Amazon reigns, Apple slips in customer ratings for online holiday shopping For the eighth consecutive year, Amazon.com has come out on top in the Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index from research firm… Read More
Why did Amazon Instant Video keep going, while Netflix sputtered? Last month, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings separately took the stage at the Re:Invent conference in… Read More
Mark Cuban: Nokia’s Windows Phone ‘crushes’ iPhone 5 High-profile investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban gave Microsoft and Nokia a nice little holiday gift in the form of a… Read More
Outage at Amazon Web Services takes down Netflix on Christmas Eve The elves at Amazon.com are hard at work tonight trying to fix yet another outage at Amazon Web Services. The… Read More
Free shipping offers boost online holiday spending Americans continue to spend more of their cash online this holiday season, with comScore reporting that online spending is up… Read More
Amazon bigger than Microsoft? What to watch in 2013 from Jeff Bezos & Co. How’s this for a milestone in the making? Amazon is on a trajectory to become larger than Microsoft in 2013,… Read More
Copycat: Amazon trademark filings indicate Kindle protection plan almost identical to AppleCare Looks like Amazon is taking a bite out of the Apple. GigaOM spotted a trademark application indicating that Amazon is considering… Read More
It looks like Overstock is getting ready to compete with Amazon Lockers Amazon.com has been experimenting with delivering goods to lockers for more than a year now in the Seattle area, part… Read More
“Amazon” cracks yearly most-searched list for first time According to what’s people are searching for, Amazon is gaining popularity. For the first time ever, the term “Amazon” cracked… Read More
Amazon’s IMDb touts 50M mobile app downloads, adds new features to iPad version IMDb said today that its popular app for movie, TV shows and other entertainment content has been downloaded 50 million… Read More
Amazon is producing six comedy sitcoms and wants you to choose the best ones There were rumblings earlier this year about Amazon producing its own original TV content, and now the online retail giant… Read More
Consumers spent a record $7 billion online last week, holiday season spending up 13 percent from 2011 Consumers are spending money online in record-setting fashion. A new report out from comScore on holiday spending was released today and… Read More
Former Kindle ad guru sues Amazon over termination, alleges internal retaliation A former Amazon employee is suing the company over his termination, alleging that he was let go in retaliation for… Read More
Nordstrom exec maneuvers online as Amazon.com threat looms A few months ago, we wrote a story on GeekWire about the growing rivalry between two iconic Seattle brands: Amazon.com… Read More
Hulu’s revenue up 65 percent to $695M in 2012, doubles paid subscribers to 3 million Based on the numbers, things are going very well at Hulu. The streaming video company released its 2012 results today… Read More
Chart: Here’s how much Americans are spending online this holiday season Americans are spending a lot of dough online this holiday season, with comScore reporting that $33.8 billion has been spent online… Read More
Stephen Colbert visits Google to promote his book, has no idea Google sells books Stephen Colbert is rarely serious, at least not when he’s in character, but the TV host seemed genuinely surprised during… Read More
Podcast Podcast: Google Maps, Amazon + Facebook, and EveryMove’s ‘mileage program’ for your health You can get rewarded for shopping, eating, gambling, flying and pretty much everything else these days. But what about rewards… Read More
Amazon plans new 1 million square-foot distribution center close to home Amazon.com, which has warhouses around the globe, announced Friday that it will build a 1 million square-foot distribution center 50… Read More
Amazon leases offices as part of Boston area expansion Amazon continues to gobble up talent in the Seattle area, hiring thousands of new staffers for its South Lake Union… Read More
Need a good read? Amazon unveils top 10 best-selling books of 2012 Here’s what we learned from Amazon’s top-10 best-selling books of 2012: People love bad boy romance novels and independent publishers… Read More
Here’s what employees love and hate about working at Amazon, Microsoft Whether you’re thinking about working at a big tech company or just are interested about the inner cultures of places… Read More
Amazon videos come to iPhone with Instant Video update Amazon.com this morning released an update for its Instant Video app for iOS that expands its footprint beyond the iPad… Read More
Goodbye, cracked screens? Bezos, Amazon awarded patent for smartphone airbag Airbags aren’t just for cars anymore — they may be coming soon to a cell phone near you. We first… Read More
Amazon debuts cloud-based push notification system for Kindle Fire developers Today Amazon launched Amazon Device Messaging API, its own cloud-based push notification platform for Kindle Fire apps on Amazon’s cloud. Amazon… Read More
Marc Andreessen says Wall Street really hates tech stocks: What do you think? Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is making headlines today for comments he made at a tech conference hosted by The New… Read More
Protesting the Kindle: National Federation of the Blind conducting picket at Amazon headquarters From MA, MT, WA, CO, MN, MO, MD,, CA and across the nation, we are gathered to advocate for #KindleBooks4All.… Read More
The tablet is killing the ebook reader: Study says shipments to fall 36% this year Worldwide shipments of dedicated ebook readers such as the E-Ink Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook will fall by… Read More
Amazon uses Facebook to create smart (and social) gift lists Amazon just rolled out a new online tool called Friends & Family Gifting. At a base level, it lets you enter… Read More
Facebook is the best place to work; Steve Ballmer, Amazon enjoy better approval ratings The employees have spoken: Facebook is the best place to work. Glassdoor.com released its fifth annual “Employees’ Choice Awards” that… Read More
