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Social media for firms go pre-emptive

Social media for firms go pre-emptive Chief executive officers at high-profile companies would never pledge $2.5 million in support of same-sex marriage (as Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos did in July) or speak out publicly against same-sex marriages (as Chick-fil-A’s Dan Cathy did recently in an interview with Biblical Recorder).

via: www.sfgate.com

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Amazon Preparing To Make It’s Own SmartPhone : Preparing To Fight Apple And Amazon

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is developing a smartphone that would vie with Apple Inc. (AAPL) ‘s iPhone and handheld devices that run Google Inc. (GOOG) ‘s Android operating system, two people with knowledge of the matter said. Foxconn International Holdings Ltd.

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The time is right for Amazon to ‘do a Kindle’ on the TV industry with its own set-top box

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