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Comcast, Amazon Competing For Top Tech Talent In Philly

By Justin Udo

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Two tech giants are in Philadelphia facing off for some of the best talent in the area.

On Wednesday, both Comcast and Amazon held separate invite-only recruiting events at the Lowes Hotel in Center City.

"We're hosting this event to network and recruit technologists," says John Demming with Comcast.

Demming says they are currently searching for workers to man their Innovation and Technology Center which is currently being constructed in Center City, so it only makes sense they look right in their back yard:

"Philadelphia is a great technology city with a lot of top tech talent."

The Seattle-based company tech Amazon is in town until Friday, scouring for developers.

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