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Amazon

In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.

Kindle Paperwhite debuts to (mostly) glowing reviews

Amazon started shipping its new Kindle Paperwhite front-lit e-reader this morning. It’s not the first lighted e-reader to hit the market,… Read More

Battle in the cloud: Oracle taking on Amazon.com and everyone else

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison once dubbed cloud computing nothing more than “water vapor,” noting three years ago that “all it… Read More

Update: Google passes Microsoft in value for 1st time

[Update, Monday morning: It’s official: Google passed Microsoft’s market value for the first time in its history this morning, although… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s Oprah moment and other top stories of the month

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took a page out of Oprah’s playbook at the company’s big company meeting in Seattle on… Read More

Barnes & Noble drops ‘GlowLight’ Nook to $119, takes a few jabs at Amazon

Barnes & Noble reduced the price of its Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight e-reader to $119 this morning, matching the… Read More

Amazon will try again to uncork online wine business

Amazon is attempting yet again to expand into the wine business, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.… Read More

Baxter: Robotic worker aims to revolutionize factories, with funding from Jeff Bezos

He has eyes, he has arms and he can accomplish simple tasks to help your business move faster. That’s the… Read More

‘Redbox Instant’ streaming video service on the way

It’s official: Verizon and Redbox parent company Coinstar will enter the streaming media world and battle Netflix, Amazon and the… Read More

Apple and Amazon still fighting over ‘app store’ name

Remember this one? Amazon this week filed court papers disputing Apple’s allegation that its use of the phrase “Amazon Appstore”… Read More

Netflix CEO: Amazon Prime video a ‘confusing mess’

It looks like Jeff Bezos & Co. have finally gotten Reed Hastings’ attention, or at least gotten Hastings to show… Read More

Amazon unveils eco-friendly products site Vine.com

Amazon.com’s Quidsi unit today unveiled yet another niche e-commerce site, this time going after those who purchase natural, organic and sustainably-made… Read More

Seattle’s design review board gives nod to ambitious Amazon.com towers

Amazon.com’s proposed 3.3 million square foot downtown Seattle campus is one step closer to reality after the Downtown Design Review Board… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: iOS 6, iPhone 5, and more from the week in tech

We had a lot of fun putting together this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, talking at length about Apple’s… Read More

Paul Allen is now the richest American in sports

Paul Allen has lots of money. You already knew that about the co-founder of Microsoft, of course. But the Forbes 400… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup Weekend lands Microsoft vet; Glympse recruits from Amazon; and more

Startup Weekend already hosts hundreds of events around the globe each year, and now the Seattle-based entrepreneurial education non-profit is… Read More

Walmart follows Target, stops selling Amazon Kindles

Seeing the online retailer as a threat to profits, Walmart has decided to follow Target in removing the Amazon Kindle… Read More

Apple vs. Amazon: Whose new headquarters is cooler?

It has been fun to see the plans come together for Amazon’s new three-block campus on the edge of downtown… Read More

Images: Amazon’s colorful new towers will put a bold stamp on Seattle’s skyline

Architects for Amazon.com have submitted updated drawings for the company’s proposed campus on the edge of downtown Seattle — showing… Read More

Zuckerberg’s net worth sinks; Gates remains richest American

Oftentimes the leader of a newly public company experiences a substantial increase in net worth, but Facebook’s shrinking share price… Read More

The end of Endless: Amazon pulls plug on fashion site

Amazon.com is shutting down Endless.com, the five-year-old high-end online fashion site that sold handbags, shoes, jewelry and other accessories. The site… Read More

Study: The top 10 cities, jobs and employers for computer science grads

Earlier this year, we chronicled the career paths of 21 recent University of Washington computer science and engineering graduates, asking… Read More

Nebulous ‘cloud computing’ term baffles most Americans

Geeks like us hear the words “cloud computing” almost every day, using it ourselves to explain a host of different… Read More

Ballmer: There’s no doubt Windows 8 will be a success

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is convinced that Windows 8 will be a winner, he doesn’t seem too impressed with Amazon’s… Read More

Amazon is making a movie, starting with a comic book

Amazon tends to do things in non-traditional ways, and that fact is on full display with the debut this morning… Read More

Amazon unveils Reserved Instant Marketplace, an exchange for cloud services

Amazon Web Services today introduced a new offering called Reserved Instance Marketplace, an online exchange of sorts where customers can sell their… Read More

IMDb turns 404s into LOLs, Reddit users have a field day

Arriving at a 404 error page can be a frustrating and annoying experience for anyone. But the movie database website… Read More

Amazon to let you buy real stuff inside Kindle Fire apps

At the Kindle launch event last week, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos spoke briefly about an effort to allow consumers to… Read More

Bezos: Amazon ‘loaded plane with Kindles’ to test safety

Over the weekend, the New York Times published a great read from Nick Bilton illustrating the challenges that travelers and… Read More

Amazon’s new tablet rival: Toys R Us unveils the $150 kid-friendly Tabeo

Everyone wants to be a tablet maker these days it seems. And the latest entrant is one that could offer… Read More

Epic Games targets Seattle, Amazon boosts Bing, and more from the week in tech

A roundup of items making news this weekend … Add Epic Games to the growing roster of tech companies opening… Read More

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