TechFlash: Bezos' big year; Microsoft vs. Google; Seattle stock soars

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Rockets, clouds and journalism: Inside Jeff Bezos' big year When he wasn't defending what the New York Times called Amazon's "bruising" workplace, he was pulling off the world's first soft landing of a rocket. Once one of Microsoft's biggest money pits, Bing is now eroding Google's core business Microsoft Bing's market share last month grew to 21 percent, about one-third as much as Google's core search engine business. That's a big jump for a business that was once one of the companies weakest. Bezos adds $30B to his net worth as Seattle stocks buck national trends It was a good year to invest in Seattle-area companies. If you bought 1,000 Amazon shares in January, you made more than $350,000 this year. Luxury retailer Mario's launches online store As part of the arrangement, the store — which has had a location in Seattle for 33 years — will have its entire inventory online by February. UW President Ana Mari Cauce on China, computer science and 'Jeopardy' The University of Washington-Tsinghua Global Innovation Exchange, based in Bellevue, plans to enroll 3,000 students in technology graduate degree programs by 2025. National Tech News The CEO of a new ridesharing startup coming to San Antonio is behind a curtain, but speaks to the masses Dish Network, DirecTV, Comcast and others said to be raising TV rates Colorado's cutting-edge wildfire-prediction tool will begin testing in 2016 Unicorns, bubbles and busts: Here are the 7 best VC quotes of 2015 'Star Wars' fans annoyed a key female character is missing from selected action figure sets

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