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Zapoint buys Jobster By John Cook on Monday, April 5, 2010, 12:40pm PDT Jobster has a new corporate parent. The online recruiting service which has operated as a unit of Seattle-based Recruiting.com has been sold to Zapoint, a four-year-old Brookline, Mass.-based startup which offers "talent management" applications to HR professionals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Recruiting.com will continue to operate as a separate company. Jobster dropped that corporate moniker last year. The name change followed years of challenges at the company, including layoffs, management changes and strategy shifts. It is now led by Jeff Seely, the former CEO at Sharebuilder. READ FULL ARTICLE TOP SPONSORED POST Don't leave money on the table The research tax credit ("RTC") was enacted to encourage research and development ("R&D") in the United States. Tech companies who attempt to develop or improve products, processes or software, may have an R&D credit opportunity. Click here for more information, or email Patrick Smith, Tax Partner, at psmith@bdo.com. Amazon.com seeks 'seasonal campers' for holiday workforce By Eric Engleman on Monday, April 5, 2010, 12:06pm PDT It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Amazon.com already. The online retail giant recently put out a call for RVers, or "seasonal campers," to work in three of its mega-warehouses during this year's holiday rush. "If you enjoy living in the outdoors and work well in a fast paced environment, come join us between October and December at our fulfillment centers in Coffeyville, Kansas; Fernley, Nevada; and Campbellsville, Kentucky!" Amazon says in a job posting. But anyone signing up for Amazon elf duty, take note: the company says warehouse workers "need to be able to lift, bend, stoop and squat repetitively" in shifts of up to 12 hours. READ FULL ARTICLE TOP SPONSORED POST Seattle University Software Engineering Upgrade your career! Earn your Masters degree while continuing to work full-time. Our balanced curriculum of technical and management courses enhances professional leadership in planning, design and development of today's software systems. More information here. Microsoft, Apple set sneak peeks By Todd Bishop on Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:00am PDT With the iPad officially on the market, we're ready to turn our attention back to good old-fashioned mobile phones, apparently. And Microsoft and Apple are apparently more than willing to oblige. Microsoft has started sending out cryptic invitations to an April 12 event in San Francisco, with the headline "It's Time to Share," according to Engadget. And Apple this morning surprised the industry with the news that it will be unveiling its iPhone OS 4.0 at an event this Thursday. READ FULL ARTICLE TOP SPONSORED POST Attention Web Developers Join the Microsoft WebsiteSpark program and access Visual Studio, Expression Studio, Silverlight, Windows Web Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Web – at no upfront cost. Adhost, a WebsiteSpark hosting partner, provides dedicated servers with free Windows Web Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 licensing for three years in our secure Seattle data center. Join today. NYT's Friedman offers another plan for sparking innovation By John Cook on Monday, April 5, 2010, 9:19am PDT Just over a year ago, Thomas Friedman of The New York Times suggested a bold plan for rescuing the economy. Instead of offering bail out money to the battered auto industry -- which he dubbed "the losers" -- Friedman argued that federal dollars would be much better spent in the hands of the top 20 venture capital funds who could foster innovation. Friedman's idea was roundly criticized on TechFlash, where one reader noted that the government would be better off just burning the money. But now Friedman is back with another column -- titled "Start-ups, Not Bailouts" -- which offers a variation on the original theme. This time, Friedman writes that the U.S. could spark innovation (and jobs) by setting new policies that allow the smartest people in the world to move here. READ FULL ARTICLE TOP UW names Environmental Innovation Challenge winners By John Cook on Monday, April 5, 2010, 8:21am PDT Nineteen student teams from throughout the region participated in last week's second annual University of Washington Environmental Innovation Challenge. The business plan competition brought together teams from seven colleges and universities. Here are the winning teams, with short descriptions provided by the organizers of the event. READ FULL ARTICLE TOP Stats: The iPad's first weekend By Todd Bishop on Monday, April 5, 2010, 7:19am PDT Apple sold more than 300,000 iPads in the U.S. as of midnight Saturday, the first day of availability, according to a news release issued by the company this morning. The number includes pre-orders. Direct comparisons are tough, given all the variables (market size, pricing, etc.), but the result seems to stack up reasonably well against past Apple launches. In June 2007, Apple sold 270,000 original iPhones in the U.S. (PDF) in the first 30 hours of availability. The iPhone 3G, launched in more than 20 countries in July 2008, sold more than 1 million units in its first weekend. READ FULL ARTICLE TOP

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