizable. Cool Spaces: Chaos in the lab at Fremont's GraphLab Machine learning company GraphLab designed its Fremont space with fitness, math and dogs in mind. Amazon says Fire, Kindle Black Friday sales exceeded last year's ​Amazon.com Inc. said sales of its Kindle e-reader were four times higher on this year's Black Friday compared with last year, and sale of its Fire tablet were up three times over last year. Amazon: Now with 15,000 robots at its distribution centers Amazon also said it will hire 80,000 workers this holiday season, up 14 percent over last year. Microsoft reportedly planning big Windows 10 event in January ​Microsoft Corp. is reportedly planning a big event to commemorate the introduction of Windows 10 for consumers in January. National Tech News Survey: Business travelers favor AT&T Initial reports show Xbox One outsold Playstation 4 on Black Friday Sedgwick acquires Chattanooga-based software developer The B&B part of Airbnb lands North Carolina hosts in hot water WorldPay moving HQ to Atlanta More than 426 items sold per second: Amazon on track to shatter holiday sales record Cool Spaces: Chaos in the lab at Fremont's GraphLab Kirkland's Aortica raises $7M for 3-D-printed medical devices Thin Mints, at the press of a button: Girl Scout cookies go digital More than 426 items sold per second: Amazon on track to shatter holiday sales record

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