Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture now employs 300 people, gearing up for commercial operations Blue Origin, the Seattle-based space venture backed by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has been quietly working for the past 13… Read More
Photos: Bezos Center for Innovation showcases Seattle’s inventions, aims to inspire future entrepreneurs Jeff Bezos knows a little something about innovation and what it can mean for an individual, a company, a city,… Read More
Amazon trying to lure top YouTube networks away from Google You might be soon watching your favorite YouTube star on Amazon Instant Video, if a new report is correct. According… Read More
Amazon buying TenMarks math instruction startup, moving further into education Amazon is diving further into the education market with an acquisition announced today. The Seattle-based retail giant said that it… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ biological dad didn’t know his son was Jeff Bezos, until journalist informed him last year Ted Jorgensen is a 69-year-old former circus performer and unicyclist who runs a small bike shop in Glendale, Ariz. He has… Read More
Book excerpt goes inside Amazon’s brutal culture, built around Jeff Bezos’ brain “This document was clearly written by the B team. Can someone get me the A team document? I don’t want… Read More
Xbox One back in stock on Amazon, GameStop The Xbox One has been sold out at most online retailers for a while now — maybe President Obama is… Read More
Amazon takes aim at PayPal with new ‘Login and Pay With Amazon’ service You may be seeing more “Pay with Amazon” buttons around the web starting today. Amazon announced today that it’s rolling… Read More
Look out, Amazon: Rainn Wilson has a problem with the latest Kindle ads Unlike Nokia, Rainn Wilson doesn’t exactly think imitation is the best form of flattery. You see, Wilson, who played “Dwight”… Read More
Amazon ‘Developer Select’ offers rewards to app makers, Amazon Coins to their users Amazon says it will offer extra promotion and cloud computing credits to app developers who optimize their software for the… Read More
Amazon wins key ruling in fight with IBM over $600M CIA cloud computing deal Amazon today won a key court ruling over IBM in its bid to secure a $600 million contract to provide… Read More
Amazon job post hints at Bay Area expansion for grocery delivery service If a new job posting is any indication, San Francisco should get ready for Amazon Fresh. Amazon posted a job… Read More
Amazon ‘dangerous’ for rivals and investors, warns Barron’s Barron’s magazine gave Amazon.com some bearish treatment in a piece over the weekend — saying that the company is “dangerous”… Read More
Amazon to add 7,000 employees in Europe As part of its expansion into Europe, Amazon.com is hiring 6,000 permanent workers for three new logistics centers in Poland.… Read More
Shares of Redbox parent jump after hedge fund discloses large stake, encourages sale Shares of Outerwall, the Bellevue company best known for its Coinstar coin counting machines and Redbox movie rental kiosks, jumped… Read More
Q&A: Robert Scoble on ‘Age of Context,’ Google, Microsoft and the ‘freaky factor’ Writer, interviewer and tech evangelist Robert Scoble was back in Seattle this week, with his ever-present Google Glass, to promote the… Read More
Report: Amazon’s set-top box is coming for the holidays Sites including Bloomberg Businessweek reported earlier this year that Amazon was working on a set-top box that would compete with the… Read More
Jason Goldberg’s Amazon-rival Fab lays off more than 100 Things seemed to be flying high this past June for Fab when the New York-based e-commerce upstart raised $150 million at a reported valuation of… Read More
The top 50 disruptors: Jeff Bezos leads Vanity Fair’s ‘New Establishment’ list At the GeekWire Summit last month, venture capitalist Bill Gurley and Zillow chairman Rich Barton pointed out their belief that… Read More
Groupon hires Amazon Prime VP, continues Seattle expansion Groupon continues to mine Amazon.com for talent, and today the daily deal company picked up a big name from its… Read More
France passes law to prevent Amazon from offering free shipping on books In an effort to level the playing field and support smaller bookstores, French lawmakers passed a bill Thursday preventing Amazon.com… Read More
FAA panel: Wi-Fi is safe during takeoff and landing If you’re even a semi-frequent flier, those moments between takeoff and 10,000 feet can be annoying if all you really… Read More
Which Jeff Bezos just bought The Washington Post? William Randolph Hearst. Joseph Pulitzer. John S. Knight. Katharine Graham. And now … Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has… Read More
Microsoft tops Apple as America’s most inspiring company; Google 7th, Amazon 8th Is it Bill Gates and his foundation? The company’s corporate giving program? Or maybe it’s just Steve Ballmer’s passion-packed speeches.… Read More
Amazon.com hiring 70,000 seasonal workers, 40% more than last holiday season Amazon.com is going on a serious hiring spree in anticipation for a big holiday shopping season. The Seattle online retailer… Read More
Better than sugar water: Apple overtakes Coca-Cola as world’s most valuable brand In what now has become legend, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs recruited PepsiCo exec John Sculley to the helm of the… Read More
Week in Review: Kindle Fire HDX, Ballmer’s goodbye, and Control-Alt-Delete revisited Need to catch up at the end of the week? Here’s a roundup of highlights from GeekWire this week. Steve… Read More
Three book recommendations for executives from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos isn’t the first guy you’d expect to host a book club. But that’s exactly what he did this… Read More
Google aims at Amazon with Google Shopping Express When you want something quickly, Amazon is one of the best options for a fast delivery. But one other online… Read More
Jeff Bezos explains the next step in Amazon’s strategy — the ‘hardest and coolest’ part In a series of briefings with reporters this week at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, Jeff Bezos started by going to the… Read More
