Nerd Notes: An elevator murder prank and Steve Ballmer starring in a Taylor Swift song

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Editor’s Note: Nerd Notes is GeekWire’s roundup of random geekiness from around the globe. Not-so-funny elevator prank: The marketing team for the new film Dead Man Down, which was released in theaters Friday, thought it’d be funny to trick innocent New Yorkers into thinking they were witnessing a real elevator murder. Did they cross the line?… Read More…

T-Mobile also adding 550 jobs, cushioning blow of cuts

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A day after announcing plans to cut 900 jobs as part of a restructuring, T-Mobile USA this afternoon issued a clarification to say that it will also be adding 550 jobs in other parts of its business — resulting in a net reduction of 350 positions overall. The company isn’t giving specifics about exactly where… Read More…

Seattle biotech star Dendreon cuts outlook, signals layoffs

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Dendreon, one of the great hopes of Seattle’s biotech industry, today reduced its financial projections for the year and said it will be cutting jobs amid lower-than-expected sales of its Provenge drug for prostate cancer. The approval of Provenge by the FDA last year was heralded as Seattle’s biggest biotech breakthrough in nearly a decade…. Read More…