GeekWire
Menu
  • Home
  • News
    • Amazon
    • Civic presented by Microsoft
    • Geek Life presented by Network of Giving
    • Health/Life Sciences
    • Microsoft
    • Podcasts
    • Space
    • Startups
    • Sustainability
    • Tech Moves
    • Bot or Not
    • GeekWire on the Road: Spokane
    • Microsoft at 50 presented by Accenture
    • Tech Vets presented by Northern Trust
  • GeekWork
    • GeekWork Recruiting
    • Job Board
  • Events
    • Community Calendar
    • GeekWire Events
  • Lists
    • Amazon Office Buildings
    • GeekWire 200 presented by JPMorganChase
    • GeekWire Startup List
    • GeekWire Startup Resources
    • GeekWire Startup Spaces
    • Layoff Tracker
    • M&As and IPOs
    • Northwest Women VC & Angel Investor List
    • Recent Fundings
    • Seattle Engineering Outposts
    • Venture Capital Directory
  • Members
    • Health Benefits
    • Memberships
  • Studios
    • GeekWire Studios: Let Us Tell Your Story
    • Nebius at NVIDIA GTC 2025 sponsored by Nebius
    • AWS Marketplace Seller Conference 2024 sponsored by AWS
    • AWS Summit: New York Partner Spotlights sponsored by AWS
    • Does Compute presented by Carnegie Mellon University
    • Guide to re:Invent sponsored by AWS
    • Money Hacks presented by BECU
    • Tech Connect at Dreamforce 2024 sponsored by RSM US LLP
    • Uncommon Thinkers Welcome sponsored by Greater Seattle Partners
    • Zuper at Inbound sponsored by Zuper
  • About
    • About GeekWire
    • Advertise
    • Contact Us
    • Email Newsletters
    • Reprints & Permissions
    • Sponsors
  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips

What happens here matters everywhere.

  • Podcast
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletter
  • News Tips
  • Amazon
  • Microsoft
  • Startups
  • AI
  • Science
  • Tech Moves
  • Sustainability
  • Civic
  • Geek Life

Amazon

In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.

Amazon rolls out ‘Launchpad’ for startups, partners with Y Combinator, Indiegogo, Techstars and others

Amazon is working with some of the top startup programs and investors in the country on a new initiative called Amazon… Read More

New ‘Flee the Jungle’ site asks consumers to boycott Amazon.com, offers alternatives

Two Seattleites want people to stop buying products and services from Amazon.com until the company shows more concern for its impact… Read More

Podcast

Apple in Seattle, Starbucks rides with Lyft, Amazon flexes its profits, and our search for the Rolling Stones

This week on the GeekWire radio show: Apple makes a big move into Seattle, Starbucks and Lyft strike a major… Read More

A good day: Macklemore performs for Amazon employees after company crushes earnings

This was probably one of Amazon’s better days in its 20-year history. Earlier Thursday, the company blew past Wall Street’s expectations… Read More

Jeff Bezos is now world’s fifth-richest man as Amazon passes Walmart in market cap

After surprising Wall Street and posting a profit in its second quarter earnings report, Amazon.com’s stock skyrocketed on Tuesday. The Seattle… Read More

Amazon growing faster than ever — adds record 18,000 workers in quarter to top 183,000 globally

Amazon grew its workforce by 18,000 people worldwide over the past quarter, boosting its global employment by more than 10 percent in just three… Read More

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services generated $1.8B last quarter, up 81% from one year ago

Amazon.com’s fast-growing cloud business is generating a ton of cash and helping the Seattle company turn an overall profit. Amazon today… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Amazon posts $92M profit — yes, profit — in second quarter results

Amazon beat Wall Street’s expectations with $23.18 billion in revenue and profit of $92 million, or 19 cents a share, in… Read More

Geek on the Street: We went to the mall and asked, ‘Why aren’t you shopping online?’

Amazon celebrated its 20th anniversary last week with a massive sale called Prime Day, and new online retail models like Jet.com… Read More

Amazon appeals ruling in product search dispute, fearing a ‘flood of lawsuits’

Amazon is gearing up to fight a legal precedent that could keep online retailers from suggesting searches for products they don’t… Read More

Big expectations for Amazon in buildup to second-quarter earnings report

Amazon is set to report second-quarter earnings Thursday, and based on its recent stock performance, investors are expecting impressive results from the… Read More

Amazon invades Angie’s List’s turf even more by rolling out Home Services in 11 new markets

About four months ago, Amazon launched a brand new division that enabled customers to not only buy water heaters and TV wall… Read More

Amazon to face trial over knockoff pillowcases in closely watched dispute over counterfeit goods

A federal judge has refused to dismiss patent infringement claims against Amazon in a lawsuit filed by Seattle-based novelty pillowcase maker Milo &… Read More

This is Jet.com’s very weird and costly way to compete with Amazon on day one

Jet.com launches Tuesday with a shopping experience that it hopes will be on par with Amazon’s. To do so, the Hoboken, N.J.-based company wanted to have… Read More

It’s payday for PayPal: PayPal’s now worth $50 billion and eBay only $35 billion

eBay’s smaller payments unit isn’t so small anymore. PayPal, which enables peer-to-peer transactions and digital payments, is now worth $50 billion… Read More

As Jet.com’s shopping club gets ready to take off, its valuation may soar to $3B

The doors of this shopping mall aren’t even open yet and investors are clamoring to get a piece of the action.… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Prime Day post mortem, asteroid mining milestone, and tech meets politics

This week on the GeekWire radio show: An assessment of Amazon Prime Day, a big milestone for asteroid mining, tech moguls Steve… Read More

HBO Now makes its Android debut as Apple’s exclusive window ends

HBO Now is coming to Android today. The $14.99/month service was previously sold exclusively through Apple devices and Cablevision’s Optimum Online subscriptions. The… Read More

Amazon’s Prime Day order rates surpassing Black Friday despite customer complaints

Amazon rolled out thousands of sales today for the first-ever Prime Day, and already it’s shaping up to be a… Read More

Inside Amazon circa 1997: Jeff Bezos gives a tour in this rare video

It’s not even Throwback Thursday, but CNET has found a treat: A 1997 video of Jeff Bezos giving a tour… Read More

Spike Lee’s new film will be Amazon’s first original movie — debuting first in theaters, then online

Amazon Studios is producing its first full-length movie, Spike Lee’s Chi-raq, the company announced today. The film will be released in… Read More

Amazon.com customers not happy with initial Prime Day selection

Amazon.com customers who stayed up early Wednesday morning for initial Prime Day deals seem to be a tad underwhelmed. Today is… Read More

This killer new feature on Jet.com could pose a real threat to Amazon

There are so many companies trying to compete with Amazon in the U.S., but here’s one that may have a shot. Next… Read More

Amazon’s shares up 50% this year as stock continues to soar on the outlook for Prime

Amazon’s stock got a big boost today after an analyst made positive comments about Prime, the company’s two-day shipping program. Today’s… Read More

Amazon’s AWS acquires Portland’s AppThwack, seeking an easy way to test apps in the cloud

AppThwack announced this morning it was acquired by Amazon Web Services to help developers test their phone apps in the cloud. In… Read More

The number of U.S. Prime members eligible for Amazon’s huge sale tomorrow: 44 million

Amazon now has about 44 million U.S. Prime members, who will be eligible to shop tomorrow during the company’s Black… Read More

Amazon builds 208MW wind farm to power AWS cloud data centers, its biggest renewable energy source yet

The cloud is getting cleaner. Amazon announced today that it is building a wind farm to power future Amazon Web… Read More

Authors and booksellers ask U.S. regulators to investigate Amazon’s dominance in book sales

A year ago, Amazon was looking pretty good after Apple was found guilty of overcharging consumers by millions of dollars for… Read More

Walmart follows Amazon’s lead by offering Black Friday-like discounts this week

Walmart and other retailers are rolling out massive sales this week in response to Amazon, which is planning a huge sales… Read More

Patent trolls increasingly targeting tech: Apple, Amazon among most frequently sued

Patent litigation in the U.S. is expected to hit an all-time high this year, and the cases are largely being… Read More

  • Older
  • Newer

Latest Stories

    Read All Stories

    GeekWire Newsletters

    Subscribe to GeekWire's free newsletters to catch every headline

    Send Us a Tip

    Have a scoop that you'd like GeekWire to cover? Let us know.

    Send Us a Tip

    A Word From Our Sponsors

    About

    • About GeekWire
    • Contact Us
    • Partner With Us
    • Become a GeekWire Member
    • Send Us a Tip
    • Join Our Startup List
    • Reprints and Permissions

    Follow

    • Facebook
    • X
    • LinkedIn
    • Instagram
    • RSS Feed
    • Podcast
    • YouTube
    • Bluesky

    GeekWire Newsletters

    Catch every headline in your inbox

    Read GeekWire

    • Apple News
    • Google News

    Legal

    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Sponsored Content Policy
    Return to Top of Page
    © 2011-2026 GeekWire, LLC
    Do Not Sell or Share My Personal information
    Limit the Use Of My Sensitive Personal Information
    Consent Preferences