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Microsoft, Amazon, Double Down help revive Seattle 4th of July fireworks show

Seattle city leaders this morning announced that the city will have its annual 4th of July Fireworks show, after all,… Read More

Netflix freeloaders forgot to cancel trials after binge viewing ‘House of Cards’

As the major online streaming services develop and launch original content, one of the most interesting tactics has come from… Read More

Microsoft releases Xbox SmartGlass for Kindle Fire

Microsoft debuted its Xbox SmartGlass app for Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD this morning, giving Xbox 360 users with… Read More

Amazon sees big response to first original TV show pilots

It was a big weekend for Amazon’s push into original television programming. Amazon Studios served up a grand total of… Read More

eBay CEO touts threat of Amazon as Senate weighs online sales tax legislation

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a bill this week which could make it easier for states to collect… Read More

5 Reasons Google Shut Down Its Affiliate Network

Industry veterans will tell you that affiliate marketing is about relationships. So when the head of the Google Affiliate Network… Read More

Amazon Studios debuts 14 original pilots and needs you to pick the best ones

More than four months after announcing original comedy TV content, Amazon’s TV production leg now wants you to watch pilot… Read More

Amazon continues to expand office footprint in Seattle

Amazon.com continues to gobble up office space in its hometown, expanding with a new 10-year lease for about 140,000 square… Read More

Report: Amazon.com buys Evi, the voice recognition app that rivals Apple’s Siri

Well, this could get really interesting. TechCrunch is reporting today, citing unidentified sources, that Amazon.com paid $26 million last year to… Read More

Amazon expanding Android Appstore globally, plans to reach nearly 200 countries

A little more than two years after opening its Appstore for Android, Amazon.com says it will be expanding the market… Read More

Amazon vet’s robot-powered apparel startup expanding to downtown Seattle, Silicon Valley, Las Vegas

Things are moving fast for Nadia Shouraboura, the former Amazon exec who’s now running Seattle’s newest men’s clothing store that’s powered by… Read More

Update: Amazon disputes our report that it’s ending Kindle e-ink app developer program

Updated throughout to reflect Amazon comment disputing this story. Two developers of third-party apps for Kindle readers say they were… Read More

iTunes rival: AmazonMP3 growing with 22% of online music downloads

iTunes has been the king of digital music downloads for the past ten years, but the latest numbers show Amazon… Read More

Amazon targets aging baby boomers, unveils specialty store for those 50 and older

Amazon.com’s latest speciality store doesn’t have a nice ring to it. In fact, it is a bit a mouthful. But… Read More

Amazon’s IMDb wins verdict against 41-year-old actress who sued for revealing her age

A federal jury in Seattle ruled in favor of Amazon.com’s IMDb yesterday in a case brought by a 41-year-old actress… Read More

Bezos defends Amazon’s profit-pinching strategy in annual letter to shareholders

This just in: Jeff Bezos’ 2013 letter to shareholders. The annual missive from Amazon’s CEO, released this morning, defends the company’s… Read More

Amazon unveils Look.com, rivaling Zulily in kid’s apparel

Amazon.com’s Quidsi unit today unveiled Look.com, a new site that’s designed to sell children’s apparel and footwear. It marks the… Read More

GoDaddy plans engineering outpost in Seattle region, hires key Microsoft vets

Internet domain giant GoDaddy is expanding to the Seattle region in search of technical talent, GeekWire has learned — becoming… Read More

How to Win the Ebook War

[Editor’s Note: Former Amazon manager Jason Merkoski, one of the early leaders of the company’s Kindle team, is the author… Read More

An e-book projector? Kindle vet sees big hardware changes, and lower prices

A new book by Jason Merkoski, a former Amazon manager who was an early leader of the company’s Kindle team, tells… Read More

Henry Blodget’s Business Insider raises $5 million from Jeff Bezos and others

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is investing in Business Insider, the technology news operation led by former Wall Street investment banker… Read More

Amazon expands AutoRip MP3 feature to vinyl records

Amazon.com customers who bought vinyl records from the site over the past 15 years may have a surprise in their… Read More

Sorry, Amazon: Court frowns on resale of ‘used’ digital music

A federal judge’s ruling in favor of Capitol Records in a suit against the ReDigi digital music service could have… Read More

No joke: Amazon hires Windows Phone vet Charlie Kindel for ‘something secret’

Charlie Kindel, the Seattle tech veteran who left his job as a Microsoft Windows Phone general manager in 2011 to join… Read More

Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ LTE coming to AT&T stores for $249 with two-year contract

Amazon’s biggest Kindle is coming to AT&T stores later this week on April 5 and buyers can get $150 off… Read More

The opportunity to redefine the feed reader experience

I’ve used Google Reader almost everyday since 2008. I’m bummed it’s going away. And, clearly, I’m not alone. Millions of… Read More

Welcome to the local delivery business, Google — and good luck with that

People in the Seattle region have a front-row seat for one of Amazon’s longstanding experiments — the Amazon Fresh grocery… Read More

Amazon buys social network Goodreads and its growing ranks of 16M book lovers

Amazon.com is purchasing the San Francisco book social network Goodreads for an undisclosed price, adding a new chapter in the… Read More

Wal-Mart may reward in-store shoppers for delivering packages to online customers

Could the Wal-Mart shopper become the next-generation UPS guy or gal? The giant retailer, looking to compete more aggressively with… Read More

Amazon Studios greenlights ‘Betas,’ a comedy about Silicon Valley geeks

Amazon Studios is piloting its eighth comedy, and this is one that tech geeks may really enjoy — unless it… Read More