Wall Street Journal analysis picks 3 likely front-runners for Amazon HQ2 Dallas, Boston, and Washington D.C. have the best chances of landing Amazon’s second corporate headquarters, according to a new analysis… Read More
Seattle head tax on top businesses fails narrowly but several lawmakers want to revive it next year A proposal that would have taxed Seattle businesses earning more than $10 million in gross annual receipts was narrowly voted down… Read More
$50 ‘Muse’ device puts Amazon’s Alexa in the car, connects via smartphone Another technology company is aiming to bring Amazon’s Alexa into the car. San Francisco-based Speak Music, the company behind the… Read More
Amazon to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ books into new fantasy television series “The Lord of the Rings,” the celebrated fantasy book series by J.R.R. Tolkien that became a worldwide film phenomenon is… Read More
Amazon reportedly developing free ad-supported video service to complement Prime Video Update: In a statement shared with GeekWire, Amazon said “we have no plans to create a free, ad-supported version of Prime… Read More
Report: Amazon Web Services planning AI-friendly version of its data warehouse The Super Bowl of cloud computing — Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent conference — is two weeks away, and the company… Read More
Rekindling Amazon’s old flame: 10 years later, can we get the original Kindle e-reader to work again? Amazon wants to make money when people use its devices, Jeff Bezos says, not when people buy them. In other… Read More
Amazon will open pop-up stores inside Whole Foods to sell more devices for holiday season Amazon is using its Whole Foods acquisition to help sell more hardware devices and Prime subscriptions. The tech giant announced… Read More
The mind-blowing wealth of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett now exceeds the bottom half of the entire U.S. population, new report finds A new report released this week titled Billionaire Bonanza points out the growing divide in the U.S. among the super… Read More
Seattle leader wants to double head tax because it’s still a fraction of Amazon’s $5B HQ2 plans Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant thinks that if Amazon plans to build a $5 billion second corporate headquarters, it can… Read More
Report: Amazon investigating ‘Transparent’ star Jeffrey Tambor over ‘inappropriate behavior’ claim Jeffrey Tambor, the star of one of Amazon Studios’ biggest television series, is being investigated by the company for inappropriate… Read More
Postmates jumps into grocery delivery, challenging Amazon and Instacart with $4 delivery fee Restaurant delivery powerhouse Postmates is expanding into the grocery world. The well-funded San Francisco startup today announced a new grocery delivery… Read More
An Echo on every counter and a Google Home on every nightstand? Study says 55% of U.S. will own a smart speaker by 2022 A new study sheds some light on why tech companies across the world are in the midst of a digital… Read More
Worried about Amazon, Kroger will avoid Amazon Web Services in its cloud transition Amazon Web Services has been the gold standard for cloud computing almost since its debut, but the relentless push of… Read More
You’ve got a lot of reading to do: Amazon releases Best Books of 2017 across multiple categories It’s almost the end of the year, and if you still haven’t finished that pile of best beach books from… Read More
Amazon Web Services rolls out new security features for S3 customers who keep leaving their data out in the open After a rash of cases in which Amazon Web Services customers left important data unprotected on the internet, the company… Read More
Amazon announces Fire TV Stick Basic Edition available in 100 countries, but without Alexa Amazon today announced a new version of the Fire TV Stick available in more than 100 countries around the world.… Read More
Amazon leads smart speaker race with 20M devices sold, study claims, but Google is gaining ground Amazon is leading the way in the smart home automation market — thanks to its growing line of Alexa-powered devices… Read More
Watch John Oliver roast Amazon, Jeff Bezos and local governments over HQ2 incentives It was only a matter of time before Amazon’s controversial search for a second North American headquarters made its way… Read More
The new world of tech: How Amazon and Google ended up inside a Microsoft database conference Delivering the keynote address at the PASS Summit 2017 in Seattle this week, Microsoft’s general manager of database systems, Rohan… Read More
Jeff Bezos sells more than $1 billion in Amazon stock Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos sold more than 1 million shares of company stock in the past three days, worth nearly $1.1… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa now lets users shop through Best Buy as frequent electronics competitors make nice Amazon and Best Buy are often thought of as competitors, but the two companies seem to have found some benefits… Read More
Report: Amazon Fresh shutting down in some neighborhoods across the country Amazon Fresh is shutting down in neighborhoods in at least nine states across the U.S., Recode’s Jason Del Rey reports. Customers… Read More
Hey, Alexa, put Oprah on: Amazon calls in famed voice to promote ‘Favorite Things’ holiday list https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fif_6v7wnH8 YOU get an Echo! YOU get an Echo! YOU get an Echo! Everybody gets an Echooooo! Well, not quite.… Read More
Google sees big things in Toronto, and Sidewalk Labs CEO says Amazon might, too Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to clarify Doctoroff’s comments. Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff is enamored with Toronto,… Read More
Give Amazon a Key to your home? Poll finds majority of Americans uncomfortable with idea That uneasy feeling that seemed to creep across the internet with the news that Amazon could soon gain access to… Read More
New study shows how Amazon’s growth has impacted Seattle rents Cities across the continent are competing for Amazon’s second corporate headquarters and the 50,000 high-paying jobs that will come with… Read More
Study names New York No. 1 contender for Amazon HQ2, with San Francisco and Seattle close behind A new study from commercial real estate information company REIS puts traditional tech hubs like New York, San Francisco and… Read More
Amazon launches augmented reality iPhone feature to see virtual products in real world before buying Amazon is rolling out a new augmented reality feature for iPhone users, dubbed AR view, that lets customers place virtual… Read More
Amazon Studios expanding to iconic Hollywood location, signaling big ambitions despite executive turmoil Amazon Studios, the company’s film and TV production arm, said it is moving into the historic Culver Studios, where classics… Read More
