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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.

FedEx cites ‘unprecedented surge’ in online sales in latest sign of blockbuster holiday for e-commerce

A difficult end to the holiday season for FedEx could translate into big numbers for Amazon and other online retailers.… Read More

The Year in Tech: The most important Seattle tech stories of 2015, as picked by GeekWire’s editors

When it comes to the Seattle tech stories that mattered in 2015 — major developments that will have a lasting… Read More

Amazon Prime adds more than 3M new members in 1 week at peak of holiday shopping season

Amazon said tonight that it added more than 3 million new Amazon Prime members globally in just one week at the… Read More

This startup plans to let strangers share hotel rooms to save money

A Seattle startup wants to help you save money on hotel room fares — but only if you’re willing to share… Read More

Microsoft marketing chief: Windows Phone needs a ‘spiritual equivalent’ to the Surface tablet

Windows Weekly, with Microsoft watchers Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley and TWiT founder Leo Laporte, features a wide-ranging interview this week with Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s chief marketing… Read More

Amazon’s record-breaking ‘Man in the High Castle’ renewed for a second season

As tech titans increasingly use original content to extend their digital empires, Amazon is distinguishing itself with a show about more traditional empire building.… Read More

The Bezos Effect: How Amazon’s CEO is helping The Washington Post innovate

Online traffic is up, digital innovation is encouraged, and there’s a renewed focus on the customer at the Washington Post. Yes, Jeff… Read More

Reports: Amazon is starting its own air cargo operation, wants to use 20 Boeing freighter jets

Last month, Vice’s Motherboard published a report describing an “air freight transportation operation” run by Amazon. Now, more clues point to a legitimate… Read More

Turn on Amazon’s new two-factor sign-on process, and other last-minute safe shopping tips

Tis the season of panic shopping.  It’s not quite “I’d better just buy an e-gift card” season yet, but almost.… Read More

Amazon has big plans for Uber-like ‘Flex’ package delivery service, job postings reveal

Amazon says its experiment with an Uber-style delivery network called Flex has gone so well in Seattle over the past few… Read More

Amazon Echo may not use the Force, but Alexa can throw down some fun Star Wars knowledge

Star Wars hype is all around us, and even our digital assistants are getting in on the action. Amazon added some… Read More

New stats: Samsung surges past IBM to lead U.S. patent race for 2015

Update: IBM says it believes it will still top the official U.S. patent list for the year. See a statement… Read More

Amazon boasts average wait of 39 minutes as it keeps bringing restaurant delivery to new cities

Amazon continues to expand its Prime Now delivery service at a breakneck pace, announcing on Tuesday that it will now deliver hot… Read More

Amazon launches new era with opening of first tower at new Seattle campus

Amazon employees made their way into the company’s new Doppler office tower near downtown Seattle for the first time on Monday… Read More

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba acquires South China Morning Post

Perhaps Jeff Bezos started a trend two years ago when the Amazon founder acquired the Washington Post. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba… Read More

Amazon brings one-hour alcohol delivery to NYC with more cities to follow

Amazon customers in Manhattan can now order virtually any kind of booze they’re looking for, and have it delivered to their front… Read More

‘Amazon Mom’ becomes ‘Amazon Family’ in U.S. after long campaign by dad bloggers

Amazon has quietly changed the name of its “Amazon Mom” program to “Amazon Family” in the U.S., following a longstanding campaign… Read More

Amazon releases the top-selling books from 2015

While the Amazon editors and Bill Gates have both revealed their top books of 2015, what did Amazon readers choose? Amazon released… Read More

Amazon Web Services exec: We’ve got a 3- to 4-year technical lead on rivals

Amazon Web Services got its start back when the word “cloud” meant big white puffy things in the sky. But… Read More

Amazon launches marketplace for cord cutters, now sells streaming subscriptions through Prime

Amazon announced its new Streaming Partners Program on Tuesday as the company tries to turn its Amazon Video platform into a marketplace… Read More

Jeff Bezos wants to send Donald Trump to space, and Twitter is thrilled

Jeff Bezos is still new to Twitter, but he’s figuring out the snarky social media stuff pretty quickly. The CEO of… Read More

Amazon targets bookworms with new $250 ‘Reader’s Edition’ tablet bundle

Amazon introduced a $250 tablet bundle on Monday that tries to lump together everything a reading fan might be seeking in a… Read More

Amazon opens pop-up movie theater at JFK to celebrate JetBlue partnership

Another giant Amazon box is out in the wild, though this one is fairly unique given that it’s located inside… Read More

Amazon to begin move into new Seattle campus next week, with rooftop dog park and indoor basketball court

After years of planning, Amazon will finally begin moving into its new campus near downtown next week. Construction on the… Read More

Amazon buys thousands of truck trailers in latest move to take shipping into its own hands

Amazon purchased thousands of truck trailers to ship merchandise between distribution facilities, the company announced Friday. The move isn’t completely… Read More

Banana stand

Amazon opens ‘Community Banana Stand’ at Seattle HQ to give away free fruit

Whoever says Amazon doesn’t give away free food clearly hasn’t visited the company’s campus this week. Amazon has opened a “Community… Read More

GeekWire’s 2015 Newsmakers of the Year: These industry leaders made their mark in tech, science and space

It has been another giant year for technology and science in the Seattle region — featuring everything from rocket launches… Read More

Amazon brings budget Fire tablet to China, partners with search giant Baidu

Amazon announced on Thursday that it’s bringing its new Fire tablet, which sells for $49.99 in the U.S., to China. The… Read More

Amazon files patent to ‘transform’ your entire living room into another reality

Amazon has shown interest in augmented reality for a while, but on Tuesday the company was awarded a set of… Read More

Amazon Fire tablet gets new ‘Blue Shade’ update to help night-time readers

Amazon wants to help its customers read more comfortably at night. The Seattle tech giant today announced a few new… Read More

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