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Amazon

In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more.

Meet the other Bezos — Jeff’s funny and inspiring brother

See the resemblance? The organizers of the TED conferences this week posted a great video of Mark Bezos, a volunteer… Read More

Look out, Amazon’s Kindle unit is hiring Android devs

Nice catch by the New York Times this morning: Amazon.com’s Lab 126, which develops the company’s Kindle e-reader, has posted… Read More

How Amazon added real page numbers to Kindle books

Amazon.com last month announced that it was adding “real” page numbers to Kindle books — corresponding to the page numbers… Read More

Is there really a hiring boom going on in tech?

It is starting to get a little wacky on the hiring front for skilled technology workers. Silicon Valley companies such… Read More

Netflix dominates digital movies … but where’s Amazon.com?

A new report today from the NPD Group market research firm offers up some fascinating details on the digital home… Read More

Here come the free Kindles … at least in the U.K.

Amazon.com has started to give away free Kindles to customers in the United Kingdom who purchase a mobile handset through… Read More

Amazon Appstore gets ‘Angry Birds Rio’ Android exclusive

Here’s a major win for Amazon’s upcoming Appstore for Android: Rovio, the company behind the blockbuster “Angry Birds” game franchise,… Read More

Data Dump: Kindle vs. iPad vs. Xbox vs. everything else

Except for maybe those crazies at the front of the iPad 2 line, many of us have become pretty measured… Read More

Amazon.com partners with the Red Cross for Japan earthquake donations

Amazon.com has added a button to its home page where visitors will be able to quickly make donations to the… Read More

Amazon’s tax battle escalates, company takes stand in Illinois

Amazon.com’s war with the states over sales taxes has a new battleground. The company has cut ties to its online… Read More

Suit vs. Amazon puts cloud over popular search trick

The idea of suggesting possible searches in a drop-down box while a user types is far from unique to Amazon.com.… Read More

Six reasons why Amazon.com will give away the Kindle

We were intrigued over the weekend when CNN published a detailed analysis on why Amazon.com should just give away the… Read More

Amazon.com continues to grow like a weed in Seattle

Amazon.com is quickly establishing its presence in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, with Vulcan Real Estate announcing today that the… Read More

Amazon vs. Apple: Emergence of the next great tech rivalry?

To understand the competitive mindset of Steve Jobs at any given moment, it’s important to listen to the sales updates… Read More

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