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| 2012 || April || Legal || Amazon agrees to allow collection of [[w:sales tax|sales tax]]es in both Nevada and Texas (starting on July 1), and agrees to create 2,500 jobs and invest $200 million in new distribution centers in Texas.<ref name="MyUser_Statesman.com_January_10_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.statesman.com/news/business/documents-amazon-risking-little-in-texas-sales-tax/nRqFH/ |title=Documents: Amazon risking little in Texas sales tax deal |newspaper=Statesman.com |date= |author= |accessdate= January 10, 2016}}</ref>
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| 2012 || August 2 || || "Amazon launches Instant Video app a video application for Apple's {{w|iPad"}}, letting users stream or download movies and TV shows bought or rented from Amazon on their iPads.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon launches Instant Video app for Apple's iPad |url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/amazon-launches-instant-video-app-for-apples-ipad-250273 |website=gadgets.ndtv.com |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>
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| 2012 || August 6 || || Amazon announces it would be adding a gaming department to its company titled {{w|Amazon Game Studios}}. Amazon states that it would introduce "innovative, fun and well-crafted games" to consumers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amazon Launches Game Studio, Gives Zynga Competition |url=https://mashable.com/2012/08/07/amazon-game-studios/ |website=mashable.com |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>
