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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.

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Billy Bob Thornton talks Amazon, including his new series ‘Goliath’ and using Alexa to buy bananas

One of the last, great things I loved on television was Billy Bob Thornton’s evil Lorne Malvo character during the… Read More

Kindle courts manga and graphic novel enthusiasts with upgrades

Manga, a style of Japanese comics and graphic novels, has long been considered a niche genre, outside of the mainstream… Read More

Alexa in a drone: Amazon wins patent for voice-controlled ‘unmanned aerial vehicle assistant’

Amazon is working on adding an Alexa-like digital brain that can control drones small enough to fit in someone’s pocket… Read More

Amazon rolls out unlimited photo storage for Prime members and their families

Amazon continues to beef up perks of its $99 per year Prime program, this time with unlimited photo storage for… Read More

Amazon and Netflix challenge major TV networks in spending on original shows, study says

Amazon and Netflix are not only challenging each other for online streaming dominance, they are going after major networks by… Read More

Amazon amps up fashion push with $15M ad campaign

This time of year, it’s not unusual to see Amazon doubling down on its fulfillment centers and seasonal employees as… Read More

Lawsuit alleges Amazon executives discriminated against and fired Muslim tech manager

A former Amazon.com manager in Michigan is suing the online retail giant, alleging that he was discriminated against, subjected to falsified… Read More

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GeekWire Radio at Fox’s Seattle: Amazon’s grocery stores, Samsung’s bad week, and iOS 10 secrets

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast:  We talk about Amazon’s mysterious grocery store plans, analyze the impact of… Read More

Expedia founder Rich Barton says this Amazon product could transform travel

As the founder of Expedia, Rich Barton reshaped the travel business as we know it. So, what does the Seattle… Read More

Here’s why Amazon is building brick and mortar grocery stores

Amazon spent the first phase of its life building up its online retail presence, causing problems for many brick and mortar… Read More

Startup Spotlight: CharityCheckin aims to be ‘world’s largest giving engine’ via branded check-ins

When Marsh Sutherland lost his wife to a battle with cancer, he started looking for ways to raise awareness for… Read More

Amazon to hire 120k seasonal workers in U.S. — a new peak that could signal a big holiday ahead

Amazon says it is creating more than 120,000 seasonal positions across its U.S. fulfillment, sortation and customer service centers for… Read More

High-ranking Microsoft engineering exec David Treadwell leaving for Amazon after 27 years

David Treadwell, the veteran Microsoft engineering executive who made his mark on Windows, Xbox and many other key products, is leaving to… Read More

Amazon launches new ‘Music Unlimited’ service, starting at $4/month for use on just one Echo

Would you pay a few extra bucks a month to turn your smart home speaker into an intelligent, unlimited jukebox? Amazon… Read More

A second Amazon drive-up store in Seattle? Filings link tech giant to mystery project at Starbucks HQ

Amazon is remodeling the former Sears store at the Starbucks headquarters in Seattle with 40,000-square-feet of distribution space, a public retail lobby, and… Read More

Love & Friendship

Amazon original movie ‘Love & Friendship,’ with big stars and British laughs, coming to Prime Video

“Downton Abbey” may be gone, but lovers of British period television can get their fix when the Amazon original movie… Read More

Amazon eyes its own convenience stores in addition to drive-up grocery sites, WSJ reports

Look out, 7-Eleven: Amazon’s push into brick-and-mortar retail is getting serious. The e-commerce giant is considering building its own convenience stores to sell perishable items… Read More

This dishwasher orders its own detergent: GE expands Amazon Dash Replenishment program

Amazon’s Dash Replenishment system, announced last fall, is still going strong despite its sci-fi levels of spookiness. The program connects to… Read More

Amazon’s secretive drive-up grocery store takes shape in Seattle neighborhood

Workers were busy Saturday morning at Amazon’s future drive-up grocery store in Seattle, working a weekend shift before the rains… Read More

How people are using the Amazon Echo: New study reveals surprising patterns

Amazon’s Echo product line has been called the “accidental winner” of the smart-home speaker market, but it’s more accurate to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Articentral helps local artisans manage their online business

Most artisans and makers probably enjoy spending more time at their workbench than they do in front of the computer… Read More

AmazonFresh drops grocery subscription to $15/month, axing $299/year fee

Amazon is doing away with one of the biggest objections to its AmazonFresh grocery delivery service: the controversial $299/year Prime… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Another big week for Amazon, and inside the world of Nathan Myhrvold

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Amazon launches a regional employee bus service, leases a giant new… Read More

Why Amazon just gave the University of Washington $10M for its new computer science building

Amazon wants to give more University of Washington students a chance to study computer science — and hopes some of… Read More

Testing out Amazon’s ‘Internet of Things’ button: Infinite possibilities, requiring infinite patience

You’ve probably seen those colorful Amazon “dash buttons” that will automatically reorder food, paper towels, detergent and even condoms with… Read More

Amazon delivery drivers file lawsuit claiming they should be treated as employees, not contractors

A trio of drivers who deliver packages through Amazon’s Flex program this week filed a lawsuit against the online retail giant,… Read More

Amazon donates $10M for new University of Washington computer science building

Amazon is putting $10 million toward a second building for the University of Washington’s Computer Science & Engineering program, helping to… Read More

Amazon expanding outside Seattle with giant new Bellevue office lease

Amazon, which originally started out of Jeff Bezos’ Bellevue, Wash., garage before permanently planting its flag in Seattle, is poised to… Read More

Video: How science is reshaping our cities and workplaces

Design is integral to how we move through the world — how we experience and understand the places where we… Read More

Amazon piles on the Prime benefits with new ‘Prime Reading’ perk

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said earlier this year that the company’s goal is to make the benefits of its $99/year Amazon Prime… Read More

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