The top pitches from Amazon’s Alexa Accelerator as startups push boundaries of voice tech “Alexa, please ask the audience to take their seats.” Between bad Alexa jokes and innovative ideas pitched on stage, the… Read More
Report: Amazon Web Services cuts deals with SAP, Symantec valued at a combined $1B It’s become clear over the last several quarters that Amazon Web Services is signing longer-term cloud computing deals with big… Read More
Watch: Google announces smart home-focused Home Hub, Pixel tablet and next-gen Pixel phone Google unveiled a new series of devices at an event New York City Tuesday, including the widely reported next generation… Read More
TLDR: Microsoft unveils Project xCloud game streaming service Today’s featured stories Microsoft will launch Project xCloud game streaming service in 2019, powered by custom servers built from Xbox… Read More
Amazon HQ2 officials reportedly visit Chicago and Miami, keeping speculation alive until the very end New reports about Amazon’s visits to two cities in the running for the company’s second headquarters are stirring up fresh… Read More
Second Amazon Go store opens in Chicago, with a third on the way The second Amazon Go location opened in Chicago today, and a third is coming soon, showing that the tech giant… Read More
Amazon’s other brick-and-mortar move: Inside the growing network of ‘AWS Loft’ co-working spaces SAN FRANCISCO — The co-working space at 525 Market St. looks, at first glance, like many others in this city and… Read More
Play Podcast Everything you need to know about Amazon’s $15 min. wage and the new app backed by Bill Gates Play In a surprise move, Amazon announced this week that it will raise its internal minimum wage to $15 an hour… Read More
Best burger in Seattle? In Amazon land, Shake Shack cooks up a winner with help from startup Crowd Cow Update, Wednesday, 12:25 p.m. PT: Shake Shack announced that the Seattle location will open Thursday, Oct. 11, at 11 a.m.… Read More
TLDR: Amazon ends warehouse worker bonuses & stock awards Today’s featured stories Amazon criticized for ending warehouse bonuses and stock awards in shift to $15/hour wage Nintendo plans new… Read More
Amazon criticized for ending warehouse bonuses and stock awards in shift to $15/hour wage Not all Amazon employees are happy with the company raising their wages to at least $15 an hour. That’s because… Read More
Amazon Web Services, Apple dispute report that China placed spy chips in some of their servers A blockbuster Bloomberg report that Chinese spies infiltrated the networks of Amazon Web Services and Apple was met with unusually… Read More
TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Nintendo, eBay, Boeing Today’s featured stories How Nintendo learned from a Wii U disappointment to create the popular Switch console eBay CEO: ‘I… Read More
Amazon investor and activist Nick Hanauer: ‘PR stunts are easy and cheap. Significantly raising wages for workers is not’ Just before Amazon announced it will raise employees’ minimum wage to $15 an hour, one of the company’s first investors… Read More
eBay CEO: ‘I want to get as far away from Amazon as I can’ and stand for something different Amazon and eBay have been battling it out in e-commerce for years — for both buyers and sellers — though… Read More
eBay accuses Amazon of using its messaging platform to poach sellers, sends cease-and-desist letter eBay sent a cease-and-desist letter to Amazon this week, accusing its e-commerce rival of using eBay’s messaging platform to poach… Read More
Amazon Fire TV Stick now supports 4K televisions and comes with an Alexa Voice Remote Just in time for the holiday season, Amazon plans to update its Fire TV Stick device to work with 4k… Read More
TLDR: GeekWire Summit Highlights — Gates Foundation, Redfin, Ring Today’s featured stories Gates Foundation announces $15M commitment to map neighborhoods that help kids out of poverty Philanthropy advice from… Read More
Play Podcast Inside the Amazon-Ring deal: How a doorbell maker got on the tech giant’s radar before $1B acquisition Play Jamie Siminoff knows what it takes to be acquired by Amazon. The Ring founder appeared on stage at the GeekWire… Read More
Bernie Sanders and other leaders laud Amazon’s $15/hour minimum wage announcement After weeks of hammering Amazon for its treatment of its warehouse workers, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders applauded Tuesday’s announcement that… Read More
Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15/hour, vows to lead push for higher U.S. minimum wage “We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead.” With… Read More
Amazon-owned IMDb to introduce a free, ad-supported streaming service for Fire TV Amazon-owned IMDb is planning to announce a free, ad-supported streaming service for Fire TV this week. First reported by CNBC… Read More
TLDR: Amazon opens store selling highest-rated items Today’s featured stories Amazon unveils new brick and mortar concept — Amazon 4-star — featuring highly rated items After getting… Read More
Spotted: Rare blue Amazon locker inside Chase Bank signals tech giant’s latest physical expansion Amazon is expanding its physical footprint again, this time installing delivery lockers inside Chase Bank locations. Acting on a reader… Read More
Top Amazon recruiting executive: Don’t be afraid to say ‘I don’t know’ in a job interview Ardine Williams knows a lot about job interviews. She was an HR leader for years at Intel before briefly retiring… Read More
Amazon beefs up NFL streams with new stat overlays, merchandise store, football IQ tests Amazon is adding more interactive features to its NFL game streams online, leveraging Prime Video features and its Twitch platform… Read More
TLDR: Microsoft & Green Bay Packers win fight over domain name Today’s featured stories Green Bay Packers and Microsoft win domain name fight after family sought cash, tickets and tablets Amazon… Read More
Amazon unveils new brick and mortar concept — Amazon 4-star — featuring highly rated items Amazon unveiled its newest brick and mortar store concept, Amazon 4-star, which stocks items with a rating above four stars… Read More
Amazon invests in homebuilding startup, continues foray into the smart home Amazon’s march into the smart home continued this week with an investment in Plant Prefab, a Rialto, Calif.-based startup that… Read More
Amazon warns onerous privacy regulations could hinder innovation in Senate hearing Amazon and other tech titans have accepted the reality that a federal data privacy law is on the horizon. To… Read More
