RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Get the pulse of technology in the Triangle with the best in local technology, venture, biotech, and life science news on Thursday as curated by @WRALTechWire.

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There was such a hodgepodge of conversations happening today throughout the Triangle – everything from Black Friday and Amazon, clean energy, Lenovo, more on the Durham Innovation District, CREE and tips on how to sell your company. Later in the day news of the banjo stolen from the Sir Walter Raleigh statue in Downtown Raleigh was trending rather heavy, which at times, crossed over with the Bluegrass Festival also underway this week.

Let’s see what else the Triangle tech community was talking about today…