Amazon jumps into virtual desktops with ‘WorkSpaces’ Amazon Web Services is launching its own virtual cloud desktop service, called Amazon WorkSpaces — promising to deliver a Windows… Read More
LivingSocial has been down for 22 hours, and counting LivingSocial, the Amazon-backed daily deals company, has been unreachable from both its mobile app and its website for the past… Read More
Walmart exec: Smartphones critical in battle with Amazon and other online rivals SAN FRANCISCO – In years past, Walmart’s online presence has lagged as the retail giant focused more on its retail… Read More
Amazon giving away $50K Audi sports car as part of Xbox One sweepstakes If you’re a Forza Motorsport fan and wonder what it’s actually like to race around a track in a speedy sports… Read More
Amazon’s Johnson & Johnson headache illustrates challenge of third-party sales Amazon and Johnson & Johnson are in a tiff over the sale of damaged or expired J&J products including Tylenol… Read More
Amazon to begin Sunday delivery, partnering with the Postal Service Looking to accelerate its dominance in online retail with a combination of speed and convenience, Amazon.com announced that it will… Read More
Amazon and Microsoft bite back, Twitter takes the plunge, and more quotes of the week Some of the best quotes, comments and random zingers from the past week … “We appreciate Bloomberg’s foray into fiction… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Amazon vs. author, Xbox One first take, and favorite iPad apps We’ve assembled the GeekWire news team in the studio for this week’s episode of the GeekWire radio show and podcast,… Read More
If you invested $1,000 in Amazon at the IPO, it would now be worth $239,045 Update, May 2017: 20 years after Amazon IPO, here’s what a $1,000 investment would be worth today Amazon.com’s meteoric rise… Read More
‘Alpha House’ star John Goodman not sure how this Amazon TV thing will work The actor John Goodman is blazing a trail as the star of Alpha House, an original comedy series from Amazon… Read More
Truce? New Amazon program will give indie bookstores a cut of Kindle e-book sales Can Amazon peacefully coexist with the corner bookstore? A new program announced by the Seattle company today will attempt to… Read More
Enough, already! Amazon’s 1st employee takes MacKenzie Bezos to task for her blistering critique of Brad Stone’s book The reviews for Brad Stone’s book profiling Amazon’s early years are beginning to resemble something approaching a water cooler for… Read More
Author of Amazon book responds to review by Bezos’ wife — and Amazon disputes his response Brad Stone, the journalist whose detailed account of Amazon’s rise received a withering, one-star review from Jeff Bezos’ wife MacKenzie… Read More
2nd Watch lands $23 million, assists businesses with cloud migration to Amazon Web Services It’s been a big day for venture capital financings in the Seattle area, from a small seed round for UW… Read More
Amazon enables game streaming via AWS with new graphics rendering service Thanks to Amazon, there’s a chance you could be streaming next year’s release of “Call of Duty” to your Kindle.… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ wife issues 1-star review for new Amazon book, deems it ‘misleading’ Updated, 2:10 P.M. — Comment from Amazon added near the bottom of this story Out of the 44 reviews for “The… Read More
After losing CIA bid, IBM swipes at Amazon in new campaign IBM today launched a new advertising campaign today that seeks to bolster its cloud-computing business with a competitive swipe at… Read More
Sorry, binge viewers: Amazon’s original comedies will revert to weekly schedule after first three episodes After Amazon’s “harrowing exercise in online democracy,” two adult comedy pilots remained: “Alpha House,” about a group of misfit senators… Read More
Amazon does FAA victory lap, offers 1-day Kindle discounts Amazon was one of the winners in the FAA’s decision last week to allow electronic gadgets to be used during… Read More
Amazon’s new ‘Kindle First’ program offers books a month before official release Amazon this morning launched a new program called “Kindle First” that gives customers the ability to buy and download selected… Read More
Samsung tops J.D. Power tablet survey, passing Amazon and Apple It’s a sad day for the marketing department in Cupertino. While Apple has frequently cited the iPad’s position at the… Read More
Lights, camera, Amazon: Two original drama pilots coming to Prime Instant Video Drama fans, rejoice: new shows are coming to Amazon next year for your perusal. Amazon announced today that it has… Read More
Amazon, Zulily and Google help drive down vacancy rates in hot Seattle office market The Seattle metro area’s office market continues to heat up, with rents increasing and vacancies dropping, according to a new… Read More
Amazon debuts time-sensitive e-book sales with Kindle Countdown Deals Amazon today introduced a new way for customers to find dirt cheap e-books with Kindle Countdown Deals. The new program… Read More
Path clear for Amazon’s CIA contract as IBM drops legal challenge Putting an end to its battle with Amazon, IBM has waved the white flag. FCW reported this week that the New… Read More
Amazon debuts weekly literary journal and it has Jeff Bezos’ influence written all over it Amazon is making another move into the publishing space today with the announcement of its own weekly literary journal that will feature one… Read More
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer: Amazon as ‘unstoppable as the zombie apocalypse’ and F5 is a ‘vampire stock’ As noted in the past, you’ve got to take Mad Money host Jim Cramer with a grain of salt. Now,… Read More
Former Amazon employee who survived Bezos tirade: New book captures ‘fierce competition’ and ‘demanding environment’ It is January 2003. I am sitting in the Seattle headquarters of Amazon.com, surrounded by the “S-Team,” a group of the… Read More
New ‘Amazon Smile’ site will donate slice of sales to customer’s favorite cause Whenever Amazon is criticized about its dearth of charitable giving, the company responds by saying that it will make its… Read More
Amazon Cloud Player now available for Mac Amazon today made its Cloud Player available on Macs, allowing Apple users to manage and play their Amazon and iTunes… Read More
