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Tech Moves: Paul Maritz steps down as Pivotal CEO; Reddit hires its first CTO from Pinterest and more

—Pivotal CEO Paul Maritz is stepping down, with Pivotal Labs co-founder Rob Mee succeeding him in the position. The data analytics, cloud… Read More

How Amazon is defending itself from Angie’s List lawsuit alleging stolen trade secrets

Amazon’s defense is starting to take shape in a lawsuit filed by Angie’s List, which is accusing the Seattle-based retailer of using Angie’s List… Read More

Tech Moves: LivingSocial adds former eBay exec to board; TV news anchor joins Amazon; INRIX taps CMO; etc.

—LivingSocial, the Washington, D.C.-based daily deals company, has appointed former eBay executive Lorrie Norrington to its board, where she will serve as an… Read More

LivingSocial sheds employees as it works to renegotiate deal with Amazon

LivingSocial has cut a fifth of its workforce in a restructuring under new CEO Gautam Thakar. The company laid off… Read More

EBay’s Gautam Thakar named CEO of LivingSocial, replacing co-founder Tim O’Shaughnessy

LivingSocial has finally announced who will be replacing co-founder Tim O’Shaughessy as CEO, seven months after he announced that he… Read More

Tech Moves: LivingSocial CEO steps down, EMP gets new CEO, and more

—LivingSocial CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy will be stepping down from the Amazon-owned daily deal site, the Washington Business Journal reported today.… Read More

LivingSocial has been down for 22 hours, and counting

LivingSocial, the Amazon-backed daily deals company, has been unreachable from both its mobile app and its website for the past… Read More

LivingSocial closes Seattle office; employees told to work remotely

Amazon.com-backed LivingSocial, the Washington D.C.-based daily deals site, has shut down its Seattle office. The news was first reported by Forbes and we’ve… Read More

LivingSocial cuts 400 staffers, Seattle office takes a hit

LivingSocial, the Washington D.C.-based daily deals site, has laid off 400 staffers as it aims to turn a profit, a… Read More

LivingSocial CEO responds to Amazon report: We’re not in as bad of shape as you might think

Amazon.com reported a third quarter loss of $274 million on Thursday, with the online retailer tossing some of the blame… Read More

Amazon posts $274 million quarterly loss, weighed down by LivingSocial

Amazon.com’s third quarter financial results are out and it’s not looking good for the Seattle retailer. The company said net… Read More

Amazon filing shows $558M loss for LivingSocial in 2011

How much does it cost to bulk up and compete with the likes of Groupon in the daily deals market? Amazon.com’s… Read More

Hotmail gets interactive with Netflix, Posterous, LivingSocial

Microsoft’s Hotmail team today will show how more companies plan to use its “Active Views” technology — interactive email messages… Read More

Groupon, LivingSocial challenged over terms of daily deals

More and more people have been embracing daily deals, figuring out how to work within the rules and limitations to… Read More

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