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Update: Amazon’s CloudFront content delivery network recovers from two-hour outage

It’s the Murphy’s Law corollary for cloud computing: anything that can go wrong will go wrong on the eve of… Read More

Amazon reportedly in talks to buy Indian retailer Jabong

Amazon has finished its first round of acquisition talks with Jabong, an Indian online lifestyle retail site, according to a… Read More

Company town: Amazon’s rapid growth sparks housing boom in Seattle’s urban core

There were audible gasps from the Urban Land Institute audience last week when Amazon real estate director John Schoettler delivered the stat: Amazon is… Read More

Amazon cuts price on Fire Phone again, reducing device to $199 unlocked

Amazon’s Fire Phone is getting another price cut. The device, unveiled in July and suffering from lackluster sales in recent months,… Read More

Amazon started ‘Black Friday’ a month early this year, and it’s paying off with more shoppers

Amazon kicked off Black Friday deals a full 28 days early in an attempt to grab a larger share of… Read More

Amazon pushes further into fashion with 46,000-square-foot photo studio in London

Amazon is opening a 46,000-square-foot photography studio in London, where it plans to crank out photos of the latest European… Read More

EBay downplays same-day delivery by removing standalone app from App Store

eBay is again scaling back its plans to offer same-day delivery, with the removal of its eBay Now app from the iOS… Read More

FAA’s proposed drone rules could hinder Amazon’s aerial delivery plans

Commercial drone rules to be proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration would require unmanned aircraft to fly below 400 feet and… Read More

News Brief

Shoppost lands in Amazon Webstore to help merchants sell on social networks

Shoppost’s social shopping technology is now available to merchants using Amazon Webstore. As part of the integration, Spiegel and Harley-Davidson Military Sales,… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Our 3rd Annual Geeky Holiday Gift & Gadget Guide

Which gadgets should you buy for the geeks on your list? And which should you put on your own wish… Read More

GeekWork: Fast-growing Zillow seeking software engineers for ‘next-generation data platform’

Zillow’s rapid growth doesn’t show signs of slowing any time soon. Earlier this week GeekWire learned that the online real… Read More

No Windows, no problem: Amazon’s AppStream streams almost any Windows app from the cloud

Want to run a Windows app on an iPhone? That’s no problem, thanks to a new update to Amazon’s AppStream… Read More

Amazon reportedly planning ad-supported video streaming service

Amazon is planning to launch an ad-supported video streaming service early next year, according to a report from the New… Read More

Amazon reportedly planning travel service to compete with Expedia, others

Soon, travelers may be able to buy their luggage and their hotel reservations with a single visit to Amazon. The… Read More

Amazon inks 17-year lease for 470,000 square-foot space in Manhattan

Amazon has inked a 17-year lease for a 470,000 square-foot space in midtown Manhattan. Vornado Realty Trust, which owns the… Read More

Amazon’s new dark comedy will be available for binge watching this Christmas

People looking for something to watch over Christmas won’t have to settle for the same old marathons of James Bond… Read More

Space puzzles, ahoy! Amazon’s new game ‘Tales from Deep Space’ hits Fire tablets

Amazon Game Studios just launched “Tales from Deep Space,” a new puzzle game for the company’s Fire tablets. Players are… Read More

But wait, there’s more! How Twitch could boost Amazon’s retail business with QVC-style live shows

One day last month, Amazon’s camera product page was taken over by a 48-minute live event to highlight Sony’s answer to the GoPro camera. The low-budget… Read More

Mattel apologizes for horrific Barbie book ‘I Can Be a Computer Engineer’ that implies girls can’t code

Toy maker Mattel has worked hard in recent years to try to change the image of Barbie. The latest fiasco… Read More

Alibaba will take Taobao e-commerce marketplace international, Jack Ma says

In the latest sign of Alibaba’s global ambitions, the Chinese e-commerce company is planning to take its key Taobao marketplace… Read More

Rev. Jesse Jackson is coming to Seattle to talk about diversity in tech

Former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson has taken tech companies to task in recent months, encouraging them to release data about… Read More

Washington Post’s new Kindle Fire app has Jeff Bezos written all over it

Not every newspaper can lean on one of the world’s top tech executives as a beta tester and adviser when developing a new… Read More

Let the comparison shopping begin: Amazon unleashes exhaustive list of Black Friday deals

Amazon is unveiling an exhaustive list of “Black Friday” deals this evening, which it hopes will set itself apart from the… Read More

Amazon will run all its data centers on renewable energy…eventually

Environmentally-conscious cloud users got good news today: Amazon has pledged to get all of its data centers running entirely on… Read More

‘Amageddon’: How Amazon’s culture is taking a toll on Seattle’s future

Guest Commentary: When I arrived in Seattle in 1991, Tim Wistrom’s art playfully epitomized post-apocalyptic Seattle. But increasingly, the city’s… Read More

Microsoft, Apple and other tech titans get top marks in survey of LGBT inclusion policies

Major players in the tech industry earned top marks from the Human Rights Campaign for workplace policies relating to lesbian,… Read More

Amazon’s private traffic flaggers are illegal, city attorney says

If you’ve ever driven near Amazon’s South Lake Union headquarters during rush hour, it’s likely you’ve seen one of Amazon’s… Read More

Online video subscription services to be measured by Nielsen for the first time

Are streaming services, like Netflix and Amazon, eating into the amount of time we watch traditional TV? Is anyone tuning into Amazon Prime… Read More

Former Amazon employee plans hunger strike, as standoff with company escalates

Former Amazon employee Kivin Varghese, who has been protesting outside the company’s Seattle headquarters for the past two weeks, says he… Read More

Hands-on: Amazon’s Fire TV Stick is a powerful little streaming device

Amazon started shipping its Fire TV Stick streaming device this morning, going up against Google, Roku and others in the… Read More