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

Scott Wyatt

Architect behind Amazon’s massive ‘biospheres’ says they aren’t for show

In what may come as a surprise to anyone who works downtown in Seattle, the giant “biospheres” under construction at… Read More

Google unveils new Pixel smartphone, Daydream mobile VR platform and Amazon Echo competitor Google Home

Google today unveiled a huge new catalog of devices it plans to release in the coming months: a new smartphone, a virtual-reality… Read More

Amazon updates rating rules as part of crackdown on fake online product reviews

As part of its quest to root out fake product reviews and reviewers, Amazon has changed its guidelines to ban most… Read More

Amazon launches stealthy employee shuttle system with nondescript buses and little fanfare

Amazon quietly kicked off its regional Amazon Ride pilot shuttle program Monday to bring commuters from the suburbs to its Seattle campus. The… Read More

Amazon unveils ‘Twitch Prime,’ adding game benefits to membership program

A lot of Twitch fans are about to become Amazon Prime members. Amazon and its live streaming company Twitch Friday… Read More

Amazon Game Studios unveils first games with deep Twitch integration and eSports wagering system

Amazon Game Studios, the gaming development arm of Amazon, today revealed its first titles that feature deep integration with Twitch, the live… Read More

Yes, Amazon is behind that drive-up grocery store coming to Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood

Amazon is, in fact, behind a drive-up grocery store under construction in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, new permitting information filed with the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Microsoft employees want to reinvent email with TouchMail app for Windows

A Seattle startup thinks there is a better way to manage email. Founded in 2013 by two former Microsoft employees,… Read More

GeekWire Summit panel to feature New York Times, Wall Street Journal and ZDNet journalists

We’ll be kicking off the 2016 GeekWire Summit next Tuesday morning, Oct. 4, with something new: a panel of veteran… Read More

Amazon’s $2.5M ‘Alexa Prize’ seeks chatbot that can converse intelligently for 20 minutes

Amazon will award up to $2.5 million in prizes and sponsorships in a new annual competition called the “Alexa Prize”— challenging university students… Read More

Study: 55% of shoppers start their search on Amazon, up 11% from last year

Five years ago, if you wanted to go Christmas shopping online, you might start by Googling products or visiting a… Read More

Walmart in talks to invest $1B in Flipkart, aiming to challenge Amazon in India

Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is in advanced talks to invest $1 billion in Indian e-commerce site Flipkart, as reported today… Read More

Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick comes with Alexa remote that can find TV shows, give news updates and order a pizza

Next month, Amazon will release the newest version of the Fire TV Stick, complete with an Alexa-powered remote for $39.99.… Read More

Amazon launching new bus service in the Seattle region for employees, and their dogs, too

Amazon plans to debut its own pilot commuter service Monday, joining the ranks of major tech companies that offer private shuttles as… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Talentful’s software helps recruiters narrow the field

Jia Chen has worked in the software industry for over a decade and during that time he observed a recurring… Read More

Amazon greenlights new series ‘The Tick,’ ‘Jean-Claude Van Johnson,’ and ‘I Love Dick’

Amazon Studios signed on for three new series from what it calls its “most-watched” pilot season ever. “The Tick” and… Read More

Analyst: 50% of U.S. households could be Prime members by end of 2016 — or has it already happened?

John Blackledge, a Cowen and Company analyst, estimates half of the households in the U.S. could have Amazon Prime by… Read More

Amazon parents

Amazon parents from near and far visit Seattle to get wowed by where their kids work

A walk or drive through the Amazon campus in downtown Seattle and South Lake Union on any given day looks… Read More

Al Gore Amazon

As Amazon makes efforts to address sustainability, Al Gore visits to say, ‘We have to act quickly’

Ten years after the 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” won an Academy Award, former Vice President Al Gore is still a… Read More

Amazon stock crosses $800 for the first time to close at all-time high

Amazon stock reached an all-time high on Thursday, crossing the $800 mark for the first time and closing at $804.70… Read More

Amazon biosphers

Prime opportunity: Amazon employees to show off Seattle workplace on ‘Bring Your Parents to Work Day’

My mom buys her books at Barnes & Noble and just about everything else at Wegmans. I guess if I… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Political candidate turns entrepreneur, launches social media marketing platform Adszio

Adszio, an email-automated advertising startup, has an unusual origin story. Damir Wallener got the idea for the company when he was… Read More

Amazon puts pressure on Shutterfly and others with new photo printing service

Amazon is getting into the photo printing business. Wednesday the online retail giant rolled out Amazon Prints, a service that lets… Read More

Amazon clashes with ProPublica over investigation into ‘pay-to-play’ pricing tactics

Amazon and ProPublica butted heads Tuesday over a report from the investigative journalism organization claiming that the e-commerce giant is prioritizing its own product… Read More

Oracle’s Larry Ellison: Amazon’s lead in cloud is over

Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison last week said he’d do it, and he did. The company best known for its conventionally… Read More

Watch out, Amazon: Autonomous delivery robots may come to Seattle thanks to Skype co-founders

You may soon see small six-wheeled self-driving delivery robots strolling around the streets of Seattle. Starship Technologies, an Estonia-based company… Read More

Thalmic Labs, maker of high-tech muscle-controlled armband, raises $120M from Amazon, other high-profile investors

Thalmic Labs, a six-year-old wearable technology company based out of Ontario, Canada, announced $120 million in Series B funding today.… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos gets lots of Hollywood love as Amazon’s ‘Transparent’ wins more Emmy Awards

Jeff Bezos probably didn’t envision this when he launched Amazon more than two decades ago. It was Bezos, who started an online… Read More

Amazon’s new ‘Audible Channels’ Prime benefit is great — but it’s not available on Amazon tablets (Update: They’re working on it)

[Update, Saturday afternoon: After this story was published, an Amazon spokesperson contacted GeekWire to add to the company’s previous statement: “We… Read More

Amazon is building a massive wind farm in western Texas — its largest yet

To satisfy the voracious energy appetite of Amazon Web Services’ cloud data centers and other parts of Amazon’s business, the… Read More

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