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FAA selects 6 sites to test drone capability, including one airport

The Federal Aviation Administration today announced six sites where research will be conducted to test the legitimacy of drones sharing… Read More

Amazon’s Kindle Fire blows away rival tablets with increase in Christmas activations

Amazon has typically seen its Kindle Fire tablet sales spike during the holidays, even more than a typical seasonal increase,… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Favorite apps, a crossword challenge, and why John’s mom is switching to the Mac

This week on the GeekWire radio show, we talk about some of our favorite apps and catch up with two… Read More

Amazon’s best-selling products this holiday season: Fitbit; Canon T3i; Chromebooks

Despite some serious shipping delays, Amazon said this week that it’s enjoying the best holiday season in the company’s 19-year… Read More

How the Christmas shipping debacle will alter online retail

Just how bad were this week’s Christmas shipping delays? Online retail rating firm StellaService conducted its own test of last-minute package delivery,… Read More

Amazon cuts Kindle Fire ‘Mayday’ response time to 9 seconds during holiday

While families were unwrapping brand new Kindle Fire HDX tablets this Christmas, Amazon’s staff of tech advisors was waiting for… Read More

Chromebooks top holiday laptop charts at Amazon, beating PCs and Macs

Looks like Microsoft is going to be ordering more “Scroogled” ads. Amazon revealed this morning that two Chromebooks – the… Read More

Amazon Prime tops 20 million members as company touts its best holiday season ever

Amazon is exiting the 2013 holiday season with “tens of millions” of Amazon Prime members, according to a statement this… Read More

Christmas delayed: Amazon offers $20 gift cards, refunds shipping charges after UPS and FedEx problems

Didn’t get what you expected under the tree? It’s probably marooned in a package delivery center. Following widespread complaints about absent… Read More

Amazon attempts to lure shoppers to its AppStore with discounts

When people around the country open their presents this week and find Android devices within, Amazon is hoping they’ll reach… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Amazon at $400, favorite gadgets of 2013, and the new world of airplane tech etiquette

We have a lot to talk about this week on the GeekWire radio show, starting with Amazon’s gravity-defying share price,… Read More

Playstation 4 back in stock for ‘limited time’ at Amazon

Both the Xbox One and Playstation 4 have been selling like crazy for the past month, but looks like the… Read More

A cloudy 2014 for enterprises? Three trends to watch

We are in Seattle and thus deep in the world of clouds: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, CenturyLink Savvis, and… Read More

New milestone: Amazon stock surpass $400 for first time ever

This summer, Amazon.com’s stock hit $300 for the first time. Now, five months later, it has reached a new milestone:… Read More

Amazon’s new Storybuilder tool helps writers build outlines for movies and TV

Amazon Studios announced today that it has launched a new tool to help screenwriters map their ideas for a new… Read More

FedEx isn’t worried about competition from Amazon’s mythological drones

Amazon made a big splash in the media recently with the unveiling of its plans for Amazon Prime Air —… Read More

Pendrell subsidiary sues Apple, Amazon and more over alleged DRM patent infringement

ContentGuard, a subsidiary of Bellevue-based patent holding firm Pendrell Corporation, announced today that it has filed a massive patent infringement… Read More

Amazon Web Services makes big move into China

Amazon Web Services will open a new China region starting with a limited preview in the country early next year,… Read More

Apple finally adds gifting to the iBookstore in time for the holidays

While Apple’s iBooks finally made the jump to the desktop this fall thanks to a new app in the latest… Read More

Organized labor may be coming to an Amazon warehouse in Delaware

In a potential milestone for organized labor, a group of 30 equipment maintenance technicians at Amazon’s Middletown, Del. fulfillment center… Read More

Sphero parodies PrimeAir with new ‘Amazon Ground’ ad

Orbotix, the makers of a small, spherical robot named Sphero, have decided to promote the new Sphero 2.0 with a… Read More

Amazon reportedly buys payment startup GoPago

Amazon has purchased GoPago, a San Francisco-based tablet point-of-sale and mobile payment startup, according to a report in La Repubblica, GoPago’s… Read More

eBay wants to help retailers leverage technology to compete with Amazon

MOUNTAIN VIEW–For eBay, competing with Amazon is difficult, in part because the company’s services have reshaped the playing field for… Read More

Amazon Germany workers protest at company headquarters: ‘We are humans, not robots’

“We are people!” “Not robots!” That was the message Monday morning at the heart of Amazon.com’s Seattle headquarters, as about… Read More

Amazon’s German workers bringing protest to Seattle HQ

Updated below with Amazon’s statement. Update No. 2: Here’s the scene from the protest this morning at Amazon’s Seattle HQ… Read More

Amazon launches new installment payment plans for Kindle Fire HDX

Amazon is trying to make its newest tablets appeal to more budget-conscious consumers by offering Amazon customers the chance to… Read More

Adele, Lady Gaga and Carly Rae Jepsen top Amazon’s all-time music charts

For the first time ever, Amazon released the rankings of its most downloaded and purchased music in history, going back to… Read More

Kindle device owners spend 55% more every year with Amazon, new study finds

Jeff Bezos says that Amazon wants to make money when Kindle owners use their devices to consume media and make… Read More

Report: Amazon developing bulk food delivery service to rival Costco, Sam’s Club

According to a report by USA Today, Amazon is working on a service called Pantry, which will allow Prime subscribers… Read More