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Amazon adds 30 million customers in the past year

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos said today at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Seattle that it added 30 million new customers… Read More

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: We’re not secretive, we’re just quiet

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos just wrapped up the company’s 2014 annual meeting at Seattle Center, giving shareholders a broad overview of… Read More

Chart: Amazon.com joins Google, Microsoft and Apple in list of top global brands

Amazon.com joined the ranks of the world’s top10 brands, jumping four spots with a brand value of $64.2 billion, according… Read More

Animal rights activists protest Foie Gras outside of Amazon’s shareholder meeting

Too cruel to swallow. That’s the message from a handful of animal rights activists standing outside of Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting… Read More

Amazon adds The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, other HBO content to Prime Instant Video

Amazon today added its first set of HBO content to Prime Instant Video, bringing shows like The Sopranos and The… Read More

Six topics Jeff Bezos should address at Amazon’s shareholder meeting

Amazon’s shareholder meeting on Wednesday is one of the rare times we get to hear from Jeff Bezos. The rest of the year,… Read More

Amazon confirms $20 million investment in China’s Yummy77 food delivery service

Amazon has invested in a Shanghai-based food delivery service Yummy77. An Amazon spokesman confirmed the investment to GeekWire today. TechNode was the first… Read More

Amazon’s new ranking of America’s most well-read cities: Guess who’s first?

Amazon released its fourth annual list of America’s most well-read cities this morning, and Alexandria, Va., continued its reign at… Read More

Chart: Apple, Amazon top list of companies most sued for patent infringement

After looking at what companies get sued for patent infringement, it’s easy to see why Apple plans to work with… Read More

E-commerce meets social: Amazon racks up 157K #AmazonCart tweets in 2 weeks

Amazon.com introduced #AmazonCart earlier this month, giving customers an easy way to add items they see on their Twitter feed… Read More

Need a beach book? Check out Amazon’s annual summer reading picks

The weather is warming up. And that means Amazon’s editors have once again suggested the best summer reads for people… Read More

Amazon’s first kids TV show gets mixed reviews from our expert panel (at my house)

With a well-received first season of political comedy “Alpha House” under its belt, Amazon will move further into original programming with… Read More

Here’s the very large object hiding inside Amazon’s San Francisco mystery locker

A mysterious giant Amazon locker showed up in San Francisco yesterday, and while nobody knew what was in it at… Read More

Photo: Mysterious giant Amazon locker appears in San Francisco for Friday event

A gigantic orange Amazon locker has appeared near the Ferry Building in San Francisco, and nobody knows why. Or rather,… Read More

Microsoft, Apple earn top marks on data privacy scorecard; Amazon falls short

The Electronic Frontier Foundation today released the latest edition of its “Who Has Your Back?” report that examines how major… Read More

GTA on your Fire TV: Amazon expands game catalog with Grand Theft Auto series

Amazon announced today that it has expanded its gaming catalog for the Fire TV and Kindle Fire to include “Grand… Read More

Amazon rolls out original TV shows aimed at preschool kids

Amazon Studios has long been releasing original TV content for adults, but now the kids will have something to watch, too.… Read More

Amazon continues growth spurt with expansion in Boston

Amazon is growing its footprint in Boston, expanding an office that handles everything from game development to speech recognition. The… Read More

Digital trade school Code Fellows names Amazon vet CEO

Kristin Smith, a former vice president at Zulily who previously spent eight years at Amazon.com, has been appointed CEO of… Read More

Too many dudes: Amazon’s growth is ruining Seattle’s dating scene, says single guy

The dating scene can be difficult enough under normal circumstances, but things are very tough for straight men in Seattle these… Read More

Groupon grapples with soaring shipping costs as it enters Amazon’s turf

Groupon is no longer just a daily deals company. It sells anything online, from face moisturizer to dog beds. But… Read More

Microsoft reportedly prepping music locker for Xbox Music

Xbox Music users who want to have their hard-to-find music available on the go may be in luck. LiveSino has… Read More

Apple aims to increase online sales with faster returns

Customers who shop at Apple’s online store will have an easier time getting their money back, starting today. The Cupertino-based… Read More

Amazon patents common photographic trick for taking product pictures

Amazon has been granted a patent on a photo studio setup commonly used by professional photographers to take pictures with seamless… Read More

Publisher says Amazon is delaying book shipments over contract dispute

People who want to buy Malcolm Gladwell’s books and some other popular titles from Amazon could be waiting for a… Read More

Jeff Bezos shows delivery drone to 4th graders, says ‘explorers and pioneers’ are the most successful at Amazon

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos started off his morning today by talking about innovation, customer focus and the strategy for his… Read More

Video: Seattle, A History of Innovation — from Boeing to Zillow and beyond

Last night’s GeekWire Awards in Seattle celebrated the top technologies, people and companies in the Pacific Northwest in 2014 — but we… Read More

Want Netflix? That’ll be $1 extra

After the company said it planned to increase prices for its streaming video service in its quarterly letter to shareholders last… Read More

Amazon and USPS expand Sunday delivery to 15 more cities, will reach ‘large portion’ of U.S. this year

Amazon is bringing Sunday delivery to 15 more cities in seven states, expanding an arrangement with the U.S. Postal Service that launched last year… Read More

Amazon, Microsoft ask FCC to maintain Net Neutrality

Internet companies from around the U.S. — including Amazon and Microsoft — have banded together to try and pressure the… Read More