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Amazon.com backs WhoSay to help celebs manage Twitter and Facebook posts

Amazon.com is among the backers participating in a $12 million financing round for WhoSay, an online service that helps musicians,… Read More

Chart: Google leads pack of the top 50 Web sites in the U.S.

Google remains the king of the hill when it comes to attracting visitors. The search engine attracted 189 million visitors… Read More

Amazon to move warehouse workers to tech jobs with new ‘career choice’ program

Amazon.com has been on the hot seat in the past year, with labor groups and the media criticizing working conditions at… Read More

Report: Amazon plans up to 6 new Kindle Fire variations

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet launched last fall with just one option for buyers, a 7-inch model with 8 GB of… Read More

Report: Facebook not trusted as much as Amazon or Google

A new poll out by Harris Interactive finds that more U.S. adults feel comfortable sharing personal information with Amazon.com and Google… Read More

Here’s the startup advice Jeff Bezos gave to Mark Pincus (before the guidance abruptly ended)

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus sat down with PandoDaily’s Sarah Lacy for an entertaining interview last night, covering a range of… Read More

Amazon Prime adds ‘West Wing’ and ‘Fringe’ in exclusive streaming deal

Amazon has struck a deal with Warner Bros. to bring West Wing and Fringe to its Amazon Prime Instant Video… Read More

Microsoft adds thousands of jobs in 2012, mostly overseas

Microsoft’s fiscal 2012 is officially in the books, with the company reporting results yesterday for the year ended June 30.… Read More

Amazon ‘Yesterday Shipping’: Wrap your brain around this

A popular theory right now is that Amazon is moving toward same-day delivery of products, potentially posing a bigger threat… Read More

Russian ‘cyber bandit’ arrested for attacks on Amazon.com

A 25-year-old Russian man has been arrested for masterminding two denial-of-service attacks on Amazon.com, attacks that occurred in the summer… Read More

Analysts turn sour on Amazon, cite Kindle delays and weakness

Amazon.com has heard this one before. Stock analysts are turning bearish on the Seattle online retailer, the company that once… Read More

Report: Amazon.com works on a larger Kindle as Apple goes for a smaller iPad

Rumors have circulated for weeks that Amazon.com is working on a new tablet computer, a larger Kindle Fire that would… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Amazon, Microsoft, and how search is going social

Can your Facebook friends really help you find better information on the web? That’s one of the questions we explore… Read More

Beyond online advertising into knowledge monetization

Each year, investors sink $2 million in U.S. Internet companies per every million dollars of total online advertising addressable opportunity:… Read More

Why Amazon.com gave up the sales tax fight: A new face for the ‘online’ retailer?

An interesting thing started happening last year. Amazon.com, which for months had battled states over the collection of sales tax,… Read More

In heartfelt message, Buster Benson pulls plug on Habit Labs (pledges to keep trudging along)

In the excitement that swirls around startups, sometimes we often forget that most entrepreneurial ventures end in failure. That’s why… Read More

After the writedown: How Microsoft squandered its $6.3B buy of ad giant aQuantive

It was supposed to change everything for Microsoft, creating a viable rival to Google and establishing the Redmond company as a… Read More

Report: Amazon to challenge Zynga with social games studio

Amazon.com is making a new push into Zynga’s territory, in more ways than one. The online retailer is aiming to… Read More

IMDb’s apps launch new features, downloaded more than 40 million times

Film and TV buffs can now enjoy more specialized features with their IMDb apps. The Amazon.com unit is adding new… Read More

Kindle Fire vs. Nexus 7: A detailed cost breakdown of the two tablet computers

Google’s Nexus 7 appears to be on a direct collision course with Amazon.com’s Kindle Fire as the two tech giants… Read More

Amazon.com to bolster gaming on Kindle Fire with newly-launched GameCircle

The Kindle Fire isn’t really known as a powerful gaming device. But Amazon.com is looking to change that perception with… Read More

Dog park, public artwork could be centerpieces of Amazon’s proposed campus

Artwork and a pedestrian (and dog) friendly space that creates a “sense of place” will be key components of Amazon.com’s… Read More

Amazon.com Detroit? Report suggests online retailer may set up shop in the Motor City

Amazon.com is already growing like gangbusters in Seattle, grabbing as many talented software developers and engineers as it can. But… Read More

The most detailed designs yet for Amazon’s proposed downtown Seattle HQ

Architects for Amazon.com are expected to present some of their latest plans for the online retailer’s new downtown Seattle campus… Read More

Report: Amazon’s new Kindle Fire thinner and lighter, with camera and better display

The next version of Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet will come with a sharper and more vibrant display, in addition to… Read More

Report: Yep, Amazon is making its own smartphone

Amazon.com is, indeed, working on its own smartphone to compete with Apple and Google, according to a report from Bloomberg… Read More

Dating site dumps Amazon Web Services over latest outage

The latest Amazon Web Services outage last weekend was apparently the last straw for one of the company’s customers, an… Read More

Amazon issues statement following last weekend’s outage

Amazon Web Services offered a few more details on the outage that struck its Northern Virginia data center over the… Read More

Report: Amazon.com buying mobile map startup UpNext

Amazon.com is reportedly buying UpNext, a five-year-old New York City startup that specializes in what they describe as “vibrant, immersive… Read More

Amazon expands ‘Flow’ app to Android — still needs work

Amazon’s Flow augmented-reality product identification app, developed by the company’s A9 subsidiary and released last year for iPhone, is available… Read More