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GeekWire Radio: Paul Allen in space, Chrome vs. IE, Twitter reconsidered, tech gift ideas

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we explore Paul Allen’s new space venture, assess Google Chrome’s rise… Read More

Amazon selling more than a million Kindles per week, says demand accelerating for the Fire

It’s going to be a Kindle kind of holiday for many folks around the globe. Amazon.com today said that it… Read More

Morning Radar: Steve Jobs is ‘most fascinating’ of 2011; Cheezburger’s latest; Big Fish; Wetpaint and more

A quick rundown of stories and offbeat tidbits catching our attention this morning … Pet and animal lovers can now get… Read More

Google joins with Seattle angels to bankroll non-profit education microloan upstart Vittana

Vittana, the Seattle non-profit that’s facilitating micro-loans to students in developing countries, has received a $250,000 grant from Google. Others… Read More

Tech CEO report card: Approval ratings drop for Ballmer, Bezos and others

Glassdoor.com is rolling out its annual “Naughty and Nice” list for technology CEOs. And, as it turns out, it looks… Read More

Amazon could sell six million Kindle Fires this year, even as complaints mount

Amazon.com is addressing complaints about its new Kindle Fire device, with plans to roll out a new software update in… Read More

Holiday shocker: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt prefer catalogs to Amazon.com

Millions of Americans are turning to Amazon.com to put the finishing touches on their holiday shopping. But don’t count the… Read More

Steve Jobs biography is Amazon’s best-selling book of 2011

Amazon.com is out this morning with the list of its top 10 best-selling books of 2011, and the Steve Jobs… Read More

Amazon plans Kindle Fire update amid user complaints

Amazon.com is planning a software update within the next two weeks for its new Kindle Fire tablet, aiming to address… Read More

Startup Spotlight: CrowdControl looks to manage ‘big data’

Tweets. Blog comments. Facebook likes. There’s no shortage of information flowing these days. CrowdControl wants to help businesses qualify this… Read More

Amazon creates $6M annual fund for indie Kindle authors, trying to boost book lending

Amazon.com this morning made a new move to increase the number of digital titles available to readers through its Kindle… Read More

Retail association pissed about Amazon.com’s Price Check app

The Retail Industry Leaders Association isn’t too happy about Amazon.com’s Price Check app and a new promotion that the Seattle… Read More

Analyst: iPad holiday sales ‘light’ as Kindle Fire competition heats up

Apple’s iPhone and Mac businesses are humming along nicely this holiday season, but financial analyst Shaw Wu sees some storm… Read More

Jeff Bezos hops on Uber, invests in private car service

Maybe Jeff Bezos will get a few free Uber rides around Seattle now. The Amazon.com founder has emerged as one… Read More

Amazon.com buys rights to 450 children’s book titles

Amazon.com announced today that it is buying 450 titles from Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books, expanding its footprint in the book… Read More

Amazon will offer $5 discounts to shoppers who use its Price Check app

Americans are spending more time price comparing goods while browsing the aisles at brick-and-mortar retail stores, using their smartphones to… Read More

Amazon invests in Foxit, aims to improve Kindle PDF reading

Amazon.com has made an investment in Foxit Corp., a PDF technology company based in Fremont, Calif. — saying it plans… Read More

Tech Moves: Mobilisafe adds marketing VP; Theraclone names CEO; BigDoor; etc.

Sajal Sahay has joined Seattle mobile security upstart Mobilisafe as vice president of marketing with the goal of helping to… Read More

Geek Humor: Why this foul-mouthed California politician refuses to use his Kindle

I thought the whole Amazon online sales tax debate had pretty much blown over in California, following a September compromise in… Read More

Kindle Fire users report Wi-Fi bugs

Users of Amazon.com’s new $199 Kindle Fire device have reported ongoing problems with the ability to connect to the Internet,… Read More

Remembering Tom Phillips: Longtime Microsoft GM had rare acumen across business and tech

Tom Phillips made his career in the computer business, but he also loved to fly. “He described flying like you… Read More

Updated: Amazon.com executive killed in Lake Huron plane crash

Tom Phillips, a general manager with Amazon Web Services and a former Microsoft executive, died Saturday night in a single-engine… Read More

Another day, another big real estate lease for Amazon.com

Amazon.com’s appetite for office space in downtown Seattle is truly astounding. For the second time this week, word has emerged… Read More

Postal Service to test lockers, following Amazon’s lead

The U.S. Postal Service plans to start testing its own locker system for packages, similar to the lockers that Amazon.com… Read More

Report: Google to challenge Amazon with fast shipping

Google is talking with big retailers about creating a new service to provide fast, cheap shipping of items found through… Read More

Can ebooks fuel innovation? Startups explore the potential

A group of startups met up this week in Redmond for the first Ebook Innovation Summit, a small gathering of… Read More

Judge tosses privacy suit over Amazon user tracking

A federal judge in Seattle has dismissed, for now, a suit filed against Amazon.com by a computer user who accused… Read More

Amazon Web Services: Almost a billion-dollar business?

Amazon Web Services is poised top $1 billion in cloud services revenue in 2012, according to a new report from… Read More

Amazon vs. eBay: Opposing views on sales tax legislation

An Amazon.com executive today told Congress that the company supports federal legislation providing a constitutional framework for states to collect… Read More

Windows author Ed Bott and partners launch ‘digital first’ book publishing company

Ed Bott, the independent writer known for his books and blog posts on Microsoft Windows, is one of the founders… Read More