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In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.

Washington set to regulate drone surveillance use by government agencies

Washington state is on the verge of passing a bill that will regulate drone surveillance use for state and local… Read More

Amazon’s set top box will reportedly ship with Hulu Plus, Netflix apps

Amazon’s rumored set-top box will allow users to stream video from a number of different services to their television, not… Read More

Amazon updates first-gen Kindle Paperwhite with Goodreads integration, FreeTime

Amazon released an update for the first generation Kindle Paperwhite today, which helps put the e-reader on level footing with… Read More

Google Cloud Platform roadshow aims to lure companies from Azure, AWS

Google’s cloud services team is going on an international tour in a bid to bring companies onto its cloud services… Read More

Amazon lands exclusive streaming deal for BBC hit ‘Orphan Black’

Who’s up for some clones? Amazon announced today that it has landed an exclusive license to stream “Orphan Black,” a… Read More

Amazon launches mobile app for sellers

While Amazon has let people shop for goods on their mobile phones and tablets for some time, its tools for… Read More

Chart: Tech industry helps Washington state reclaim jobs lost during ‘great recession’

The “Great Recession” is now in the history books. Washington state has officially climbed out of the hole created by… Read More

Business Insider raises another $12M from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, others

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is pouring more money into Business Insider, The Wall Street Journal reported today, with Bezos leading… Read More

Play-i raises $8M to teach the iPad generation how to code one pint-sized robot at a time

Kids know how to unlock a touchscreen before they can walk. But will they learn how to code? Vikas Gupta,… Read More

Amazon warehouse workers’ case makes it to Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving former Amazon warehouse workers fighting over unpaid security searches which could… Read More

Tech interns at these companies might be making more than you

Oh, the joys of being a computer science major, and an intern at a technology titan. Glassdoor, the careers Web… Read More

Zulily to spend heavily to fill mid-level management gap, sparked by insane growth rate

Zulily is coming off an epic week. The Seattle online retailer blew past Wall Street estimates, doubling sales in 2013… Read More

Seahawks fever; Satya Nadella; and other top stories of the month

Wow, February was quite a memorable month. Of course, we went nuts when the Seahawks won the Super Bowl, and… Read More

Amazon expands Sunday delivery: Next up, St. Louis

Want an Amazon package any day of the week? They’re now one step closer. Last November, Amazon announced that it… Read More

Amazon considering new streaming music service for Prime subscribers

Amazon is currently in talks with recording company executives to try and broker a deal to create a streaming music… Read More

Fortune’s most-admired companies: Apple 1st; Amazon 2nd; Microsoft 24th

Fortune released its annual list of “most-admired companies” today, and Apple remained at the helm as Microsoft dropped out of… Read More

Drone entrepreneur Chris Anderson is skeptical about Amazon’s drone delivery plan

SAN FRANCISCO – While he was thrilled to show off his company’s new drones at the Launch Festival in San… Read More

A screenshot of iBooks on the iPad

Apple appeal calls e-book ruling a ‘radical departure’ from antitrust law

Apple has finally filed its much-anticipated appeal in the case brought against it by the U.S. Department of Justice, following… Read More

Barnes & Noble says a new tablet is coming, while Nook revenue falls

The Nook may be down, but Barnes & Noble says it isn’t out of the e-reader fight just yet. According… Read More

Could the Netflix deal with Comcast spark Amazon to follow suit?

If it’s good for Netflix, is it also good for Amazon Instant Video? This week Netflix was in the spotlight… Read More

Netflix jabs at Amazon with ‘Drone 2 Home’ spoof video

The folks over at Netflix seem to have a few extra hours on their hands and decided to produce a… Read More

Lawsuit alleges Amazon Prime third-party prices are inflated to cover shipping

Amazon is being accused of encouraging third-party sellers to inflate prices to help cover the cost of shipping, even though… Read More

Gawker’s Nick Denton knows exactly what Jeff Bezos should do with The Washington Post: Ditch print, distribute Kindles

Nick Denton is a controversial new media titan, uncovering the gossip that no one else in the news business will… Read More

The Target Tipping Point: How e-commerce trumped traditional retail in transaction security

The first weeks of 2014 seemed to bring reports of new data breaches affecting retailers in the United States on… Read More

With sales falling at department stores, Nordstrom plans bigger online push

Nordstrom is in a bit of a pickle. Customers aren’t spending as much in the company’s department stores, and the… Read More

Amazon reportedly targets March for TV set-top box, looks to bolster gaming efforts

Amazon.com has reportedly been working on a set-top box to compete against Roku and Apple TV for several months now.… Read More

Watch out Amazon, eBay just bought technology to make buying clothes online easier

eBay has acquired PhiSix, a 3-D virtual fitting room technology company in the Bay Area, to help consumers make more… Read More

‘Amazon Coins’ virtual currency expands to Android users in US, UK and Germany

Amazon announced today that users in the U.S., U.K. and Germany can start using Amazon Coins, the company’s virtual currency,… Read More

Awroo! Amazon lands ‘Teen Wolf’ and MGM films for streaming video service

Be careful about switching on Amazon Prime Instant Video at the next full moon, because things might get a bit… Read More

Nick Hanauer

Early Amazon.com investor says online retailer ‘probably destroyed a million jobs’

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer loves to stir the pot, poking holes in economic theories and taking his wealthy tech… Read More

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