U.S. State Department pulls plug on big Kindle contract Well, here’s a very peculiar story with an odd twist. Two months ago we reported that the U.S. Department of State… Read More
Katniss vs. Harry: Hunger Games outsells Harry Potter on Amazon It’s happened. Something has outsold the Harry Potter series on Amazon. And that something is Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series.… Read More
Amazon to test package pickup at corner shops in the U.K. We’ve been closely watching the roll out of Amazon.com’s new locker systems in the U.S., quietly appearing at 7-Eleven retail… Read More
Apple points finger at Amazon in DOJ e-book pricing lawsuit Yet more news has developed in the DOJ’s case against Apple and several book publishers over their alleged collusion to… Read More
Tech Moves: Buster Benson lands at Twitter; Zulily hires a top lawyer; Coinstar changes; etc. Sometimes people announce new jobs with an email, or a LinkedIn update. Seattle entrepreneur Buster Benson, the former Amazon.com developer… Read More
Is Coinstar on the auction block, and could Amazon come knocking? Two months ago, the Corum Group, a boutique Seattle M&A advisory firm, floated an idea that Amazon.com should buy retail kiosk pioneer… Read More
Now appearing at the FCC: Amazon’s next Kindle Fire? Here’s some new evidence to support the theory that Amazon is coming out with a (roughly) 10-inch Kindle Fire to… Read More
Amazon campus: Updated plans provide new glimpse of big Seattle project Architects for Amazon.com have submitted updated plans with new drawings showing how the company’s proposed three-tower campus will fit into… Read More
Discount time: Nook, iPhone join Kindle in price cuts Summer must be ending soon. Not only are the daylight hours shrinking, but so are the prices on many soon-to-be-out-of-date… Read More
Amazon clearing out Kindles in prelude to new devices Is Amazon almost ready to unveil this year’s Kindle lineup? Gizmodo believes the answer is yes — pointing to a steep… Read More
Amazon’s cloud powering NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover Amazon, the online super-retailer and South Lake Union Overlord, has the cloud computing system that best suits NASA’s latest and… Read More
REI, LinkedIn land in top 10 places for work-life balance; Facebook falls off When employers dangle salaries and signing bonuses and Justin Bieber songs in front of prospective employees, they might just want… Read More
Amazon says it has fixed security flaw that contributed to hacking of Wired writer Amazon.com confirmed this morning that it has taken steps to address the security problem in its customer service procedures that… Read More
Report says iPad users are more affluent than Kindle folk Hey, Big Spender! Your iPad would probably like to spend some more time with you… According to a new report… Read More
Amazon jumps into games: New studio makes its debut with a Facebook game The market for casual games just got even more competitive. Amazon.com this afternoon confirmed the existence of its own Amazon… Read More
eBay tests same-day delivery, upping ante vs. Amazon eBay is testing a new online service called eBay Now that promises same-day delivery from participating retailers, starting in San… Read More
The difference between Kindle Fire and Windows Phone and other comments of the week The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “I think it’s interesting the types of adjectives journalists… Read More
Amazon exec falls victim to Tom Petty scam, still gets Tom Petty to play his wedding This is one of the most incredible stories we’ve run across in a while, and it involves a legendary member… Read More
How the iPad made Apple the top ‘PC’ vendor, and what it means for Windows What is a “personal computer” in 2012? Do tablets count? Most of the major technology research firms say no. As reflected… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle Fire settles in at 5% of tablet market Amazon shipped more than 1.2 million Kindle Fire tablets worldwide in the second quarter, up significantly from the first quarter,… Read More
Amazon brings Instant Video service to iPad with new app Amazon.com, looking to expand its presence in digital video, debuted a new iPad app this morning that brings its Instant Video… Read More
Amazon’s Cloud Player now offers cloud-based music transfer with ‘scan and match’ Amazon.com today is touting new offerings for its Cloud Player music service, including a new service called “scan and match”… Read More
Fast-growing storage upstart Box unpacks $125 million in funding Box, the file sharing and data storage startup founded seven years ago by Mercer Island High School grads Aaron Levie… Read More
Amazon Lockers make a quiet debut in Silicon Valley We’ve been closely watching — even trying out — Amazon.com’s new Locker service since it quietly arrived in the Seattle… Read More
Mission impossible? War stories from the Amazon.com interview It’s a Seattle rite of passage for newcomers: Pike Place Market, the Space Needle. The Amazon interview. Today, Glassdoor released… Read More
Amazon, Google and Facebook among the top 25 toughest places to interview We’ve heard stories about the grueling interview process at Amazon.com, spread over days and including tough questions from managers. Now,… Read More
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos donates $2.5 million to support same-sex marriage measure In what is being called the largest individual gift to support same-sex marriage in the U.S., Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos… Read More
As profits sink, Amazon plans big fulfillment center push but no ‘same-day delivery’ Amazon.com’s profits took a big hit during the second quarter, with net income tumbling 96 percent to just $7 million… Read More
Earnings: Amazon’s razor-thin profits get even thinner Amazon just reported earnings per share of $0.01 for the second quarter — yes, that’s one cent — coming in… Read More
Down goes Twitter: The pulse of the planet not beating this morning Normally, for these sorts of service outages, the first place we consult is Twitter. After all, the site is the… Read More
