Fast Company

"Amazon helped stock "The Real World: Seattle" house, which was located on this pier. Employees put sex books near the computer, which defaulted to the Amazon website, scoring the company a few cameos."

"Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos owns three linked units in this jewel overlooking Central Park (and a Barnes & Noble). He bought it for $7.6 million, roughly 0.9% of what Amazon paid for Zappos in 2009."

"This dome hosted thousands of American Idol hopefuls in 2004--including a then-21-year-old Carrie Underwood, who would go on to win the show's fourth season, and sell at least 11 million albums."

"Apple engineer Gray Powell lost an iPhone 4 prototype here, which was eventually dissected on the blog Gizmodo a full two months before its official June 2010 release date."

"Engineers from ARM (a 2011 Most Innovative Company), who tweak the microchips used in iPads, come to this Austin chain for a different kind of chip--preferably topped with Roberto’s Brazo-Fuerte dip."

"ARM's microprocessors are in almost all the world’s smartphones, so its employees have a lot to accomplish every day. But after work, they relax at this local pub, which is more than 300 years old."