TechFlash: Amazon's hot seat; Xbox chief apologizes; Outerwall explores options

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Activist investor keeps Amazon in hot seat over gender equity – targets Microsoft, Expedia as well Activist investor Arjuna Capital is continuing to press Amazon to publicly commit to equal salaries for men and women now that the SEC has in effect supported an Arjuna proposal. Xbox chief apologizes after Microsoft hires half-naked dancers for event Xbox hired the dancers – dressed as school girls – as part of an after-hours party during a San Francisco-based conference for game developers on Thursday. Outerwall explores options after pressure from activist investor The company plans to double shareholders' dividends to 60 cents per share. Microsoft upgrades smartphones to Windows 10 In terms of the Redmond company's overall cloud plan, it's a drop in the bucket – but it does signal progress for Microsoft's goal to deploy Windows 10 to more devices. SEC says Amazon should give shareholders a vote on gender pay The proxy vote will ask shareholders to approve a measure asking Amazon to prepare a report by October detailing the company's policies and goals to reduce the gender pay gap. PSBJ event: Joel French: Technology needs to help patients, not the health care industry Joel French, CEO of Kirkland-based SCI Solutions, will appear at the Puget Sound Business Journal's Health Care of the Future event March 23. Blue Nile plans jewelry shop in D.C. as online retailers shift to physical stores Seattle-based Blue Nile will open a third retail location, following the trend of many e-commerce and online retail companies opening physical stores for customers who prefer to touch before they buy. ​Year of the foreign buyer: International investment more than doubled in 2015 and it's not done yet Foreign investment in Puget Sound-area real estate more than doubled in 2015. Here's why the year was no flash in the pan. National Tech News Here is four top VCs' advice on how to survive the funding crunch Evernote's founding tech guru leaving amid leadership shakeup Uber drivers' next stop: Bankruptcy?

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