Amazon launches ‘Kindle MatchBook’ with 70,000 titles I can’t remember exactly what was happening in my life back in March 2004, but it must have been interesting,… Read More
Report: Amazon Publishing struggling to gain traction, top exec departing It turns out that Amazon’s scorched-earth policy of offering books at prices that are usually too low for anyone to… Read More
Amazon added ‘millions’ of new Prime members in latest quarter Amazon is secretive about lots of metrics, including the number of Amazon Prime members. But the company made a point… Read More
Why Amazon raised the Super Saver Shipping threshold A great wail rose up from the Internet earlier this week when Amazon announced that it was increasing the threshold… Read More
Amazon soars to nearly 110,000 employees, surpasses Microsoft for first time Amazon’s growth shows no sign of slowing down. The company’s quarterly earnings report today shows Amazon blowing past the 100,000-employee… Read More
Amazon reports quarterly net loss of $41M, sales above $17B, exceeding expectations Amazon just posted another unprofitable quarter. But the company did manage to beat Wall Street’s expectations. The company reported a… Read More
Amazon: Wall Street braces for 2nd straight quarterly loss “Bezos has chosen to run Amazon to be the biggest, most powerful and successful retailer on Earth 20 years from… Read More
Report: Amazon’s rumored set-top box is delayed until next year If you thought you might be putting an Amazon set-top box on your holiday gift list, new rumors might put… Read More
Amazon jabs at Apple, says Kindle Fire HDX is ‘Lighter than Air’ Visitors to Amazon’s homepage today were greeted with a subtle jab at Apple’s new iPad Air tablet. A banner advertising… Read More
Apple vs. Microsoft, Google and Amazon: Why the future of ‘computing’ is a free-for-all Talking about Apple’s new Mac lineup yesterday, CEO Tim Cook had this to say about the unnamed “competition.” “They’re confused,”… Read More
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is in great shape, may be in ‘astronaut training,’ says author Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is looking so fit these days that he may be prepping to go to space. That… Read More
Amazon’s giant biodomes win blessing of city design board Amazon won approval from Seattle’s Design Review Board for a massive, three-part biodome on its planned campus north of downtown… Read More
Amazon plans giant office in Vancouver, B.C., with room for 1,000 workers Amazon’s ambitious growth plans aren’t limited to its hometown of Seattle, according to a new report out of Canada. The… Read More
eBay takes aim at Amazon with same-day delivery expansion, personalized shopping options eBay made some big moves Tuesday, expanding its same-day delivery service to 25 cities by the end of 2014 and… Read More
Want Super Saver Shipping from Amazon? That’ll be $10 more, please If you’re the sort of person who always tries to get your stuff shipped from Amazon through the company’s Super… Read More
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on competition with Amazon and what’s next with game consoles While his company’s stock is still rising in after hours trading, and looks like it may top $400 a share… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: The inside story of Amazon, with author Brad Stone In less than two decades of existence, Amazon has emerged as a force not just in online commerce but in the… Read More
Chart: The top 25 companies that pay software engineers the most money Who would have thunk that Walmart offers better pay to software engineers than Microsoft, Expedia and Amazon.com. But that’s one… Read More
Hark hits the wall: Corporate records list ‘void’ status, co-founder now at Amazon The story of Hark — a Seattle startup that was attempting to build the YouTube of audio clips and once… Read More
Amazon.com Wine Store now shipping to four more states Wine drinkers in New York, Michigan, Arizona and Louisiana have a new online source for their vino: Amazon.com. Customers in… Read More
Android co-founder Rich Miner: Microsoft stifling innovation inspired me to build an open-source OS SAN FRANCISCO — While Google’s mobile operating system is currently eating Microsoft’s lunch in terms of market share, one of… Read More
The ‘Amazon.love’ memo: Jeff Bezos sizes up Amazon’s rivals and their fans One of the more interesting parts of Brad Stone’s new book about Amazon is a previously unpublished memo from Jeff… Read More
Report: Amazon smartphones to stem from HTC partnership It seems ailing smartphone maker HTC may have a partnership that will keep it afloat. According to a report by… Read More
Why Jeff Bezos is determined to avoid “Steve Jobs’ mistake” Amazon is legendary for its thin profit margins, but there’s a method to the company’s madness, as detailed in Brad… Read More
Amazon unpacked: Brad Stone on his new book, ‘The Everything Store’ Brad Stone’s new book about Amazon.com, “The Everything Store,” will be released on Tuesday — a definitive and unvarnished account… Read More
Review: ‘The Everything Store’ is the definitive story of Amazon When journalist Brad Stone first sat down with Jeff Bezos to discuss his plan to write a book about Amazon,… Read More
Amazon headlines Affordable Art Fair, next stop in Seattle The headline sponsor for this year’s Affordable Art Fair in New York and Seattle is a newcomer to the art… Read More
Advice from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos: Be proud of your choices, not your gifts A fourth grader asked the question, but it really could have applied to anyone. Amazon.com CEO and founder Jeff Bezos,… Read More
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on the most important traits of innovators A willingness to fail. A willingness to be misunderstood. And maintaining a childlike wonder in the world. Whether you’re a… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Zulily, Amazon, GeekGirlCon, Nest Protect, and those gigantic Fox News ‘tablets’ There’s lots to talk about this week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, from emerging tech giants to high-tech… Read More
