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Amazon’s ‘X-Ray’ feature expands to TV shows, with help from IMDb

Amazon’s ownership of IMDb, the widely used Internet Movie Database, might have been a head-scratcher or a novelty in years… Read More

Wal-Mart to test new in-store locker service, following in Amazon’s footsteps

Wal-Mart is looking to turn its huge brick-and-mortar retail footprint into a beneficial asset as it continues to battle against… Read More

Future of Kindle? Amazon’s Bezos wants wireless power, remote processing for devices

Want slimmer and lighter gadgets with amazing battery life? Jeff Bezos is right there with you — and he has… Read More

New stats: Amazon, Apple have biggest proportion of mobile users

comScore today officially unveiled a new measurement tool called Media Metrix Multi-Platform that combines and compares U.S. desktop, Android and… Read More

Amazon continues content push, greenlights pilot for Zombieland

Amazon.com continues its push into the video distribution arena, taking on the likes of Hulu and Netflix. And its latest… Read More

Barnes & Noble is giving away a free e-reader if you buy a Nook HD+ tablet

Barnes & Noble, the struggling bookstore chain, is looking to supercharge its tablet and e-reader business in the face of… Read More

Air foils vs air bags: Amazon and Apple want to make sure you never bust your phone again

Apple and Amazon.com are on a collision course in all sorts of businesses — from digital music to e-readers. Now,… Read More

Actress who sued Amazon’s IMDb for displaying her age can take the case to trial

The actress who sued Amazon.com for displaying her age on IMDb can proceed with her case, according to a decision… Read More

Amazon denies rumors of $99 7-inch Kindle Fire HD

Earlier Wednesday morning, TechCrunch reported that Amazon currently has a $99 Kindle Fire HD 7-inch tablet in production that is set to… Read More

Report: Amazon to ship $99 Kindle Fire 7″ tablet in 2013

TechCrunch is reporting this morning that Amazon is currently has a $99 Kindle Fire 7″ tablet in production that is… Read More

Success: Jeff Bezos recovers sunken Apollo rocket engines

How does Amazon’s founder spend his down time? Catching up on email in the middle of the Atlantic while monitoring… Read More

Amazon expands ‘Send to Kindle’ feature with new website integration

Tweet, Share and Send to Kindle? Yep — Amazon wants its own piece of website real estate, right next to… Read More

Report: Amazon.com in talks with music labels about new subscription service

The music subscription business is a tough one, as evidenced by our report earlier today that industry pioneer Rhapsody continued… Read More

Spies in the cloud: CIA and Amazon strike $600M deal, trade pub reports

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has signed a deal with Amazon for cloud computing services worth up to $600 million… Read More

Microsoft, Expedia, others file complaint over Google’s domain name ‘land grab’

Fairsearch.org, a lobbying group whose backers include Microsoft, Expedia, TripAdvisor and Nokia, has filed objections over Google’s attempts to take… Read More

Amazon merchants fed up with fee hikes; Google, Ebay could benefit

Higher shipping costs and extra fees could cause Amazon third-party merchants to move away from the Seattle online giant to… Read More

Where’s our money? Merchants suing Amazon for withholding payment

Amazon.com is under some serious scrutiny from small merchants who claim the Seattle online giant withheld money from them and… Read More

Zuckerberg leads list of most-liked CEOs; Bezos’ approval rating soars and Ballmer is a no-show in top 50

Do you like the job your boss is doing? If you work at Facebook, Amazon.com, Salesforce.com, EMC, SAP, Apple or… Read More

Amazon downgraded by JP Morgan over slower growth

Amazon was downgraded from overweight to neutral by JP Morgan Chase overnight, and the company’s share price is feeling the effects… Read More

Amazon lowers Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ price to $269

Amazon today slashed its Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ prices and also announced the tablet’s availability in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. Due to… Read More

Inside Amazon Prime’s ‘explosive’ growth: 10 million members and profitable

The $79/year Amazon Prime subscription service has experienced rapid growth since late 2011, reaching an estimated 10 million members as… Read More

Meet Catherine Giudici, the Amazon designer who just won The Bachelor

Amazon’s employee roster is already full of talented people with serious accolades. Now you can add a Bachelor winner to… Read More

Amazon.com under attack for plan to own .book, .read and other domain name extensions

Amazon.com is already the 800 pound gorilla in the book selling and publishing business. And now some author groups are… Read More

‘Bezos Beep’ could replace the smartphone bump for mobile content sharing

Companies including Samsung have been promoting the practice of sharing content by bumping two devices together — transmitting photos, videos… Read More

Microsoft eyes Amazon, wants more ‘pure Silicon Valley startups’ on Azure

Microsoft is “clearly not as far ahead as Amazon” in convincing startups to use its cloud computing system, but the… Read More

Postmates arrives in Seattle to deliver tacos, burgers and anything else in under an hour

Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann hears the comparisons all of the time: Isn’t his new online delivery service just another version… Read More

Google’s new same-day shipping service to challenge Amazon Prime

Amazon, watch out — Google is stepping into your space. TechCrunch is reporting today that Google is preparing to launch… Read More

Amazon.com’s latest push: Helping developers place mobile ads in Android apps

Amazon.com is looking to make it easier for Android app developers to earn advertising dollars with the release today of… Read More

Bill Gates ranks 2nd on Forbes billionaires list, Jeff Bezos rises up the charts

Forbes is out today with its annual ranking of the world’s top billionaires, and Seattle tech titans are well represented… Read More

Amazon patents ‘gravity’ links for web and devices

Amazon has been granted a patent on a “gravity-based link assist” system — a method of pulling a user’s on-screen… Read More