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Amazon hires former Sony online chief to lead team working on ‘ambitious new project’ using AWS and Twitch

Amazon has tapped former Sony exec John Smedley to lead a San Diego game studio, which will develop new projects using… Read More

Alexa gets even busier as Amazon integrates Outlook.com calendars onto Echo and Dot devices

Amazon’s Alexa will now support Outlook.com calendars, meaning the voice-enabled assistant can now tell you what’s on tap for the… Read More

After growing Starbucks’ digital news operation, veteran journalist Linda Thomas joins Amazon as director of ‘Amazon Stories’

After spending more than three years helping grow Starbucks’ digital news operation, Linda Thomas is shifting gears to do something similar at another Seattle-based corporate giant.… Read More

Lovers package! Four couples find love at Amazon fulfillment center — and Jeff Bezos is smitten

One can only imagine how many boxes filled with Valentine’s Day gifts have passed by the couples featured in this… Read More

Incoming! Amazon patents a plan to turn its drone delivery packages into gliders

Amazon has come up with some wild and crazy patents, but a patent issued today has to rank among the wildest:… Read More

The future city is dense, connected and walkable — and that means the death of old-school office parks

We are witnessing the death of the office park. Those were the bold words of noted New York architect Vishaan Chakrabarti, who… Read More

Amazon taking its bricks and mortar to the Bay Area with another bookstore location

Amazon has picked the next location for another of its brick-and-mortar bookstores. Amazon Books is coming to Walnut Creek, Calif., according to… Read More

Amazon unveils Chime, looks to reinvent the conference call with new Skype and GoToMeeting competitor

Amazon is looking to transform just about every industry. Now, the Seattle tech juggernaut wants to reinvent how you conduct… Read More

Amazon cloud leader Andy Jassy sizes up the competition in rare public remarks about rivals

Amazon likes to say that it focuses on customers, not competitors, which means it’s rare for the company’s top executives to talk about their rivals publicly.… Read More

Amazon spent just $103M on acquisitions last year, down sharply amid broader tech M&A slowdown

Amazon has made some blockbuster acquisitions over the years — including the Zappos online retailer, Kiva Systems robotics company, Twitch game… Read More

Could Amazon make Victoria’s Secret go bust? Tech giant reportedly launching line of $10 bras

For years, Victoria’s Secret has held a monopoly on the lingerie market, but recently, e-commerce startups like ThirdLove and True… Read More

Through the looking glass: Tower view showcases progress on Amazon’s unique biospheres

The ever-changing view of the Amazon biospheres is worth marveling at from street level for those who happen to pass… Read More

Alexa’s impact on music lands Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Steve Boom on Billboard’s Power 100 list

First there was the walkman, then the iPod, and, now, it’s Alexa. The Amazon assistant is transforming how people listen… Read More

Snap commits to spend $1B on Amazon Web Services over next five years

Snap Inc.’s Spectacles camera glasses landed in Seattle for the first time Wednesday, but one of the city’s tech giants… Read More

The cost of convenience: Amazon’s shipping losses top $7B for first time

The amount of money that Amazon lost on shipping — a.k.a. the net cost of landing all those brown boxes on your doorstep… Read More

New York Times inks deal with Spotify, gives readers free access to streaming music service

The New York Times is partnering with music streaming giant Spotify to attract more readers. The two companies today announced a… Read More

This ‘tinkerer’ made an Amazon Dash button to send $5 to the ACLU each time Trump ticks him off

Re-stocking the pantry has certainly been made easier with the advent of Amazon Dash buttons. But now one guy, with more… Read More

Cloud Report Card: Amazon Web Services is a $12B juggernaut, but Microsoft and Google are gaining

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos promised last year that public cloud titan Amazon Web Services would achieve $10 billion in sales for 2016, reaching that milestone… Read More

Twitter rant on aisle 7! Jeff Bezos slams NY Post report on automated Amazon grocery stores

As owner of The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos is clearly a fan of newspapers. But the Amazon CEO let it… Read More

Amazon adds 10M users to its payments service, escalating PayPal rivalry

PayPal said recently that it has been talking with Amazon about adopting its payments service on Amazon.com, but the Seattle-based e-commerce giant is reporting significant growth… Read More

Yes, another Amazon building: 17-story office project will expand new Seattle campus to 5th block

Amazon’s second Seattle campus is officially expanding to five blocks. The tech giant has filed for permits to build a 17-story office building… Read More

‘AWS on premises’ provider Stratoscale acquires database-as-a-service company Tesora

Cloud infrastructure startup Stratoscale is expanding its database services platform. The Israel-based company has acquired database-as-a-service provider Tesora, the companies announced… Read More

Amazon’s Super Bowl ad features a Prime Air drone delivery ordered with Alexa

Amazon again dropped the big bucks for Super Bowl advertising time to promote its digital voice assistant. For the second… Read More

Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa offers a Super Bowl prediction — and it may surprise you

Alexa must like underdogs. Amazon’s virtual assistant, which powers the company’s Echo devices, is predicting a Falcons victory in today’s Super… Read More

Federal judge’s ruling doesn’t block this key part of Trump’s immigration order

Critics of President Trump’s immigration policy celebrated Washington state’s victory Friday, after a federal judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), immediately halting… Read More

London calling Amazon’s Treasure Truck? Job postings point to UK expansion for tech giant’s deal-mobile

Maybe they’ll call it the Treasure Trolley? Or the Loot Lorry? Whatever the name, it looks like Amazon’s Treasure Truck will soon be… Read More

Amazon soars to more than 341K employees — adding more than 110K people in a single year

Amazon added more than 110,000 employees during the past year, topping 341,000 people as of the end of 2016 thanks largely… Read More

Amazon Web Services posts $3.5B in sales, up 47% from last year, reaches $14B annual run rate

Amazon’s cloud computing arm continues to generate billions in revenue and help the tech giant post a profit. Amazon Web Services… Read More

Amazon sales rises 22% to $43.7B, profit beats expectations but stock slips on revenue miss

Amazon just reported $43.7 billion in sales for the fourth quarter, a 22 percent jump for the online retailer’s critical holiday shopping… Read More

United States of Amazon in 2017: Interactive graphic shows where the tech giant is growing now

Amazon, the Seattle-based tech giant, has been growing at a blistering pace over the past five years — and a new… Read More