Exclusive: Hands-on with Amazon Locker, now working We’ve had fun tracking the appearance of Amazon Lockers around the Seattle region over the past few weeks, and this week… Read More
Amazon goes sci-fi with latest book publishing arm, 47North Amazon.com this morning moved further into the world of book publishing, beyond its traditional sales and distribution business, with the… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Bluefire looks to spark eBook sales More consumers are turning to electronic reading devices. And Seattle’s Bluefire Productions, which emerged from founder Micah Bower’s 10-year-old design… Read More
Kindle 3 proves popular at $99 [Unscientific observation] Following the announcement of Amazon’s revamped Kindle lineup, much of the attention has been focused on the upcoming Kindle Fire tablet… Read More
Amazon expands online tool for managing print magazine subscriptions Amazon.com this morning upgraded its online Print Magazine Subscription Manager to work with any magazine an Amazon customer is receiving,… Read More
Amazon strikes tax deal in Tennessee, plans to add 2,000 jobs in the state Amazon.com is showing a willingness to compromise on the sales tax collection issue, with the latest development occurring in Tennessee.… Read More
Amazon.com poised to take another Seattle high-rise Seattle’s burgeoning South Lake Union neighborhood might just not be big enough for Amazon.com, at least for now. The online… Read More
Sales of Steve Jobs bio soar on Amazon, release pushed up The death of Steve Jobs has greatly intensified interest in the upcoming biography about the Apple co-founder. The book, by… Read More
U.S. high-tech industry lost 115,800 jobs last year Don’t tell this to Amazon.com, Facebook, Google or the countless startup companies in Seattle that are struggling to find high-quality… Read More
A hunger for the best sci-fi books sparks geek’s latest quest Adam Doppelt is a developer, tinkerer and accomplished entrepreneur. And he’s also a science fiction geek. Those passions all collided… Read More
Report: Amazon selling 2,000 Kindle Fires every hour Looks like Amazon.com has a hit on its hands, even before its new tablet is officially released to consumers. The… Read More
Heads up: Amazon limits 3G web access on Kindle Touch 3G If you’re thinking about getting one of the new Amazon Kindle Touch e-readers, and trying to decide between the $99… Read More
How Amazon’s new tablet signals the start of next generation Guest Analysis: With the announcement of the Kindle Fire, Amazon has now made the long term tablet business an interesting… Read More
Amazon lockers, the iPhone cool factor and other top stories Amazon.com made some waves in New York City this week with the release of the Kindle Fire. And while the… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Kindle Fire, Post-it Wars, Legos, cool apps, and Startup Weekend EDU On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we figure out the meaning of the Kindle Fire, recap Seattle’s startup “Post-it… Read More
Estimate: $199 Kindle Fire will cost Amazon $209.63 to make At a price of $199, Amazon is selling its Kindle Fire tablet at a loss, but it might not be… Read More
Amazon buying Palm? This doesn’t make a whole lot of sense A report by VentureBeat overnight quotes an anonymous source saying that Amazon.com is “in serious negotiations” to buy Palm from… Read More
Analysts: Kindle Fire will lose Amazon a ton of money, at first The attention-grabbing price of $199 for the new Kindle Fire will generate a huge amount of demand for Amazon’s tablet,… Read More
The name Kindle Fire: Hot or not? At first glance, Kindle Fire seems like a pretty good name. It uses a thematically coherent naming strategy, similar to the… Read More
Madrona, Amazon and others pump $10 million into online ad analyzer Yieldex Madrona Venture Group and Amazon.com are among the backers in a $10 million round for Yieldex, a New York-based company… Read More
Poll: Will you buy a Kindle Fire? After months of speculation, Amazon.com today finally took the wraps off its long-awaited Android tablet, the Kindle Fire. With a… Read More
Tech industry bolsters Seattle office market as Isilon, Zillow, Google and others expand We’ve been tracking a number of high-profile real estate expansion stories in the Seattle tech industry in recent weeks, from… Read More
Will Microsoft get patent royalties from Amazon’s Kindle Fire? Jeff Bezos just announced a new Kindle Fire tablet based on Google’s Android operating system. Steve Ballmer says Microsoft deserves… Read More
Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire and a new era for Amazon.com Amazon.com this morning overhauled its lineup of Kindle devices and expanded for the first time into the world of general-purpose… Read More
Amazon Silk: New web browser taps cloud for flexibility It’s not just Kindles and tablets in the news from Amazon this morning. The Seattle company is also announcing a… Read More
Amazon’s other big news: New Kindle e-readers start at $79 Amazon.com is rolling out the big guns at its news conference in New York City this morning even before the… Read More
Picture: This is the Kindle Fire Whether or not this was planned by Amazon this way, Bloomberg Businessweek has been breaking the news of the company’s… Read More
Report: Kindle tablet will be $199, undercutting iPad price Amazon hasn’t formally unveiled its tablet yet, but Bloomberg News reports that the Kindle Fire will sell for $199. The aggressive… Read More
Exclusive pics: Amazon lockers surface on college campus This is starting to feel like something out of a science fiction novel, with mysterious contraptions showing up inexplicably in… Read More
With Netflix and Hulu in play, will Amazon.com bite? We’ve talked in the past about Amazon.com’s ambitious plans in the online video space, suggesting that the online retailer could… Read More
