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Xbox cofounder J Allard has joined Amazon to work on ‘new ideas’


Allard helped create the original Xbox, Zune, and Courier tablet.

Xbox co-founder J Allard joined Amazon last month, as a vice president in the company’s devices and services team. Courier was never officially announced as a Microsoft product, but the leaked concept combined pen and touch into a digital notepad. Allard has spent most of his time after Microsoft running Project 529, a community service organization designed to reduce bike theft.

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