Update: Amazon denies report that it plans pay TV service with live channels Update, Wednesday morning: Amazon issued a statement denying the Wall Street Journal report. “We continue to build selection for Prime… Read More
Barbarella, reborn? Amazon reportedly considers TV reboot of kinky sci-fi film Amazon’s next foray into original programming might be a bit more risqué than its usual offerings. The company has picked… Read More
Amazon SVP Brian Valentine retiring from company Brian Valentine, the senior vice president of Amazon’s e-commerce platform for the past seven years, is retiring from the Seattle… Read More
‘Anticipatory shipping’: Amazon wants to ship purchases even before you buy Never one to stop thinking about new ways to deliver online purchases to your door, Amazon.com has another ambitious idea… Read More
Security researchers: Amazon hosts nearly half of the top 10 malware distributors Thousands upon thousands of people use Amazon Web Services to host their websites — including some of the most tenacious… Read More
Pew: More people reading e-books, but print is still most popular People reading with e-books is becoming a more common sight, but print books don’t seem to be going away anytime… Read More
Amazon workers at Delaware facility reject unionization push in 21-6 vote A small group of Amazon.com workers at a fulfillment center in Delaware overwhelmingly rejected an effort to unionize under the International… Read More
Spotted in Seattle: Amazon starts placing ads on Locker machines Everything can be a canvas for an advertisement these days, it seems. I spotted the latest example on a stroll… Read More
Amazon workers at Delaware warehouse consider unionizing A small group of about 30 Amazon employees are considering joining the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos backs cancer research startup Juno Therapeutics Juno Therapeutics, a new Seattle startup that’s trying to eliminate cancer from the human body, raised a hefty $120 million… Read More
Amazon Fresh wooing potential San Francisco customers with free food Amazon Prime customers in San Francisco are getting a little extra incentive to try out Amazon Fresh, thanks to the… Read More
Amazon tops list of most favored brands in America Amazon is now the most favored brand in America, according to a new report. YouGov’s annual BrandIndex Year in Review… Read More
Overstock CEO predicts Amazon will start taking Bitcoin, too Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne said in a recent interview with CNN International that Amazon will soon have no choice but… Read More
Limited-time offer: Amazon slashes $30 off Kindle prices If you’re in the market for a Kindle, now might be a good time to buy. Amazon is offering up… Read More
Target security breach encompasses 70 million Target revealed today that the massive security breach that hit 40 million customers’ credit and debit cards also encompasses the… Read More
Amazon launches re-designed portal for developers Amazon announced Thursday that it has completely redesigned the portal for developers interested in taking advantage of the resources it… Read More
Surprise: Amazon tests physical retail with ‘Kindle Kiosk’ vending machines LAS VEGAS — Amazon, the company that defined the world of online commerce, is venturing further into the world of… Read More
Amazon sets up booth in front of college bookstore to tout Amazon Student program During the first week of classes of any given quarter at the University of Washington, you can always find several… Read More
Barnes & Noble reports dismal Nook sales, blames lack of new tablets While the holiday has traditionally been a good season for e-readers, Barnes & Noble’s Nook didn’t quite feel the Christmas… Read More
Disgraced politicians Anthony Weiner, Michael Steele to appear in Amazon’s Alpha House Two men who have at one time or another been punch lines in American politics have decided that they want… Read More
Amazon inks streaming deal with CBS, Spielberg’s Amblin for show starring Halle Berry Amazon announced Wednesday that it had reached a deal with Stephen Spielberg’s Amblin Television and CBS for the streaming rights to… Read More
Morgan Stanley downgrades Netflix, citing competition from Amazon and others Has Netflix peaked? Analysts at Morgan Stanley announced on Tuesday that they were downgrading the company – adjusting their price… Read More
Revealed: Guess what’s in this gigantic Amazon shipping box on back of a flatbed truck? Reddit user listrophy posed a question yesterday asking: “What’s the largest item you can have shipped from Amazon? Because I think… Read More
Amazon unveils partners for 4K streaming video CES is always home to a slew of new television-related tech buzz, and this year is no different. Amazon announced… Read More
Amazon updates Kindle app for iOS with support for flashcards and more Amazon’s Kindle app for the iPhone and iPad received an update today that added some cool new features for its… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos rescued by Ecuadorian Navy after kidney stone attack Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos suffered a kidney stone on New Year’s Day while vacationing in the Galapagos Islands and was… Read More
Kindle Fire and Surface gain market share post-Christmas, but iPad rules the roost It seems like the tablet-owning public woke up to a bunch of Microsoft Surfaces and Amazon Kindle Fires under their… Read More
Top tech stocks of 2013: Here’s where you could have made (and lost) a lot of cash 2013 was all about the newcomers. Two of the top performing tech stocks in Washington state this past year were… Read More
Amazon phone, T-Mobile-Sprint merger top mobile insiders’ predictions for 2014 What will happen in the booming mobile world in 2014? An Amazon smartphone tops a new list of predictions from… Read More
Bye-bye, bosses? Zappos is reorganizing to eliminate bureaucracy Zappos’s corporate structure is going to be getting a whole lot flatter. The shoe-seller, which has almost 4,000 employees, is… Read More
