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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.

How Amazon wants to use sensors to make device notifications smarter

Are you sitting on the couch looking at your tablet, or walking with your phone in your pocket? The answer… Read More

That’s three: Amazon inks distribution deal with Macmillan following long fight with Hachette

Macmillian Publishers announced today that the company has reached a distribution deal with Amazon to allow the e-commerce company to… Read More

Amazon’s Kindle FreeTime Unlimited reading service gets new content from Disney, Nickelodeon, more

Parents who want to occupy their kids’ time over the holidays with educational entertainment have a big selection of new books… Read More

Amazon debuts Prime Now, a one-hour delivery service for Prime members

Amazon today launched Prime Now, a new one-hour delivery service that offers Prime members a way to have “daily essential”… Read More

Amazon pounces as Netflix exec declares offline viewing is ‘never going to happen’

Netflix users who want the video streaming company to offer offline viewing to help them get around patches of bad… Read More

Grocery Delivery Wars: How Amazon Fresh, Instacart and Safeway stacked up in our tests

Upcoming changes in the Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service in Seattle are causing some longtime customers to think twice. Is it worth the new $299/year… Read More

Postal workers overwhelmed by flood of Amazon Sunday deliveries

The U.S. Postal Service is straining to keep up with the volume of packages being delivered on Sundays, with some carriers complaining of… Read More

Hey, procrastinators: Here are the Christmas deadlines for ordering gifts on Amazon

Good news for procrastinators — Amazon.com is extending its Christmas ordering deadlines. The Seattle online giant announced today that customers… Read More

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Appeals judge questions U.S. antitrust case against Apple, citing Amazon’s e-book dominance

A panel of three judges presiding over Apple’s appeal of the Justice Department’s e-book price fixing lawsuit may end up… Read More

Google may offer Amazon-like ‘buy’ button and two-day shipping to retailers

Google does not want to become a retailer, but it does aspire to become a major marketplace. The difference is significant. Being a retailer… Read More

HBO Go arrives on Fire TV as Amazon drops price of streaming device to $79

Amazon announced today that Fire TV owners now have access to the HBO Go app. Those who already have an HBO… Read More

Amazon updates Kindle iOS app with Goodreads integration and more

Users of Apple’s mobile devices now have access to a variety of new features in Amazon’s Kindle app for iOS, thanks… Read More

Amazon’s Seattle HQ partly evacuated due to bomb threat

Some Amazon employees this morning are working from home after a possible bomb threat shut down at least one of the company’s main Seattle buildings.… Read More

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Amazon warehouse workers in Germany strike again

This time Amazon warehouse workers in Germany are walking off on the job at the peak of the holiday shopping… Read More

Edward Snowden calls Amazon’s encryption practices ‘morally irresponsible’

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden doesn’t want the government snooping on what you are researching or purchasing on Amazon.com, or what he… Read More

Watch crazy Gary Busey talk to himself in another Amazon ad

Amazon.com’s craziest celebrity spokesperson is back. In its newest TV spot, Amazon features Gary Busey in another wacky commercial touting… Read More

Mystery solved! Amazon delivers giant boxes of toys to charities around the U.S.

The mysterious giant Amazon boxes that have been popping up around the U.S. are mysteries no more: the Seattle-based retail… Read More

Tough to swallow: Longtime Amazon Fresh customers leaving over new $299/year subscription

Some people drive to the store for groceries. Margue Hunt logs in to Amazon Fresh. A tech and retail industry… Read More

Amazon Fresh to require Seattle customers to buy $299/year memberships to use grocery service

Amazon Fresh customers in the Seattle region will be required to become Amazon Prime Fresh members — at a cost… Read More

Need a holiday gift idea? Here are Amazon’s top-selling books of 2014

With the holidays coming up, finding the right gift can be a tough task. If your recipient is a book… Read More

Amazon Echo gets its iOS app — now where’s our Amazon Echo invite?!

  Amazon today released a native iOS app for Amazon Echo, the company’s intelligent, talking home speaker/virtual assistant. The companion app had… Read More

Amazon app disappears from Google Play Store as companies joust over Amazon Appstore access

Amazon’s main Android app has been quietly but unceremoniously removed from the Google Play Store’s search after the Seattle-based company added… Read More

Amazon picks up two Golden Globe nominations for ‘Transparent’

Amazon Studios has picked up a pair of Golden Globe nominations for the first time since the company embarked on its… Read More

Fact check: Microsoft executive says Amazon is just half a competitor in the ‘hyper-scale’ cloud

Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner is the company’s field general, overseeing its worldwide sales, marketing and services teams, and… Read More

Surprise! Amazon launches new app for celebratory e-cards

Amazon launched a new app for iPhone and Android today that’s designed to give people an easy way to fire… Read More

Coupang raises $300M to become the Amazon of Korea

Coupang, South Korea’s largest online retailer, has raised $300 million in private equity to fend off Amazon’s entrance into the market,… Read More

Amazon hires longtime Google VP who led Seattle-area operations

Chee Chew, who led Google’s operations in the Seattle region as a vice president of engineering, has been hired by Amazon… Read More

Amazon-owned Twitch buys eSports agency GoodGame

Steve Ballmer isn’t the only tech CEO with a major interest in a competitive sports franchise anymore. Thanks to a… Read More

Apple, Amazon refuse to release federal diversity info

More tech companies are starting to release information about the demographics of their workforces, but not every firm is interested… Read More

Amazon Instant Video gets 4K ‘Ultra HD’ streaming just in time for the holidays

Tis the season for consumers to pick up shiny new televisions as a part of their holiday shopping experience, including… Read More

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