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This week's top tech stories from GeekWire [View this email in your browser](. April 30, 2017 [Top Stories]( [Find a Job]( [GeekWire Events]( [GeekWire 200]( [Become a Member]( The inaugural GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit, presented by Salesforce. [Join us June 7 for a deep dive into the cloud, with AWS, Azure, Google and more]( This week's top stories [Hey, fancy pants, these $425 Nordstrom jeans with fake mud will make you look like a harder worker]( By Kurt Schlosser Tech geeks who work behind a desk all day don’t exactly generate a mess worthy of having their occupation considered a dirty job. [Amazon Web Services set for hiring spree — new report shows 5,600 open positions]( By Tom Krazit Amazon Web Services prepares for growth with AI, security investments Sponsored Post [Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty Announces May Sales Event for The Juanita Farmhouse Cottages in Kirkland – Now 50% Sold; Celebrate Homeownership with Buyer Incentive Financing Through Wells Fargo]( Unique Cottage Zoning Introduces Relative Affordability in one of the Fastest-Growing Housing Markets in the U.S. Valerie Burmester, a top-producing real estate broker for Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty (RSIR), announced today the official May sales event of The Juanita Farmhouse Cottages―a… [Amazon makes a ‘regional play’ with surprise Bellevue expansion — and it could be just the start]( By Nat Levy More than two decades ago, long before Amazon was the king of online retail and atop the cloud computing food chain, the company ran out of Jeff Bezos' Bellevue, Wash. garage. [Former Bill & Melinda Gates digital chief sues organization, claims he was misled about his role]( By Nat Levy A former Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation chief digital officer has filed a lawsuit against the organization, claiming he was misled about the scope of his job during his recruitment and that he was terminated for clashing with executives who didn’t believe in his new role. Home of the Week - Sponsored Post [Always sunny on Brookside – New in Bellevue $1.48 million]( Timeless design and comfort best describe this beautiful one owner home built by Bennett Homes.  Located down a private lane with lush gardens and a private backyard in the ultimate location. Soaring ceilings and abundant windows flood the entry with natural light in this spacious and inviting interior.… [Live blog: Bill Gates and Roger Federer play tennis for charity in Seattle]( By Taylor Soper Roger Federer. Bill Gates. John Isner. Mike McCready. [Three years after $7B Nokia deal, Microsoft’s smartphone strategy has changed dramatically]( By Geof Wheelwright It’s hard to believe that it was only three years ago today that Microsoft officially completed its purchase of Nokia’s devices and services business for more than $7 billion. [Verizon on T-Mobile’s $8 billion wireless spectrum acquisition: ‘They need it, desperately’]( By Todd Bishop T-Mobile touts its $8 billion low-band 600 MHz wireless spectrum acquisition as a game-changer, promising to significantly improve its LTE network throughout the country, competing more effectively with Verizon and AT&T. [Steve Ballmer’s sad face becomes a meme after Clippers lose playoff game to Jazz]( By Taylor Soper There’s never a dull moment watching Steve Ballmer watch his basketball team. [AWS revenue up 42 percent to $3.66 billion in Q1 2017, operating income reaches $890 million]( By Tom Krazit The crown jewel of Amazon’s business, Amazon Web Services, posted a 42 percent jump in revenue during the first fiscal quarter of 2017, as it continues to set the standard for cloud computing. [‘Watch your back, Jeff Bezos’: Amazon sparks laughs on HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’]( By Alan Boyle HBO's "Silicon Valley" is a California-centric comedy, but the show's season premiere gives a Seattle-style shout-out to Amazon Web Services and Jeff Bezos. [Filing shows what Zillow pays for CEO’s air commute from L.A. to Seattle]( By Monica Nickelsburg When Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff bought a $20 million Los Angeles home, 1,000 miles from the company’s Seattle headquarters, he signed up for one hell of a commute. [By age 6, kids already think boys are better than girls in programming and robotics]( By Lisa Stiffler There’s a lot of effort to attract women to the computer sciences at universities and the workforce. [Uber unveils its flying-car team and aims for a 2020 liftoff in Dallas and Dubai]( By Alan Boyle Uber has fleshed out its plan to start flying-car networks in Dallas and Dubai in 2020, and is partnering with more than a half a dozen companies. [Amazon unveils Echo Look, a new $200 Alexa-powered device with camera that offers fashion tips]( By Taylor Soper Amazon’s newest Echo device doubles as a machine learning-powered fashion assistant. [Redfin report tracks which cities people want to flee (Bay Area) and where they want to stay (Seattle)]( By Kurt Schlosser An inaugural quarterly report from Seattle-based online real estate company Redfin takes a look at the migration patterns of people across the United States based on their searches for homes on Redfin’s website. 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