Former Kindle ad guru sues Amazon over termination, alleges internal retaliation

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A former Amazon employee is suing the company over his termination, alleging that he was let go in retaliation for going over his manager’s head to bring internal attention to a “latency issue” that he believed would have “seriously jeopardized” the ad platform launch for the new Kindle Fire tablets this past fall. The suit… Read More…

Suit vs. Amazon puts cloud over popular search trick

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The idea of suggesting possible searches in a drop-down box while a user types is far from unique to Amazon.com. But the Seattle-based online retailer appears to be alone, so far, in being hit with a patent infringement lawsuit over the technology. MasterObjects, a San Francisco-based tech company, filed the suit earlier this week, citing… Read More…