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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.

Crisis in Six Scenes

Watch Amazon’s first trailer for Woody Allen’s 1960s-era TV series ‘Crisis in Six Scenes’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1waIIZ0pu-E In the 2-minute trailer for his new Amazon Studios television series “Crisis in Six Scenes,” it only takes Woody Allen… Read More

Twitch will soon announce its ‘first deep product integration’ with Amazon

SAN FRANCISCO — The fruits of Amazon’s Twitch acquisition will be front-and-center later this month at TwitchCon. Twitch CEO Emmett… Read More

Amazon Alexa in every room? New $50 Echo Dot comes in a 12-pack for $500

Amazon this morning unveiled a new version of its Echo Dot smart speaker — upgrading the hardware design, dropping the price to… Read More

Shel Kaphan

Lessons from Amazon’s first employee: Don’t underestimate the potential of little startups to become massive

With an employee headcount of 268,900 employees (and certainly growing as I type this), Amazon has come a long way… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa tops 3,000 skills, can now read tweets and soon fantasy football scores

 If only we could all learn as many skills as quickly as Alexa. The digital brain behind Amazon’s Echo and Dot… Read More

Amazon’s new Prime benefit: Audible Channels programs and selected audiobooks

Amazon is connecting its Audible audiobook subsidiary to its Prime membership program for the first time, giving Prime subscribers access to… Read More

Talk to the fridge: GE links appliances to Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant to enable voice controls

The home of tomorrow, full of automated gadgets controlled by an AI housemaid, is not as far fetched as we once thought. From Amazon’s… Read More

Report: Amazon may pop up in as many as 100 U.S. malls by next year

Amazon is following the lead of fellow tech giants Apple and Microsoft in establishing retail locations in major malls throughout the… Read More

Report: Amazon continues push for live sports, this time targeting soccer, tennis and other global sports

Amazon wants to stream sports with worldwide followings such as soccer, tennis, rugby, golf and auto-racing, in a move that could help… Read More

Amazon names Cornell Tech founding dean and Xerox veteran Daniel Huttenlocher to board

Amazon announced today that Daniel Huttenlocher, founding dean at Cornell Tech, has joined its board of directors. Huttenlocher helped start… Read More

Amazon delivery drone

Amazon drones could hitch rides on trucks or buses en route to delivery location, patent filing shows

When Amazon eventually starts delivering items via drone, the company wants the option to land its unmanned aircrafts on trucks… Read More

Amazon partners with San Francisco 49ers to offer one hour Prime Now deliveries for tailgaters

San Francisco 49ers fans already watch home games at one of the most high-tech stadiums in sports, so it’s only natural that… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant coming to Fire tablets, expanding beyond Echo and Fire TV

Amazon’s Alexa is coming to its Fire tablets, giving users quick access to the voice-enabled virtual assistant, and positioning the company to… Read More

Amazon revamps Fire HD 8, cuts price 40% to $90, says its tablet sales have more than doubled

Amazon unveiled a new version of its Fire HD 8 tablet this morning, with more memory and additional storage, and dropped… Read More

Apple scooped by Amazon? Retailer launches iPhone 7 accessories page ahead of big event

“Find everything you need for the new iPhone 7,” Amazon announced on a special landing page Wednesday morning … before… Read More

Amazon expands Alexa on Fire TV to search across more apps, including Netflix

Amazon Tuesday announced another wave of updates to its Fire TV platform, with an emphasis on improving integration of the… Read More

Amazon expands ad-supported Prime smartphone discount program with addition of Moto G Play

Amazon says its discount smartphones for Prime members supported by lock screen ads have been a huge hit, so the online… Read More

Amazon poaches eBay A.I. chief, continues ramping up machine learning operations

Amazon is getting serious about machine learning. The Seattle tech titan hired eBay’s head of artificial intelligence, Hassan Sawaf, to… Read More

Star Wars toy Amazon

Amazon wants Star Wars fans to go ‘Rogue,’ shop its store for new toys and exclusive deals all month

We’re still a few months from the release of the spinoff film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” but Star… Read More

Amazon beefs up machine learning presence in UK with new team of researchers

Amazon is taking on a new machine learning team, to operate out of Cambridge, UK, according to a Facebook post spotted… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Libro.fm’s audiobook platform helps independent bookstores compete with Amazon

Audiobook platform Libro.fm is Mark Pearson’s small rebellion against Amazon. As CEO of the small publishing company Pear Press and… Read More

Alexa on PCs: Amazon in talks with Lenovo to put virtual assistant on computers

Alexa could be coming to a PC near you. CNET reported Thursday that Lenovo is in talks with Amazon to… Read More

FAA puts key Amazon, UPS, Facebook and Google execs on Drone Advisory Committee

Gur Kimchi, the vice president of Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery operation, has been named along with a variety of… Read More

Incredibly silly Jeff Bezos magazine cover illustrates very serious threat to FedEx

Another day, another Bezos cover you can’t unsee. I’d argue that today’s Bloomberg Businessweek cover is the best so far.… Read More

Amazon’s auto ambitions: How long until people can buy cars through the e-commerce giant?

The recent announcement of Amazon’s new Vehicles automotive research feature left many — including our newsroom here at GeekWire — wondering when… Read More

Sonos will let users control sound systems with Amazon Echo and Spotify Connect

Sonos is opening up. The at-home connected speaker maker today made two key announcements related to Amazon and Spotify. Sonos… Read More

Will Amazon’s part-time tech teams succeed? Former AWS recruiting leader weighs in

Amazon isn’t known for being a laid-back employer. In fact, the tech giant is famous, and in some cases infamous, for its hard-driving work… Read More

Twilio CEO ditched PowerPoint for long-form memos, thanks to lessons learned from Jeff Bezos

Amazon’s PowerPoint hate rubbed off on Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson. As one of the first product managers at Amazon Web… Read More

Could Amazon reviews keep you from getting sick? Researchers analyze text to predict food recalls

For the past year, Amazon has been cracking down on sellers and third parties offering money for positive reviews. But for… Read More

Amazon to open bookstore in Chicago, expanding brick-and-mortar footprint

Amazon is opening another bookstore. The company’s latest brick-and-mortar location will be in Chicago, reported The Chicago Tribune. The Southport store will be… Read More

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