Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 231 of 236

AT&T ‘sponsorship’ cuts price of cut-rate Kindle 3G by $25

Amazon.com says a sponsorship by AT&T will allow the company to reduce the price of the advertising-supported version of its… Read More

Amazon’s IMDb targets Android tablets with app update

Will this be one of the showcase apps for Amazon.com’s long-rumored Android tablet? Internet Movie Database, the Amazon.com service better… Read More

Citrix buys Cloud.com, challenges Amazon and Microsoft’s Azure

Citrix Systems announced today that it is acquiring Cloud.com, raising the competitive bar on other cloud infrastructure services such as… Read More

Amazon to support California referendum to repeal sales tax for online retailers

Amazon.com is not backing down from California’s new sales tax collection policy. After canceling its affiliate program in the state… Read More

Amazon eyes new Seattle tower for even more growth

Amazon.com has been growing like crazy — adding 4,200 people worldwide in the first three months of this year alone.… Read More

Google reveals first native eBooks device, promises more

Will this device give Amazon’s Kindle a run for its money? Probably not, at least not on its own, but… Read More

Nerd Notes: Walking with Zuck, connected states, and a note to the future … from 1973

The legends of tech companies are shaped by stories of their weirdest early traditions. (Think Bill Gates having Burgermaster on speed dial.)… Read More

Report: Amazon preps for big sales of its tablet at launch

Rumors about Amazon.com’s plans to release its own tablet computer have been around for months, but now they’re getting specific,… Read More

Kindle’s NYT subscribers get their NYTimes.com access

Amazon.com this morning followed through on a promised perk for Kindle users who subscribe to the New York Times on… Read More

Looking to mine data, Amazon backs analytics startup ParAccel

Amazon.com is investing an undisclosed amount of money into ParAccel, a Campbell, California maker of business analytics software that helps… Read More

Amazon wins first round vs. Apple in ‘app store’ fight

Amazon.com’s “Appstore” for Android can keep its name, at least for now, after a federal judge denied Apple’s request for… Read More

Amazon alters prices on Cloud Drive amid digital music war

It is being billed as a digital music war. Amazon.com today announced adjustments to the pricing plans of its Cloud… Read More

Shades of Pets.com: Amazon unveils online pet store Wag.com

There aren’t any dog-talking sock puppets to be seen. But Amazon.com is doing its best to bring back one of the… Read More

How Amazon helped groom Zynga for success, and where the alliance heads next

Without Amazon.com, Zynga might not be where it is today. The social gaming powerhouse, which just last week filed to… Read More

Amazon buys Book Depository, UK’s top indie online bookseller

Amazon.com this morning announced a deal to buy The Book Depository online bookseller, based in the UK. Although the companies… Read More

A guide to why Amazon is losing the tax battle

Guest commentary: You may be right Jeff Bezos, but no one sympathizes. Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court made it clear… Read More

Puzzle technology startup Puzzazz raises $400k in funding from industry vets

Puzzazz, the Seattle startup founded by puzzle creator and entrepreneur Roy Leban, has raised its first outside funding — about… Read More

Amazon cans affiliate program in California after Gov. inks tax law

Amazon.com and other online retailers must collect sales tax on purchases that their California customers make in the state as… Read More

Amazon Web Services cuts prices on Data Transfer, CloudFront

Amazon Web Services suffered a massive outage back in April, one that caused all sorts of havoc developers. So, here’s… Read More

Amazon vows to cut ties with California affiliates over proposed tax law

Amazon.com’s fight with U.S. states over Internet taxes has now spread to the biggest of them, California. In a message… Read More

Bellevue high school grads raise $25 million for online slideshow maker Animoto

Animoto may be based in New York. But the startup, which is announcing $25 million in venture capital today, certainly… Read More

AmazonFresh app debuts on Microsoft’s Windows Phone

AmazonFresh, the online retailer’s grocery delivery service, released a mobile app today, developed on its behalf by digital agency Metia/Seattle.… Read More

Study: e-Reader ownership doubles, tablet growth stalls

There was a time, not too long ago, when it was a bit of novelty to see someone reading a… Read More

eBay growing in Amazon’s backyard

Online giant eBay is aiming to expand its operations in the Seattle region — becoming the latest Silicon Valley company… Read More

Shares of Amazon surge after analyst says company’s global market share is ‘under-estimated’

Shares of Amazon.com have already been on an amazing ascent in the past 12 months, up a whopping 67 percent… Read More

Jeff Bezos touts the power of long-term thinking, budgets $42M for a 10,000 year clock

We’ve talked before about how Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is not afraid to be misunderstood for long periods of time.… Read More

eBay to compete with Amazon fulfillment with new shipping service

Amazon.com has long battled with eBay, but now the competition is getting even more serious. The Wall Street Journal reports… Read More

Amazon tablet to shake up holiday shopping season?

A report from DigiTimes out of Taiwan overnight offers the latest clues about rumored plans by Amazon.com to launch its… Read More

Why Jeff Bezos is helping to create a 10,000 Year Clock inside a Texas mountain

Based on his recent comments to shareholders about Amazon.com’s willingness to be misunderstood for many years, we knew Jeff Bezos… Read More