{"id":569125,"date":"2010-05-18T12:58:46","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T16:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5541760"},"modified":"2010-05-18T12:58:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T16:58:46","slug":"amazon-beefs-up-its-kindle-team-to-take-on-the-ipad-kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/569125","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Beefs Up Its Kindle Team to Take on the iPad [Kindle]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; padding-right: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tNick Bilton flags a <a href=\"http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/17\/with-a-kindle-hiring-spree-amazon-gears-up-for-battle-with-apple\/?ref=business\">surge of job openings<\/a> at Amazon, all for the Kindle team. 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