eBay refreshes mobile apps and homepage to tell stories, create community EBay is rolling out of a mobile update and is refreshing one of its online experiences today in hopes of creating a customer experience… Read More
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Seahawks star Richard Sherman make TIME’s 100 most influential list TIME released its annual list of 100 most influential people in the world and several tech leaders made the cut… Read More
Amazon targets Walmart and Costco with new ‘Prime Pantry’ box deliveries Amazon launched a new Prime Pantry service today, letting customers in the lower 48 states order household products they might otherwise… Read More
Watch out, Amazon: Siri for Apple TV is coming, according to iOS source code It looks like Amazon soon might not be the only company with a set-top box capable of voice search. According… Read More
Amazon is paying big bucks for those HBO exclusives Reaction to Amazon’s content deal with HBO this morning was decisive: Neftlix just lost. Amazon gains three things from the deal: It… Read More
Amazon’s exclusive HBO deal brings Sopranos, The Wire and other big shows to Prime Amazon Prime members will have access to a slate of iconic HBO shows — including The Sopranos, Six Feet Under,… Read More
Study: Sales tax cuts into Amazon’s sales, as consumers look to other online retailers Laws that require online retailers to collect local sales tax are hitting Amazon particularly hard, according to a new study by… Read More
Titanfall price cut: Amazon selling popular sci-fi shooter for $37 today Gamers who haven’t bought Titanfall yet may find Amazon’s Gold Box Deal of the Day enticing. The Seattle online retail… Read More
Netflix CEO: Competition with Amazon isn’t a ‘zero-sum game’ As a part of his company’s earnings webcast today, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said that he thinks that Netflix and… Read More
Grab ‘House of Cards’ now: Netflix says a price hike is coming for new customers Users holding off on a Netflix subscription might want to start grabbing their “House of Cards” fix now if they… Read More
Netflix voice support coming to Amazon Fire TV this year Last week, it was Hulu and Crackle joining the Amazon Fire TV party. Now, Netflix is in, too. In his letter… Read More
China’s Tencent looking to expand globally to take on Facebook, Amazon and more Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Twitter, Zynga and Uber all have each other to contend with, but what if a fierce… Read More
Apple, Google — and now Amazon — offer game publishers top app store placement for exclusivity Video game publishers are no strangers to signing exclusive deals with platforms, and now that practice is becoming apparent in the… Read More
Here’s where 7 of Amazon’s earliest employees landed: None in the startup ranks You know the story of Jeff Bezos, the Wall Street computer science guru with the Texas-sized laugh who founded Amazon.com… Read More
Amazon vet’s grocery delivery startup Instacart is coming to Seattle Watch out, Amazon Fresh: a new competitor is heading into town. Instacart, the grocery delivery service that leverages the ‘sharing economy,’ is… Read More
Should Amazon buy Sears? Retail analyst makes the case Amazon should acquire Sears Holdings, including 2,400 Kmart and Sears stores, creating a major physical retail presence in the U.S.… Read More
Amazon and Samsung partner on special Kindle app, book deals A specialized app called “Kindle for Samsung” will debut this month, starting on the Samsung Galaxy S5, under an agreement announced… Read More
Streik! German workers at Amazon to walk off job today Some German workers at Amazon.com are expected to walk off the job today, part of an ongoing protest organized by… Read More
Online retailers add jobs as Washington state economy continues to improve Washington state’s employment picture continues to brighten, with a jobless rate of just 6.3 percent and about 6,700 new jobs… Read More
Zappos’ Tony Hsieh tells Playboy all about his platonic relationship with Amazon Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh opened up in a lengthy interview appearing in Playboy today to talk about his interest in… Read More
China’s Alibaba may file for record-breaking IPO next week The Chinese e-commerce company, known for having twice as much revenue as Amazon, may file for an IPO as soon… Read More
Goodreads adds automatic syncing with Amazon book purchases Amazon’s Goodreads social network announced today that users of its service will soon be able to sync their Amazon purchases with… Read More
Amazon connects Kindle docs to Cloud Drive, doubles storage Amazon this morning rolled out a new connection between Amazon Cloud Drive and its Kindle e-readers and tablets — creating… Read More
Amazon warms up its voice as smartphone launch nears, with help from past deals Now that Amazon has rolled out two back-to-back hardware products with voice recognition software, we can expect more as the… Read More
Leaked photos: Amazon’s new smartphone features 3D interface, six cameras Rumors have been flowing for the past several months about the Amazon’s reported smartphone, but new leaked photos posted by… Read More
Amazon quietly launches Kindle Fire sale for Prime members, as price hike looms Amazon has started offering 10 percent off its tablet line-up to those belonging to its Prime loyalty program. The limited time… Read More
Tech Moves: Amazon exec leaves for Square, Edifecs expands leadership team, and more —Alyssa Henry has joined Square as its head of Engineering, the company announced today. Prior to her work at the payments… Read More
No Bitcoin for Amazon: Online retail giant says it’s not seeing enough demand Overstock.com has made a big fuss about accepting the digital currency to the point where you’d expect other major online… Read More
Report: Paul Allen’s tech advisor leaves after four months Parag Garg, who was hired as a technology adviser to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has left the job after just… Read More
These geeks spent hundreds of hours building Lego robots that do amazing things Legos. Robots. Software. Yes, EMP was turned into a geek paradise Thursday night as seven teams from top technology companies… Read More
