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Amazon’s lobbying nearly doubles as it pushes for new drone regulations

Building a fleet of drones to deliver packages to your door in 30 minutes isn’t cheap, but one of the… Read More

Amazon Echo can now play music from Spotify for premium users

Spotify users that pay for a $10 per month premium account can now listen to their music through the Amazon Echo.… Read More

Amazon’s net shipping costs top $5B for first time, fueling push to build out its own delivery network

Amazon’s net shipping costs reached an all-time high of $1.85 billion during the fourth quarter of 2015 and surpassed $5 billion… Read More

Retail CEO backs down from statement about Amazon’s plan to open 400 bookstores

The CEO of a large mall operator is backing off his statement about Amazon’s plans to open 400 physical bookstores. Toward the… Read More

Amazon brings Alexa to older Fire TVs with software update

Alexa on the Fire TV seemed like an obvious extension for Amazon’s AI assistant when rumors first broke out back in… Read More

Amazon’s giant Seattle biodomes start getting huge steel exoskeleton

Workers reached a milestone this week in the construction of the most distinctive element of Amazon’s new Seattle campus — lifting and… Read More

‘Alexa, order me a pizza.’ Amazon Echo adds Dominos ordering in time for the Super Bowl

When you think Dominos, high-tech probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But the pizza chain’s quest to… Read More

Amazon reportedly to open as many as 400 physical bookstores

Update: Retail CEO backs down from statement about Amazon’s plan to open 400 bookstores Amazon is set to expand its physical… Read More

Analyst warns Apple may ditch Amazon Web Services, taking nearly 10% of AWS revenue with it

Apple will reportedly give Amazon about $1 billion this year to house its various cloud features in Amazon Web Services, making up about… Read More

Amazon bringing live-action American Girl specials to Prime Video

Make room, “Tumble Leaf,” Amazon is bringing some new children’s programming to Prime Video, announcing a deal Monday with American… Read More

Huge demand for $50 Fire tablet vaults Amazon to 3rd, behind Apple and Samsung — but it won’t last

Amazon’s tablet business grew at a faster rate than any other vendor in the critical holiday quarter, shipping 5.2 million… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Bernie Sanders vs. Microsoft, Amazon’s latest secret building, and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Microsoft ‘feels the Bern’ as Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders questions… Read More

That’s a lot of interviews: Amazon added 76,700 employees in 2015

If you gathered every single employee Amazon hired last year together in one place, it would fill CenturyLink Field — and… Read More

Missy Elliott joins Alec Baldwin and Alexa for Amazon Super Bowl spots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwVzgRfPoU8 Amazon is investing in Alexa and Amazon Echo this Super Bowl season — bringing in some big names to promote… Read More

Amazon spent $690 million on acquisitions in 2015, new filing shows

Amazon spent a total of $690 million on acquisitions in 2015, most of it in cash, according to the company’s annual… Read More

Jeff Bezos celebrates the opening of the new ‘modernized’ Washington Post headquarters

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who bought the The Washington Post back in 2013 for $250 million, ushered in a new era at the paper… Read More

Want to help Flint residents in the wake of the water crisis? Here’s their Amazon Wish List

Living in the Northwest, it’s easy to take clean, potable water for granted. And although sharing our water supply isn’t… Read More

Amazon Web Services generated $2.4B in sales during Q4, up 69% from last year

Amazon’s cloud computing business continues to rake in substantial amounts of cash. Amazon Web Services generated $2.4 billion in net… Read More

Amazon Prime memberships grew 51% worldwide in 2015; 47% in U.S.

Amazon is growing its Prime membership program faster than analysts expected. In its quarterly earnings report posted today, the Seattle tech… Read More

Amazon misses profit and revenue expectations for holiday quarter; shares down 10%

Shares of Amazon are down more than 10 percent in after-hours trading today after the Seattle tech giant missed analyst expectations… Read More

Amazon ‘Spotify killer’ in the works? Report suggests enhanced music service planned

Perhaps not satisfied with its own million-song Prime Music, Amazon is reportedly looking into launching a separate streaming service that would… Read More

‘Jeff Bezos will be the richest person in the world in 5-7 years,’ Barry Diller says in Amazon assessment

Barry Diller, chairman and senior executive at IAC, shared his views on tech giants Yahoo, Apple, Google and Twitter during… Read More

Amazon teases its first-ever Super Bowl ad, starring Alec Baldwin, Dan Marino and Alexa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y-4pGhRxek&feature=youtu.be Amazon this morning released a teaser video for what the company calls its first-ever Super Bowl ad, promoting the Amazon… Read More

Amazon leases building south of downtown Seattle for mystery project

A nondescript building in the industrial district south of downtown Seattle is the latest evidence of Amazon’s insatiable appetite for real… Read More

No other tech company spends more on lobbying than Google, new stats show

Google spent $16.6 million on lobbying in the United States, far outspending any other tech company, according to research from… Read More

Amazon launches Certificate Manager, offering free SSL/TLS certificates for AWS resources

Amazon has announced a new service called AWS Certificate Manager, offering free SSL/TLS certificates for AWS resources. Back in June,… Read More

Amazon Prime’s US membership grew 35% to 54 million in 2015, research group says

Amazon’s sales pitch to consumers about the benefits of the company’s Prime program continues to resonate, research suggests. In a… Read More

Amazon’s other physical retail test: A mini bookstore for Kindle ebooks

It only takes up a couple square feet, a small fraction of the size of Amazon’s first real bookstore in Seattle,… Read More

Amazon brings personalized sports updates, movie theater details to Echo

Updates to Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant are coming in thick and fast, with Jeopardy! showing up on the Echo smart… Read More

Jeff Bezos escorts Washington Post reporter back to U.S. after release from Iranian prison

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, flew to Germany this week to escort Post correspondent Jason Rezaian… Read More