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As Amazon flirts with $1,000/share, shareholder questions Jeff Bezos about stock split

Amazon stock is close to hitting $1,000 per share for the first time, another indication of the e-commerce giant’s growing strength.… Read More

We tried the new AmazonFresh Pickup service in Seattle, and this is what happened

Amazon launched its new AmazonFresh Pickup grocery service for Amazon Prime members at two Seattle locations this morning, and GeekWire jumped at the opportunity to… Read More

Amazon exec running for Seattle school board, applying lessons learned from tech giant

Amazon rose to e-commerce dominance by making “customer obsession” a core value. Alec Cooper, director of strategic and mobile business… Read More

AmazonFresh Pickup expands to Prime members in Seattle, with automatic license-plate recognition

Amazon is expanding its latest brick-and-mortar retail experiment beyond an internal employee beta today, letting Amazon Prime members order groceries online for… Read More

Microsoft game-streaming service Beam is now ‘Mixer,’ with new features to take on Amazon’s Twitch

Nine months after Microsoft’s Xbox group acquired Beam, the game streaming service is getting a new name and a host… Read More

Appeals court sides with Amazon in dispute over counterfeit pillowcases

A federal appeals court held up a 2015 decision in favor of Amazon this week in a dispute over counterfeit goods… Read More

Microsoft is worth more than Dallas: Analyst warns of destabilization as tech giants grow more valuable than cities

The world’s largest tech companies are worth more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of most U.S. cities, according to… Read More

Jeff Bezos returns the compliment, calls Warren Buffett a ‘hero’ who ‘has a lot of wisdom’

At the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting earlier this month, chairman Warren Buffett heaped praise on the success of Amazon… Read More

As Amazon recaps a record year, shareholders meeting goes bananas

Amazon had no shortage of impressive stats to present to its shareholders at its annual meeting in Seattle this morning.… Read More

Challenged at shareholder meeting, Jeff Bezos explains Amazon’s political approach

At Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting in Seattle this morning, the company’s leaders trumpeted its growth, charitable giving, and international expansion,… Read More

Multiple protest groups gather at Amazon’s annual meeting in Seattle

Several protest groups are assembling in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood this morning, where Amazon is preparing to hold its 2017 annual shareholder… Read More

Amazon Go across the pond? Filings point to possible international expansion of checkout-free grocery

Amazon last week trademarked several phrases that point to a possible international expansion of its checkout-free Amazon Go grocery concept.… Read More

Legendary computer scientist James Gosling joining Amazon Web Services

The father of Java is joining forces with Amazon Web Services. James Gosling, until today Chief Software Architect at Liquid… Read More

Prime Air cargo pilots and climate advocates to challenge Amazon at shareholder meeting

This story has been updated with comments from Amazon. Long-time Amazon stock owners will get a chance tomorrow to learn more from… Read More

Amazon works on drone traffic control software at French development center

Amazon has added France to the list of countries where the Seattle-based retailer is working on its drone delivery system, with… Read More

Dish DVRs get Amazon Alexa integration for TV voice control via Echo devices

The days of frantically searching for a lost TV remote may soon be coming to an end, at least for… Read More

How Jeff Bezos’ passion for space is inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs and explorers

When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos visited the Museum of Flight this weekend to answer questions from students, the kids did… Read More

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Week in Geek: Can art and tech coexist? Amazon stock vs. Seattle real estate, and more

We’re back with your weekly roundup of tech news, and we’ve got a lot to talk about — including a… Read More

Alexa at the ballpark: Testing Amazon Echo inside a Seattle Mariners suite at Safeco Field

Amazon’s voice technology has made its way into Major League Baseball. Earlier this month, the Seattle Mariners became the first… Read More

How Amazon Web Services uses machine learning to make capacity planning decisions

Machine-learning research isn’t something that Amazon Web Services does just for its cloud customers; it has developed machine-learning driven models… Read More

The 4 traits that make Amazon’s Jeff Bezos such an unusual tech leader, according to AWS CEO Andy Jassy

Before Andy Jassy rose through the ranks of Amazon.com to lead the company’s powerful AWS cloud computing unit, the executive… Read More

Report: Amazon is recruiting healthcare experts in bid for lucrative pharmaceutical industry

After flirting with the idea for years, Amazon may finally be ready to really go after the pharmaceutical market. Anonymous… Read More

Amazon upgrades low-cost Fire tablets, expands kids options, aiming for bigger piece of market

Amazon is refreshing its budget tablets — upgrading the hardware for its $50 Fire 7 tablet, dropping the price of its Fire… Read More

Amazon’s next fashion challenge: Technology to help people find clothes that actually fit

Amazon wants to solve a problem that plagues pretty much everyone: finding jeans that fit right. For the past few… Read More

Amazon starts taking pre-orders for first Alexa-enabled 4K TVs

Amazon is now taking orders for the first Ultra High Definition (UHD) televisions that run on the Fire TV operating… Read More

AWS maintains sizable lead as public cloud market grows 42% in Q1

Demand for public cloud infrastructure services continues to be one of the hottest growth stories in technology. New market share… Read More

Amazon adding opt-in Alexa notifications: Echo will chime and pulse green when info is waiting

Alexa is about to get more assertive. Amazon is adding notifications to its voice-enabled assistant, allowing users to choose to… Read More

Aerial photos: Construction begins on Google’s massive Seattle campus in Amazon’s backyard

Crews have started work on Google’s new campus in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, on the edge of Amazon’s global headquarters. The… Read More

Amazon stock vs. Seattle real estate: Which was the better investment over the past 20 years?

Today is the 20th anniversary of Amazon’s IPO. In case you haven’t noticed, Amazon has been on quite the hot… Read More

20 years after Amazon IPO, here’s what a $1,000 investment would be worth today

It has been exactly 20 years since Amazon.com made its initial public offering of stock, on May 15, 1997, and… Read More