TechFlash: Gates' Corbis sold to Chinese company; Microsoft's Silicon Valley plan

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Bill Gates' Corbis Images sold to Chinese company Unity Glory International, an affiliate of the Visual China Group, has bought Corbis. The company's archive of images will be transitioned to Seattle-based Getty Images as part of the deal. Microsoft submits plans for major Silicon Valley campus revamp The Mountain View, California project would include 3.6 acres of green roofs, substantial habitat restoration and space for an additional 500 workers, officials said. They also disclosed plans to buy the campus. Inside Amazon's deal to acquire Portland-based Elemental A recent report provides a look behind Amazon Web Services's $296 million deal to buy Elemental and its potential to shape the region's growing technology industry EveryMove expands beyond fitness tracking, launches new platform with Premera as first customer A Seattle startup that connects fitness tracking apps and offers rewards for being active has launched a new platform for health care providers to incentivize health and fitness routines. AAA books $29M sale of former T-Mobile office building in Bellevue AAA plans to upgrade the building before moving in later this year. How Microsoft contractor layoffs will change Seattle – for the better Microsoft changed its vendor policy to require a mandatory six-month waiting period between 18-month appointments. The outcome for the Puget Sound region initially looked bleak. National Tech News Study suggests female founders took a step back in Bay Area last year Uber's revenue in Q3 eclipsed all of 2014, but its losses are even bigger Armed with a pilot's license and Burning Man leadership training, financial services CEO gets edgy From the best jobs bridging the pay gap to Marissa Mayer's bad joke: Our most-read stories of the week

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