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An image you can’t unsee: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as romance novel heartthrob

Did you ever wonder what Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos would look like on the cover of a romance novel? Of… Read More

Amazon unveils ‘Echo,’ a $199 voice-enabled speaker that acts as your personal assistant

Apple has Siri, Microsoft has Cortana, and Amazon has … Echo. In a somewhat unexpected move, Amazon today unveiled a… Read More

News Brief

Amazon-owned Quidsi launches free overnight shipping in select markets

Order today, and get it the next day for free. That’s the new offer announced today by Quidsi, which is… Read More

Amazon explores use of taxis for speedy package delivery

Amazon has partnered with the taxi-hailing app Flywheel to test package delivery in some markets. Amazon conducted tests this fall in… Read More

Amazon is a ‘bubble stock,’ warns hedge fund manager David Einhorn

Investor David Einhorn and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer finally agree on something — it just happens to be Amazon. Echoing… Read More

Amazon exec: Company learning from Fire phone flop, may adjust approach for sequel

Even though Amazon’s Fire phone hasn’t caught the imagination of consumers, it looks like Amazon is still planning another crack at… Read More

Same-day delivery, eh? Amazon expands service to Vancouver and Toronto

Amazon is now offering same-day delivery to Canadians living in Vancouver and Toronto. The service kicks off today with more than… Read More

Former employee protests Amazon tactics, vows to hold vigil at HQ for ‘days, weeks, months, or longer’

Kivin Varghese, a former Amazon employee involved in a protracted legal dispute with the company, says he will protest outside… Read More

Third-party retailers begin offering Amazon Prime members free shipping

AllSaints, a high-end British fashion retailer, has started offering Amazon Prime members free shipping, representing the first time perks associated with the… Read More

Prime Photos: Amazon gives Prime members unlimited cloud photo storage

Amazon this morning unveiled a new benefit for Amazon Prime members, called Prime Photos — offering free, unlimited photo storage… Read More

Alibaba shows Amazon how it’s done, posts $494M profit in first earnings report since IPO

Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce giant, this morning reported revenue of $2.74 billion for the September quarter, an increase of… Read More

On eve of first earnings report, Alibaba’s worth more than Walmart

Alibaba, the Chinese Internet giant that raised a record $25 billion in a public offering two months ago, is scheduled… Read More

Harvard Business Review crunches numbers, names Amazon’s Bezos ‘Best-Performing CEO’

Jeff Bezos and Amazon have been taking it on the chin on Wall Street and elsewhere over the company’s lack… Read More

Amazon releases diversity numbers: 75% of managers male, 60% of U.S. employees white

Jesse Jackson’s request has been fulfilled. Nearly two months after the civil rights activist asked Amazon to disclose the gender… Read More

Amazon executive: We botched the Fire Phone pricing

Amazon.com isn’t really known as being the most transparent and open company. That’s why remarks that Amazon executive David Limp… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon’s top ad exec leaving for Yahoo; Bsquare names CFO

—Amazon.com’s top online advertising executive, Lisa Utzschneider, is leaving the company to join Yahoo, reports AdAge. The news follows a report… Read More

Retailers act early to keep holiday shipping promises, trying to avoid another debacle

A year ago, shoppers were frustrated when packages did not arrive in time for Christmas as promised. Retailers and delivery giants couldn’t… Read More

Amazon wants the Black Friday shopping frenzy to last for a month

Amazon is kicking off the holidays a little early this year, offering so-called “Black Friday” prices starting as early as Saturday.… Read More

Alibaba’s stealthy new Seattle engineering office is within poaching distance of Amazon

GeekWire didn’t actually make it into the heart Alibaba’s secretive engineering office in downtown Seattle during our unannounced visit this afternoon. But we did make it as far… Read More

After selling out to Amazon, Twitch has a hilarious new nudity rule

Videogames are exciting, but please folks, keep your clothes on! That’s the gist of a new rule Twitch has implemented roughly… Read More

Amazon hiring former CIOs to help sell more enterprise cloud computing products

Amazon is courting former chief information officers in an effort to bring in more enterprise cloud computing business. The Wall Street… Read More

Ohio governor says Amazon committed to $1 billion data center

Reports surfaced last month that Amazon.com planned to spend $1.1 billion on a new data center in Dublin, Ohio —… Read More

New orders for Amazon Fire TV Stick not shipping until after holidays

People who order Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick today won’t receive the devices until well after the holidays — reflecting… Read More

Watch out Amazon: Apple may team up with Alibaba

Watch out, Amazon: Apple and Alibaba may be teaming up. Both Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alibaba CEO Jack Ma… Read More

Amazon acquires Rooftop Media for a few laughs

Amazon’s latest acquisition is no joke: The Seattle retailer has purchased online comedy service Rooftop Media. Terms of the deal,… Read More

Amazon wants to crowdsource the next great novel through Kindle Scout program

Amazon has one of the most active reader communities, writing hundreds, if not thousands, of heartfelt reviews on a daily basis. It is… Read More

Amazon’s new $39 ‘Fire TV Stick’ challenges Google Chromecast

Amazon this morning unveiled the second stage of its Fire TV initiative — a new $39 streaming device called the… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Ballmer vs. Bezos — who will get the last laugh?

A fascinating debate emerged in the tech world this week after Amazon’s big earnings miss and Steve Ballmer’s comments about… Read More

Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Amazon isn’t a real business

Amazon.com is not a real business — at least according to Steve Ballmer. The former Microsoft CEO shared his thoughts… Read More

Amazon’s stock is getting hammered after poor earnings report, down 8 percent

Amazon.com is hiring like mad, expanding its footprint into a host of new industries. But the growth is coming at… Read More