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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.

Public-relations pros: Amazon’s belated rebuttal to the NYT ‘recasts the foundation of crisis PR’

Amazon’s surprising response to the New York Times has received lots of attention in the tech world this week — coming more than two… Read More

Amazon Prime Music finally arrives on Sonos, starting with launch of beta today

Sonos announced today that Amazon Prime Music subscribers can start streaming tunes to their Sonos speakers. The WiFi-enabled speakers already support… Read More

Photos: Seattle tech leaders celebrate in style at Madrona’s 20th anniversary

Since 1995, Madrona Venture Group has touched — and impacted — a huge part of Seattle’s startup ecosystem. And many… Read More

Biggest holiday ever? Amazon to hire record 100,000 seasonal workers in U.S.

Amazon says it’s preparing to bring aboard as many as 100,000 seasonal workers at its U.S. fulfillment and sorting centers this… Read More

Amazon expands Prime Now restaurant delivery to Portland — including food trucks

Amazon’s Prime Now one-hour delivery service is launching restaurant delivery today in Portland, Ore., a little more than a month after… Read More

Amazon rips into NYT story with new details about ex-employees quoted in ‘bruising’ piece

Updated below with response from The New York Times, which stands by its story and says former employee Bo Olson disputes… Read More

After delay, AmazonFresh rolls out mandatory $299/year ‘Prime Fresh’ grocery membership

Amazon has followed through on its plan to require a special $299/year membership to use the AmazonFresh grocery delivery service… Read More

After undercover sting, Amazon files suit against 1,000 Fiverr users over fake product reviews

Amazon continued its war against fake product reviews on Friday, filing a lawsuit against more than 1,000 people it says… Read More

Walmart plans to release OneOps cloud technology as open source, targeting AWS and Azure

Walmart announced this week that it’s open-sourcing its cloud platform, called OneOps, to let developers build in the cloud without being locked… Read More

Amazon releases ‘hot toy’ list, as analysts predict it will destroy Walmart this holiday season

It’s not even Halloween yet, and retailers are talking about the holiday season. Amazon released its hot toy list today… Read More

Amazon Destinations travel site shuttered six months after launching

Amazon launched its first travel site in a few test markets back in April, but already it looks like the experiment… Read More

Testing UberEATS: Insanely fast lunch delivery, fresh food make up for limited selection

It’s official: UberEATS is the fastest restaurant delivery service around. Two GeekWire reporters took the relatively new offering for a test… Read More

AmazonCrossing to spend $10M to translate foreign books into English

Today, AmazonCrossing has announced that it will make a significant commitment to translating a number of foreign bestselling titles and highly acclaimed… Read More

Amazon’s bookstore revealed? Blueprints provide new clues about mysterious Seattle site

Blueprints for the site of a rumored Amazon bookstore offer new clues about what might be the e-commerce giant’s first full-fledged retail… Read More

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Amazon bookstore rumors, hands-on with Microsoft’s Surface Book, and the future of shoes

This week on the GeekWire radio show: Is Amazon opening a bookstore in Seattle? We provide the clues and let… Read More

Snapchat, WhatsApp, Expedia and Amazon: What 15 tech brands could have been called

Choosing the right brand name can be a make-it or break-it experience for a lot of startups. Finding something that… Read More

Review: Amazon’s 4K Fire TV is blazing fast, but Alexa on the big screen is a letdown

We’re spoiled with artificially intelligent companions today. It started with our phones, which were once used for talking to others… Read More

Amazon jumps into the Internet of Things, pitching AWS for connected devices

Amazon is jumping into the Internet of Things, but not with a physical product. Instead, the company wants to provide the backbone… Read More

Amazon’s first bookstore? What we glimpsed inside this mysterious Seattle retail site

Yellow bins, tall shelves, and an assortment of books line the floor of a mysterious, yet-to-be-opened store in an upscale Seattle… Read More

Amazon gets crafty: ‘Handmade’ artisan marketplace challenges Etsy

Amazon this morning launched a new online marketplace featuring handmade items from artisans around the world, beginning a long-awaited challenge to the popular… Read More

Amazon rumored to be in talks with CBS, NBCUniversal for live streaming TV

Your Amazon Fire TV may soon replace your cable box, without having you ditch your favorite network shows. Sources tell Bloomberg that… Read More

Amazon has started filming with the ‘Top Gear’ guys

When Amazon picked up the Top Gear crew for Prime, it was headline-making news around the world. After all, the… Read More

Amazon unveils ‘Snowball’ shippable data storage appliance, with an automated E Ink shipping label

Amazon Web Services this morning announced a new way for its customers to get large amounts of data into the… Read More

Amazon releases the 100 sci-fi and fantasy books you should read in your lifetime

Amazon’s book editors have been busy assembling collections of the 100 books everyone should read in their lifetime — and… Read More

Amazon’s dominance of online shopping starts with product searches, study shows

Amazon is king when it comes to online shopping — and that dominance starts from the very moment people start searching… Read More

Who’s responsible for managing work-life balance? Amazon, Nike and other execs weigh in

A panel of former Amazon executives took the stage at the GeekWire Summit last week to share their experiences about what… Read More

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services set to debut new business intelligence tool, code-named ‘Space Needle’

Amazon Web Services is set to take on Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Tableau Software and others in the lucrative business intelligence… Read More

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Netflix vs. Amazon and Hulu: Who’s winning the video streaming wars?

View image | gettyimages.com This week on the GeekWire radio show, we catch up on the latest news about Netflix, Amazon… Read More

Amazon to halt sales of Apple TV and Google Chromecast, due to lack of compatibility with Prime Video

Amazon is pulling two of its bestselling electronics from their shelves because the Apple and Google video-streaming boxes are not compatible with the… Read More

Former Amazon execs: Working at Amazon a cinch compared to startup life

Almost anyone who has worked for Amazon seems to agree it has high standards, but there’s still one big question… Read More

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