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Walmart.com redesign borrows a few ideas from Amazon: Product recommendations, fast check-outs

Walmart.com has announced a major site redesign that may be familiar to some Amazon customers. New features include product recommendations based… Read More

Fire TV adds MLB.TV, Disney and other channels, more coming later this year

Owners of the Amazon Fire TV set-top box now have a wider selection of video providers to choose from, Amazon… Read More

Game review: The new Flappy Bird is still extremely addictive

It took longer than normal to write this post because a certain little bird had me distracted and cursing up a… Read More

Flappy Bird is back — but only for Amazon Fire TV owners

Happy Flappin’ Friday. As promised, everyone’s favorite addictive bird game is making a comeback — just not the way you probably… Read More

Amazon jumps into domain registration business

Companies looking to register a new domain name have another provider to choose from: Amazon Web Services. The company launched… Read More

Former MTV CEO Judy McGrath joins Amazon’s board

Former MTV Networks CEO Judy McGrath is joining the Amazon board of directors, boosting the company’s Hollywood credentials at a… Read More

Amazon’s new waterfront home? Five ideas for Amgen’s beautiful Seattle campus

News that Amgen plans to shutter its 40-acre campus along Elliott Bay marks yet another setback for Seattle’s biotech industry,… Read More

Amazon offers another $100 worth of Android apps for free

Bargain shoppers with Android phones have 30 reasons to give Amazon’s Appstore a shot over the next two days. The… Read More

Amazon: Why $9.99 e-books are better for everyone, including Hachette

Amazon has gone public with new details about its high-profile standoff with book publisher Hachette, confirming that the e-commerce giant is trying to lock… Read More

Amazon.com to invest $2B in India as e-commerce battle brews with Flipkart

Get ready for an e-commerce battle of epic proportions in India. Amazon.com today said that it plans to invest $2… Read More

Ex-Diapers.com CEO raises $55M for Jet, looks to battle Amazon with new online ‘shopping experience’

Amazon.com made a bold move three years ago, buying the parent company of Diapers.com for a reported purchase price of… Read More

Amazon Fresh expands grocery delivery to San Diego

Amazon Fresh continues its expansion across the West Coast, announcing today that it is opening its grocery delivery service in… Read More

We ordered lunch on Amazon, and here’s what it was like

Amazon.com is certainly no stranger to the food market, having delivered groceries to the doors of customers in Seattle — and… Read More

Want a custom bobblehead? Amazon launches storefront for 3-D printed products

People who want to get their hands on new 3-D printed products have a new avenue to do so thanks… Read More

First impressions: Kindle Unlimited is nice, but won’t replace a well-stocked bookshelf

I’m a big fan of subscription services for media. While there are certain items that I get a ton… Read More

Seattle City Council asks Jeff Bezos to treat Amazon.com’s security guards better

The Seattle City Council isn’t happy with how some Amazon.com security workers are being treated. All nine councilmembers penned a… Read More

Apple quietly bought a book discovery startup to compete with Amazon

Apple has quietly purchased BookLamp, an Idaho startup that set out to build better book recommendations, according to a report… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Fire phone, iPhone 6 and Microsoft’s smartwatch, with Essex Porter and Andru Edwards

We get a glimpse of the future this week on the GeekWire radio show, talking about Amazon’s newly released Fire phone,… Read More

Chart: Amazon now employs 132,000, more than tripling in size in the past three years

Amazon.com’s growth in the past few years is nothing short of meteoric, and the chart above shows exactly what’s going… Read More

Microsoft launches OneNote for Amazon’s tablets and phone

Users of Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Fire Phone now have a new way to take notes. Microsoft announced that it… Read More

Amazon shares dip more than 11% as Fire smartphone debuts

Investors aren’t too thrilled with Amazon’s most recent quarterly earnings report. Amazon shares were down more than 11 percent on Friday… Read More

Why the Amazon Fire phone’s Kindle Reader app doesn’t have auto-scroll, yet

One of the features that Jeff Bezos showed at Amazon’s Fire phone unveiling last month was “auto-scroll” in the Kindle Reader app… Read More

Amazon employee buzzes Seattle’s Space Needle with drone

An Amazon.com employee allegedly flew a drone right past Seattle’s iconic Space Needle, sparking even more debate in a city… Read More

Amazon says Prime subscriptions growing ‘very nicely’ despite price increase

Amazon Prime subscriptions “are growing very nicely year over year” despite the company’s move to increase the rate of the… Read More

Amazon sales up 23%, but quarterly loss is worse than expected

Amazon just reported net sales of $19.34 billion for the second quarter, an increase of 23 percent, in line with… Read More

Amazon expected to post loss as growth spurt continues

It’s a big day for Amazon, with the release of its Fire phone marking the company’s entry into the smartphone… Read More

Amazon Firefly vs. Fred Meyer: What happened when we took a Fire phone to a local store

Walking through our local Fred Meyer store, we approached the wall of toasters with a gleam in our eyes, holding an Amazon… Read More

Fire phone review: Amazon’s phone is a solid first try, but the magic tricks are a little much

Look closely at Amazon’s new Fire phone and you’ll notice four sensors, one in each corner on the front of the device.… Read More

Amazon begins testing a mobile wallet app, but stops short of enabling payments

Amazon has 244 million active customers, who trust the e-commerce behemoth to keep their credit cards on file, and yet, the… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: ‘The Amazon Way’ — former insider explains how the company works

What makes Amazon tick, and where is the company headed? This week on the GeekWire radio show, we go behind-the-scenes… Read More