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Amazon.com workers in Germany strike over pay

About 900 workers at Amazon.com facilities in Bad Hersfeld and Leipzig, Germany have gone on strike against the online retailer, arguing… Read More

The significance of Amazon’s Appstore launch in China

Amazon launched its app store in China last weekend, becoming the first Western company to offer both free and paid Android apps to… Read More

Color Kindle? Amazon buys Liquavista screen technology from Samsung

Amazon has acquired Samsung’s Liquavista display technology company, as reported today by Nate Hoffelder on his Digital Reader blog, and confirmed… Read More

Love line: Amazon debuts Kindle Love Stories podcast, will tap into Goodreads network

For those who love talking, hearing and discussing everything about love, Amazon may have an answer. Looking to reach out… Read More

Amazon debuts Coins for Kindle Fire, says it’s only ‘Day One’ for its virtual currency

Amazon this morning rolled out its new Amazon Coins virtual currency for users of its Kindle Fire tablets — letting… Read More

The Startup Game! An 8-Bit Entrepreneurial Adventure

It’s time to break out of your cubicle and play the startup game! Land some seed funding, build your team,… Read More

Amazon’s LoveFilm nabs streaming rights to Vikings

The Vikings are coming to Amazon. LoveFilm, Europe’s leading movie subscription services that Amazon bought in 2011, just gained exclusive streaming… Read More

Amazon’s 3D smartphone screen would break the mold

How’s this for a crazy story? The Wall Street Journal reports today that Amazon.com is working on “a high-end smartphone featuring a… Read More

Maritz: Netflix ‘inextricably bound into Amazon for all eternity’

Is Netflix depending too heavily on Amazon? That’s one of the questions raised by a cover story about Netflix in… Read More

Microsoft buying Nook? Reported $1B deal would escalate Amazon rivalry

TechCrunch reports tonight that Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the “digital assets” of Nook Media LLC,… Read More

Amazon Cloud Player enables iOS update, allows music streaming in Ford vehicles

Good news for Ford and iPhone owners wanting to blast their tunes with Amazon’s Cloud Player: Amazon’s streaming music service updated… Read More

Apple surges to No. 6 on Fortune 500 list, the only tech company in the top 10

Apple is already considered the biggest company on the planet in terms of market value — clocking in at $433… Read More

Amazon opens Appstore in China; Kindle coming next?

Amazon’s app store is officially open for business in China. The Seattle online retail giant debuted its app store for… Read More

Microsoft’s $300M Nook deal: One year later, it’s MIA

One year ago, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble surprised the tech world by announcing a “strategic partnership.” Microsoft made a $300 million… Read More

A giant sucking sound: Seattle startup CEOs say Amazon is sucking up all of the tech talent in the city

It’s tough enough to do a startup, let alone when you’re competing for talent against a juggernaut like Amazon.com. I’ve… Read More

Amazon’s Kindle Fire dips back below 4% market share

Maybe the Kindle Fire really is the “fruitcake of tablets.” Worldwide market share for Amazon’s family of tablets dropped to… Read More

CHART: Tablet market soaring, now almost two-thirds the size of PC market

The market for tablets is continuing to climb dramatically, reaching 49.2 million units shipped worldwide in the first quarter, up… Read More

Amazon adopts Apple ‘VoiceOver’ for Kindle on iPhone, iPad

Amazon this morning updated its Kindle iOS app with support for Apple’s “VoiceOver” reading and navigation feature for blind and… Read More

Ripe for expansion? The Amazon Fresh grocery experience, 5 years later

Amazon has been delivering groceries in the Seattle region for more than five years through its Amazon Fresh service, and… Read More

Ex-Jobster founder Jason Goldberg pivoting Fab, this time challenging Amazon

Those in the Seattle startup community may remember Jason Goldberg. The former T-Mobile manager and White House aide was one of… Read More

Amazon workers in Germany set to strike over pay, labor conditions

Things aren’t going so well for Amazon in Germany. Two months ago, the Seattle online giant cut ties with a Germany… Read More

Study: Online grocery delivery is more environmentally-friendly than driving to the store

Online grocery shopping just isn’t for couch potatoes or those folks who are too busy to get to the grocery… Read More

An open letter to Jeff Bezos: Help spark the creative class

Congratulations on your success, Jeﬀ Bezos! You’ve become one of the most important innovators in the world. You’ve matched your… Read More

Amazon Fresh expansion? Company sidesteps question on refrigeration rollout

Is Amazon.com getting ready to expand its Amazon Fresh to new markets? During the company’s earnings conference call this afternoon,… Read More

Amazon beats profit expectations, tops 90,000 employees for first time

Amazon this afternoon reported first-quarter profits of $82 million, or 18 cents a share, a decline of 37 percent from… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Vote for Hire of the Year

We’re back for another round of voting in the GeekWire Awards. And today’s category — Hire of the Year —… Read More

Kindle Fire not far behind iPad in owner satisfaction, thanks to lower expectations

When you buy a Hyundai, you’re going to be a lot more forgiving than when you buy a Lexus. Apparently… Read More

Are you really paying for that paid content? A confession and scorecard

Paying for online content was a funny idea back when Napster was a hero and no one had heard the… Read More

Report: Amazon plans TV set-top box for video streaming

Amazon.com plans to release its own TV set-top box, setting its sights on the living room and creating a flagship device… Read More

Bookworms unite! Amazon says these are the nation’s most well-read cities

Knoxville is full of romantic people, Cambridge has lots of entrepreneurs and Alexandria is a flat-out well-read city. Those are… Read More