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Amazon

In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.

Amazon’s secretive drive-up grocery store in Seattle looks ready to open soon

Construction crews appear to be close to finishing up Amazon’s mysterious drive-up grocery store in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, and the project… Read More

Amazon invents another excuse to buy stuff: ‘Voice Shopping Weekend’ offers Alexa-exclusive deals

First there was Black Friday, then Cyber Monday. Now it’s “Voice Shopping Weekend.” Amazon has come up with a new holiday… Read More

New York firms drop $244M on Amazon-occupied office building in Seattle

Another in Amazon’s seemingly endless roster of office buildings in Seattle has sold for a big price. This one is… Read More

Heads up, Netflix: Amazon ready for huge global expansion of streaming video service, report says

Amazon is set to go global with its streaming video business. The Seattle tech giant is “on the verge of a… Read More

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Jeff Bezos tweets his love for touching Amazon ad showing friendship between priest and imam

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos doesn’t tweet a lot, but on Thursday he was moved to share a new television commercial for… Read More

Did Amazon secretly acquire online meeting startup Biba? Newly uncovered filings point to deal

Merger documents uncovered by GeekWire suggest that Amazon last year stealthily acquired Biba, a San Francisco-based company that makes chat, video and… Read More

Amazon Music Unlimited launches family plan for up to 6 people

A month ago, Amazon generated some buzz when it rolled out a new music streaming service with an unusual pricing… Read More

New book explores how the Internet of Things is reshaping business, using lessons from Amazon

Combine a hot technology and the world’s largest online retailer into a single book title and you’ve got a pretty… Read More

Developer bootcamp Coding Dojo launches Amazon Alexa training program

Coding Dojo, a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer bootcamp, is launching a new training program for Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa, starting today.… Read More

Amazon to offer Prime Now delivery from Bartell Drugs, connecting old Seattle retail with new

Amazon will offer speedy delivery of items from Bartell Drugs in the Seattle area in a new expansion of its Prime… Read More

Amazon files its first-ever lawsuits against alleged sellers of counterfeit goods

Amazon today filed two lawsuits against online sellers alleged to have illegally offered counterfeit goods through its vast e-commerce platform. The suits, filed in… Read More

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Jeff Bezos email reaffirms Amazon’s commitment to ‘tolerance and diversity’ after Trump win

Jeff Bezos has responded to what he called a “heartfelt email” from an employee representing Amazon’s Affinity Group Leaders who… Read More

Amazon leases 21-story office tower in Seattle as rapid growth continues

Amazon just opened the second building of its new Seattle headquarters last week, but that hasn’t stopped the online retail… Read More

12 college teams try to build convincingly conversant chatbots in quest for Amazon’s $2.7M Alexa Prize pool

Amazon has revealed the 12 university teams that will compete for the inaugural Alexa Prize — which challenges students to build a… Read More

Amazon to ‘radically’ simplify employee reviews, changing controversial program amid huge growth

Amazon will significantly change how it assesses the performance of its employees each year — shaking up a controversial tradition that has emerged as an… Read More

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Week in Geek: What Donald Trump’s presidency means for the tech industry

Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election surprised the world this week, and the implications across the tech industry are vast.… Read More

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Amazon employee lands on ‘Jeopardy,’ gets shout-out from Jeff Bezos and wows her co-workers

As an executive assistant at Amazon, Stephanie Hubley’s job involves retaining and compartmentalizing information and answering questions coming at her… Read More

It Can't Happen Here

‘Eerily timeless’ 1935 Sinclair Lewis novel about rise of fascism in America is top-seller on Amazon

Readers who have exhausted their Facebook feed as some form of catharsis in the wake of this week’s presidential election results… Read More

Jeff Bezos congratulates Donald Trump, wishes him ‘great success’ despite president-elect’s past threats against Amazon

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who once joked about blasting Donald Trump into space, congratulated the new president-elect in a tweet… Read More

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What will President Trump mean for Amazon and Jeff Bezos?

As Donald Trump began his march to the White House last year, he became embroiled in numerous feuds. One that got a… Read More

Online grocery shopping coming to Seattle Fred Meyer location, blocks from new Amazon store

Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood is poised to become the epicenter of the online grocery wars, possibly as soon as this holiday… Read More

Amazon seeking housekeepers in possible new benefit for Prime customers

Amazon is looking for experienced housekeepers, pointing to the possibility that it is experimenting with a new benefit for members of… Read More

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‘Alexa, who’s winning the presidential race?’ Amazon Echo gets real-time election updates

It’s going to be a long day, folks. If you don’t want to follow along on Twitter or tune into the… Read More

It’s day one at Day One: Amazon opens second huge office building at new Seattle campus

The second giant office tower in Amazon’s new campus just north of downtown Seattle is open for business. The 36-story tower,… Read More

Podcast

The Week in Geek: BMW prepares to challenge Uber, and Amazon ‘Primes’ its bookstores

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we go behind-the-scenes to analyze two of the biggest scoops of the week.… Read More

‘Twitch Metastream’ lets gamers customize streams with new update to Amazon Lumberyard

Amazon today released Lumberyard Beta 1.6, the newest update to its game engine that runs on Amazon Web Services. The… Read More

Reviews: Google Home outsmarts Amazon Echo, but Alexa is more skilled

Google’s $129 smart speaker ships tomorrow, and a new batch of reviews say Google Home is smarter than its competitor… Read More

Here’s why you’re seeing the Amazon Web Services logo during the World Series

Baseball fans probably don’t think too much about cloud computing. But they are certainly being exposed to Amazon Web Services… Read More

Could smart speakers, like Amazon Echo, outpace early iPhone sales?

(Updated at 10:25 a.m. with more accurate iPhone sales numbers and clarification on smart speaker market). Allow me to take… Read More

Amazon launches $3/month ‘Rapids’ reading app for kids, telling stories in the style of chat sessions

Since the beginning of smartphones, parents have been trying to get kids to put them down in favor of a… Read More

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