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This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast:

Amazon posts record job growth and a surprise profit, and bites back at the New York Times, two months after the publication of the newspaper’s story about the company’s “bruising workplace.”

GeekWire tracks down Snapchat’s secret Seattle engineering office, using Snapchat. Reporter Jacob Demmitt tells the story, and we discuss the reaction from GeekWire readers.

Our App of the Week saves you a trip to the eye doctor. Reporter James Risley tells about his experience with Opternative, which offers eye exams on a computer screen.

What science fiction says about the future: Highlights from our recent GeekWire Summit panel featuring a futurist, a science-fiction writer and a former NASA astronaut, moderated by columnist Frank Catalano.

Is this Seattle’s next billion-dollar company? OfferUp is preparing to challenge Craigslist with a mobile-first strategy, and investors are clamoring to get involved.

xbox one controllers elite and originalWe go hands-on with Microsoft’s new Xbox Elite Controller, which might just be the best video-game controller ever made — at a steep price. We share early details on this premium piece of handheld hardware.

And a new startup, Booster Fuels, promises to save you a trip to the gas station by bringing the gas station to you.

Plus, a preview of our next two events: the GeekWire Gala on Dec. 2 at MOHAI, and the GeekWire Game Night, Nov. 17 at the Spitfire Bar & Grill in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood.

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