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The secrets of Amazon reviews: Feedback, fakes, and the unwritten rules of online commerce

GeekWire

Jeff Cohen: “The way I describe it is an X-Y axis. “That’s why Amazon has the Vine program and they used to have the Early Reviewer program. It’s why Amazon is now starting to create the Follow program , where when you launch new products, they’re pushed out to the people who follow you.

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Microsoft avoided a round of Big Tech scrutiny. Then it bought a company for $69 billion.

Vox

Its library of games will expand significantly, potentially giving its Xbox console and Game Pass subscription program an edge over Sony’s PlayStation and rumored Game Pass rival. The DOJ sued in 1998, accusing Microsoft of violating its consent decree not to force other Microsoft programs on Windows machines.

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Antitrust investigations aren’t the biggest threat to Facebook’s future

The Verge

Axios writes: One antitrust lawyer familiar with the workings of the FTC said the Office of Policy Planning “would not want to move the needle much” with antitrust guidelines, and is generally reluctant to consider new definitions for anticompetitive behavior. “ Facebook says it’s opinion piece, and so this sort of nonsense is fair game.