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Science fiction writers irked with Amazon.com, redirect links to other booksellers

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos traces his love of books back to some of the classics of science fiction. But now… Read More

College bookstores settle dispute over how textbooks are touted on Amazon

The National Association of College Stores — a trade association that represents more than 3,100 college bookstores — was none… Read More

Charts: Apple has more cash than Google and Microsoft combined

Apple’s balance of more than $97 billion in cash and investments is back in the news today, with CEO Tim… Read More

Nordstrom bets big on e-commerce, plans to hire 400

Before the rise of Amazon.com, Seattle retail was defined by one company: Nordstrom. Now, the upscale retailer appears to be… Read More

Amazon’s Woot takes it in the shorts over change in its shirts

Woot, the daily deal company acquired by Amazon.com two years ago, announced plans overnight to shift away from its longtime… Read More

Comcast unveils $4.99 per month Streampix service, taking aim at Netflix

Comcast this week is rolling out a new video streaming service called Streampix, an offering that will be available only… Read More

Google Android Market is bigger: But Amazon Appstore sells cheaper apps sometimes at greater benefit to creators

The Google Android Market is by far the biggest Android app marketplace with more than 400,000 apps. But if you… Read More

Barnes & Noble’s 8GB Nook Tablet matches Amazon’s Kindle Fire at $199, 512 MB of RAM

Barnes & Noble just confirmed that it’s releasing an 8GB Nook Tablet, and the price may sound familiar: $199, the… Read More

Geek Humor: Stephen Colbert calls Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos a vindictive man

Comedian Stephen Colbert returned to the airwaves Monday night, and he didn’t waste any time taking a few cracks at… Read More

Report: Barnes & Noble plans 8GB Nook Tablet, trying to douse Amazon’s Kindle Fire

Barnes & Noble’s CEO previously criticized the 8GB of storage available on Amazon’s $199 Kindle Fire as “deficient for a media… Read More

Microsoft Windows as a ‘beautiful metaphor’ and other comments of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “Windows really is a beautiful metaphor for… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Microsoft’s Windows Phone vs. our iPhones in an on-air speed test

Can the GeekWire guys avoid getting “Smoked by Windows Phone”? That’s the question this week as we welcome Ben Rudolph… Read More

3 new Amazon office towers would double Seattle presence

Amazon.com plans to build up to 3 million square feet of new office space in three office towers on land… Read More

Amazon Web Services to collect sales tax on customers in Washington state

Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing unit of the Seattle online retailer, notified customers in Washington state this week that… Read More

By the numbers: Amazon’s Kindle Fire vs. Apple’s iPad

Apple CEO Tim Cook noted at a conference in San Francisco this week that he wasn’t too concerned about rising… Read More

The Achilles’ heel of Amazon.com

Disclosure: I’m an unabashed Amazon fan. Not only is it one of the most aggressive, forward-thinking and best-led companies in tech,… Read More

Report: Amazon considering huge land purchase in Seattle

Amazon.com just last year moved into a new headquarters in Seattle’s fast-growing South Lake Union neighborhood. But even that new… Read More

Amazon’s Quidsi unit opens Casa.com, contemplates brick-and-mortar stores

There’s been a lot of chatter in recent days about Amazon.com exploring the idea of opening a boutique-style retail store… Read More

Apple boss Tim Cook takes a few cracks at Microsoft and Amazon, says tablets will ‘cannibalize’ PCs

Apple CEO Tim Cook leads the most powerful technology company on the planet. But even as the top dog in… Read More

Kindle Touch breakthrough: Startup debuts handwriting recognition in puzzle book

Puzzle technology startup Puzzazz is giving Amazon’s Kindle Touch a capability that even Amazon didn’t envision — letting users input… Read More

Report: Amazon Prime not nearly as big as analysts think

Amazon Prime, the company’s $79/year subscription service, has significantly fewer subscribers than Wall Street analysts have been estimating, according to… Read More

Amazon.com connects with Americans despite very little human interaction

One of the most fascinating aspects of the latest Harris Poll Reputation Quotient study is that Amazon.com continues to bolster its… Read More

Power to the web? Mozilla plans to challenge app stores with cross-platform marketplace

A set of strategy documents released by Mozilla over the weekend includes an interesting plan to to move people away from… Read More

Amazon hiring execs to make comedy and kids shows

Newly surfaced Amazon.com job postings provide some interesting clues about the company’s push into original programming. An Amazon unit called… Read More

USA Today’s internal app stats show Amazon’s Kindle Fire trouncing other Android tablets

Hey, looky what landed in our inbox. Here’s an interesting slide from a USA Today presentation that shows the number… Read More

Why Amazon needs a bigger Kindle Fire, as explained by Steve Jobs

A new report adds fuel to the rumor that Amazon.com will release a new Kindle Fire with a larger screen,… Read More

Amazon board adds Jamie Gorelick, former Fannie Mae and DOJ official

Amazon.com just added a new board member: Jamie S. Gorelick, a veteran of the U.S. government and no stranger to… Read More

Arizona lawmakers push for Amazon.com to collect sales tax

Arizona and Amazon appear to be at loggerheads. Legislators in the state are reportedly pushing forward with a plan to… Read More

Amazon’s new Viacom deal adds Snooki, not Jon Stewart

Amazon.com this morning announced a deal with Viacom to add TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo… Read More

Who is buying e-readers? Not me, but paralegals, dietitians and iPod owners sure love ’em

As I’ve noted in the past, I am not a big fan of electronic reading devices. (In addition to having… Read More