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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.

Alibaba’s first Indian investment to fuel international competiton with Amazon

Chinese Internet giant Alibaba is on the cusp of making its first investment in India, which will help it catch-up to its U.S.… Read More

Amazon’s ‘Transparent’ wins two Golden Globes, Jeff Bezos gets a shout-out on stage

Well, this might be a first: The CEO of a tech giant got a shout-out on stage at the Golden… Read More

Self publishing meets the physical world: Amazon reportedly working on platform for inventors

When Amazon opened up the Kindle Store to self-published authors, the company touched off a massive change in the book… Read More

Nook sales hit new low as Barnes & Noble reports holiday results

This is what an Amazon victory looks like. Barnes & Noble this morning reported its 2014 holiday sales numbers, including… Read More

Jet.com launching Amazon-like marketplace with a $50 annual fee

Jet.com, the e-commerce startup founded by Marc Lore, the former founder of Diapers.com, is finally saying how it intends on beating Amazon.com… Read More

Amazon slashes the price of an unlocked Fire Phone to $189, including Prime

Amazon is now offering its lowest price yet for the Fire Phone in its latest attempt to drum up demand… Read More

For better or worse, the Amazon Fire Phone was Jeff Bezos’ baby

Just when you thought there could be no more stories about why the Amazon Fire Phone failed, a new wave of stories have surfaced bringing Amazon’s… Read More

Amazon to debut next slate of original video pilots on January 15

People who love experimenting with new television shows will have a crop of fresh faces to check out next week.… Read More

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Kickstarter ditches Amazon for Stripe’s payment processing technology

You will no longer be asked to check-out on Amazon when backing your favorite inventors on Kickstarter. According to Re/Code, Kickstarter is… Read More

Amazon reportedly shakes up hardware unit after Fire Phone flop

Amazon’s Silicon Valley-based hardware group has undergone a major restructuring, with several executive leaving the organization over the past few months.… Read More

Amazon’s third-party marketplace sales double in 2014, hitting 2 billion units sold worldwide

The growth of third-party sellers on Amazon was staggering last year, with two billion items sold worldwide, representing double the amount… Read More

The best and worst performing tech stocks of 2014 in the Seattle area

It was a busy year for publicly-traded tech companies in the Seattle region, with plenty of winners and losers. The… Read More

Amazon warehouse worker on the Christmas crush: ‘You have to have stamina’

Ever wonder what it would be like to be one of the 80,000 seasonal workers Amazon hired this year to… Read More

The Amazon effect? Study says Washington state one of top importers of new residents

Seeing a lot of moving vans around Capitol Hill, Ballard and Queen Anne? You might have some new neighbors moving… Read More

Former Amazon employee ends hunger strike after meeting with company

Whatever happened to that former Amazon employee who went on a hunger strike to push for reforms at the company? We’ve… Read More

The number of people who ultimately pay for that ‘free’ Amazon Prime trial: 70 percent

Over the holidays, Amazon said 10 million customers signed up for a month-long Amazon Prime trial in order to receive two-day… Read More

Fast-growing grocery delivery startup Instacart reportedly raising $220M

Instacart, the grocery delivery service led by former Amazon.com engineer Apoorva Mehta, is raising $220 million in a huge financing… Read More

Amazon Echo in the house: Superior streaming speaker with so-so smarts

At one end of the intelligent audio spectrum is the gadget that hangs on to your every word, a vocal… Read More

The Christmas scorecard: Nordstrom and Zappos nail it; Staples and Toys ‘R’ Us slip up

Hallelujah! Chances are you received everything you ordered online in time for Christmas. Unlike last year, no major hiccups were reported this… Read More

The Bezos effect: Washington Post plans to license back-end online platform to smaller newspapers

The Washington Post is coming up with a creative new way to make money. The newspaper, now owned by Amazon.com… Read More

The good, bad and geeky: 55 quotes that defined the tech industry in 2014

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was an age of Super Bowl victories… Read More

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Top 10: Highlights from GeekWire’s most-read stories of 2014

  On this week’s GeekWire radio show, we’re counting down our top 10 picks from our most popular stories of the year.… Read More

Here are all the crazy gifts everyone bought on Amazon this year

Amazon released its annual post-Christmas holiday sales rundown this morning — the one in which the company makes lots of fun comparisons… Read More

Amazon says more than 10 million people tried Prime during holidays

Amazon.com met with success this holiday season getting customers to try a Prime membership, the program that offers free 2-day… Read More

Review: Amazon’s ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ is solid classical comedy

As people settle in for a long weekend of holiday entertainment, Amazon is hoping its new half-hour dramatic comedy will… Read More

Learning pays: Amazon offers $1K in AWS credit for people who complete online course

Amazon has teamed up with online course provider EdX to offer $1,000 in Amazon Web Services credit to people who… Read More

Amazon discounts Fire HDX tablets by 30% for one day

Amazon is hoping to reach holiday gift-shopping procrastinators with a last-minute, one-day deal for its newest tablet. The online giant today slashed… Read More

Amazon and Netflix buy full-page ads in NYT to promote Web TV series

Netflix and Amazon.com are going old-school in their attempts to gain viewers for their Web TV series, with both companies… Read More

App of the Week: Amazon’s Surprise makes last-minute gifting a snap

We’ve all had those moments – you look at the calendar, notice a holiday or someone’s birthday, and think “oh… Read More

The ‘Roger Ebert of battery chargers:’ Meet Amazon’s top product reviewer

They’re some of the most powerful presences on the Internet: Amazon’s top product reviewers. And now, thanks to this Boston… Read More

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