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Catching up with Brian Valentine, former Windows and Amazon engineering chief

Brian Valentine was a legendary figure inside Microsoft, as the executive leading the engineering teams for the Windows 2000 and Windows XP… Read More

Amazon expands free shipping to even more items

Amazon is tripling the number of items that qualify for free shipping. The Seattle e-commerce giant started alerting customers and sellers… Read More

Amazon’s 40 million Prime members spending $1,500 a year on average

Thanks to a end-of-the-year marketing blitz, Amazon now has roughly 40 million Amazon Prime members. The research, which was conducted… Read More

Police raid Amazon’s Japan offices, seeking evidence of child porn sales

Amazon’s Tokyo headquarters and a nearby distribution center were raided last week by Japanese officials investigating the possible sales of child… Read More

Alibaba’s Jack Ma tells Charlie Rose about discovering the Internet in Seattle

The first time Alibaba’s Founder and CEO Jack Ma used the Internet he was in Seattle. “I tried the Internet in… Read More

Amazon goes after Apple with Kindle Textbook Creator

Amazon wants to make it easier for people to craft textbooks for its e-book platform, so the company just released… Read More

Confirmed: Amazon agrees to buy Israeli chip maker Annapurna Labs for a reported $350M

Update, 10:50 a.m. PT: An Amazon spokesperson confirmed that the company has agreed to acquire Annapurna. It did not disclose the… Read More

Amazon confirms mobile-wallet experiment has ended

Amazon confirmed today it has closed down the Amazon Wallet after a six-month long beta period. The closure, which was also reported… Read More

Amazon halts sales of its private-label diapers, citing need for ‘design improvements’

Amazon’s move into private-label products hit a snag this morning with the news that the company will stop selling its… Read More

Amazon’s new Seattle campus comes into focus with plans for Hurricane block

Architects for Amazon have submitted detailed renderings showing the company’s plans for the fourth block of its new Seattle campus, on… Read More

Amazon pokes at New England Patriots with football pump tweet

Seattle-area companies have been known to go to great lengths to support the hometown Seahawks, but this tweet, sent out from Amazon’s… Read More

Overstock.com to launch video service to compete with Amazon

Amazon is going to have another competitor in the video market starting this year. Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne announced that… Read More

Not everyone is jazzed about Woody Allen’s deal with Amazon

Amazon surprised and stunned Hollywood and audiences this month with its win for Best Comedic Television Series at the Golden… Read More

Amazon to power its datacenters with new wind farm next year

Amazon Web Services will soon use wind power to generate electricity for its cloud datacenters. The Seattle giant today announced that it is… Read More

Review: Amazon’s new pilot season offers the good, the bad, and one train wreck

Amazon’s latest pilot season is upon us, and that means it’s time for armchair TV critics to make their voices… Read More

Alibaba’s U.S. strategy: Make friends with Amazon’s enemies

After Alibaba raised $25 billion in one of the biggest public offerings in the U.S., many believed the Chinese company was plotting a major… Read More

Amazon at the movies: Company to debut up to 12 films a year in theaters, with quick release on Prime

Fresh off its big Golden Globe win for the TV series Transparent, Amazon today announced that it will produce and… Read More

Paper is back: Why ‘real’ books are on the rebound

All hail paper, the book reading technology resurgent. Eight years after the first Amazon Kindle and five years since the… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Amazon Echo’s Alexa joins us as our special guest

We’ve been waiting for a long time to talk with this week’s guest! Joining us on the GeekWire radio show is… Read More

EU’s investigation into Amazon finds evidence of unfair tax advantage

Amazon may be receiving an unfair tax advantage in Europe as a result of a 2003 agreement with authorities in Luxembourg… Read More

Apple adding 1M users a week to iBooks after launch of iOS 8

Apple’s decision to bundle its iBooks e-reading app in iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite has paid off in a… Read More

Amazon’s latest season of original video pilots available now

TV fiends who want to shape the future of Amazon’s Prime Instant Video streaming service have a new set of… Read More

Rock on! Twitch launches new free music service for streamers

Twitch launched a pair of music-centric initiatives today which make its streaming service more attractive to recording artists. The first,… Read More

Amazon Kindle exec calls Hachette battle ‘rare’; downplays e-book subscription concerns

Amazon is often criticized for its tactics in the book publishing business, whether it is trying to slash prices or distribute books in… Read More

‘Bosch,’ Amazon’s first hour-long drama, comes to the web February 13

“Bosch,” Amazon’s first original hour-long drama, will be coming to Prime Instant Video on February 13, since nothing says “Happy… Read More

Amazon’s stock rises to $300 after bullish analyst says ‘The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow’

Profits may always appear to be on the horizon for Amazon, but its investments may start to pay off as soon as this… Read More

Amazon opens floodgates on Echo invites — for delivery in four months

Amazon has noticeably increased the number of invitations going out to customers to purchase the Echo smart home speaker, but… Read More

Amazon signs Woody Allen — yes, Woody Allen — to create original TV series

Fresh off its first-ever wins at the Golden Globes, Amazon has signed the legendary director and filmmaker Woody Allen to… Read More

New York real estate owner sues Amazon for $25M over botched deal

A New York real estate owner is suing Amazon, claiming that the Seattle retailer reneged on an agreement to rent 10 floors in… Read More

Most Amazon Prime subscribers have never seen Golden Globe winner ‘Transparent’

Amazon Prime members, you’ve got an undiscovered gem to watch! The company’s landmark series, Transparent, has been seen by fewer than 40 percent… Read More