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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 expands free same-day delivery to 11 mid-sized cities, increases coverage in existing metro markets

Amazon continues to increase the value of its Prime membership, this time expanding its network of free same-day delivery options… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Amazon’s Alexa returns as our special guest

One of the most popular guests ever to appear on our weekly GeekWire radio show is Amazon’s Alexa, the voice-enabled virtual assistant… Read More

Amazon Echo sales reach 3M units as consumer awareness grows, research firm says

Many products seem fascinating to geeks and techies but fail to catch on with wider audiences, from dual-booting smartphones to… Read More

Report: Amazon acquired the artificial intelligence image analysis startup Orbeus

Amazon’s artificial intelligence ambitions are growing, with rumors surfacing today that it purchased an AI startup focusing on image processing. Amazon… Read More

Kindle

Amazon looking to boost Kindle battery life with a removable cover, report says

Amazon is announcing a new Kindle next week, and if a Wall Street Journal report out today is to be believed, that… Read More

In annual letter, Jeff Bezos says Amazon is an ‘invention machine’ defined by failure

Amazon’s culture has been in the media spotlight since last summer, when The New York Times published a widely read article… Read More

Black Music Summit

Sir Mix-A-Lot teams with Amazon software developers to get Alexa’s help in the music studio

Popular Seattle rapper and self-professed geek Sir Mix-A-Lot returned to his Central District roots over the weekend to take part… Read More

Amazon Music, Nickelodeon help T-Mobile’s data-saving streaming programs top 100 services

T-Mobile’s Music Freedom and Binge On programs are expanding again today, bringing the total number of services available through the… Read More

Amazon expands payment platform with partner program for merchants

Amazon Payments is finally competing head-on with PayPal, Stripe and other payment processors. The retail giant announced today that it… Read More

Kindle

Amazon to unveil new ‘top of the line’ Kindle next week, CEO Jeff Bezos announces on Twitter

A new “top of the line” Kindle is coming next week, according to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. While Amazon’s last Kindle… Read More

Why is AI female? How our ideas about sex and service influence the personalities we give machines

Consider the artificially intelligent voices you hear on a regular basis. Are any of them men? Whether it’s Apple’s Siri,… Read More

Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Jenner to star on Amazon’s ‘Transparent;’ series wins best comedy at GLAAD Awards

Caitlyn Jenner is branching out from reality television and will appear next season on the Amazon original series “Transparent.” Jill… Read More

Echo Dot review: Hands-on with Amazon’s smart, squat, almost-too-independent Alexa sibling

Befitting its stature, here is the capsule review: Amazon’s new Echo Dot smart speaker is the Echo you’ve been waiting for… Read More

Washington Post politics blogger starts writing exclusive content for Amazon’s Alexa

The Washington Post, owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is launching a new collaboration with the Seattle-based tech giant — and… Read More

Amazon’s warehouse robots serve as stagehands for CEO Jeff Bezos

Amazon’s acquisition of the robotics company Kiva Systems in 2012 has helped the retail giant efficiently ship almost any product on… Read More

Amazon cuts off affiliate program in Louisiana over new sales tax law

Amazon is ending its affiliate program in Louisiana after legislators passed a law allowing the state to tax businesses without a… Read More

Amazon reportedly in talks to purchase stake in mapping company HERE

Just four months after German automakers Audi, BMW, and Mercedes Benz completed a $2.8 billion acquisition of Nokia’s HERE mapping and location… Read More

Cafe Society

Amazon Studios gets another boost with Woody Allen film ‘Cafe Society’ picked to open Cannes Festival

Amazon Studios scored a major victory this week with the news that its latest film, Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society,” will… Read More

Amazon Prime now available month-to-month — if you’re a Sprint customer

Amazon Prime’s $99 yearly fee is a pretty good deal, but it can be a big hit to the wallet for users… Read More

Amazon Dash push-button shopping program reaches 100+ brands — yes, even Trojan condoms

Amazon’s Dash program has expanded to include products from more than 100 brands, the company announced this morning, a year after unveiling… Read More

Build your own Echo: This Alexa-powered speaker runs on a Raspberry Pi

Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based AI assistant, is quickly expanding from her original Echo form. She’s already available on the Fire TV and she’ll… Read More

Amazon opens new fulfillment center near Seattle, in broader expansion of its delivery network

Amazon’s giant 800,000 square-foot fulfillment center in Kent, WA. is open for business. The location, which Amazon plans to fill… Read More

Amazon rated America’s most reputable company for third straight year, despite bad press

After last summer’s scathing New York Times article and the subsequent fallout, Amazon’s reputation hardly seemed bulletproof. But the e-commerce giant… Read More

Amazon’s delivery network continues to expand, retailer to offer two-hour delivery in Berlin, report says

Amazon plans to turn a commercial office building on a central and “fashionable” Berlin street into a fulfillment warehouse as… Read More

Judge says FTC tried to get Amazon exec to make false claims to help block Staples merger deal

Lawyers working for The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who have gone to court in an attempt to block a merger… Read More

Google reportedly working on Amazon Echo competitor amid slowdown in Nest division

The biggest surprise out of Amazon in recent years was the Amazon Echo, a smart Bluetooth speaker powered by Alexa, an AI… Read More

Thunderbirds Are Go

Amazon launching new ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ kids series on Prime Video

“Thunderbirds Are Go,” a reinvention of the classic 1960s television series, is getting a new home on Amazon as the… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos proposed a ‘disemvowel’ feature for the Washington Post

If you thought the Fire Phone was a flop, consider the Jeff Bezos ideas that never made it off the… Read More

Amazon Prime Now - PCC

Amazon launches Prime Now local store delivery in Seattle, starting with PCC and Uwajimaya

Updated with comment from PCC CEO Cate Hardy. Amazon is expanding its Prime Now one- and two-hour delivery service in Seattle to… Read More

Amazon says its male and female employees are compensated almost equally, according to internal review

An internal review of employee compensation at Amazon has found that women and men in the same jobs at the company… Read More

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