Articles about Amazon.com

Amazon.com checkout goes down in extended outage for many users

Users reported a widespread outage of the checkout system on Amazon.com starting Friday afternoon. “There’s a technical issue which is… Read More

Amazon tests using live video calls to vet aspiring third-party sellers, seeking to weed out fraudsters

Amazon has been quietly piloting an “enhanced vetting” process for prospective third-party sellers on Amazon.com, supplementing the normal online submission… Read More

Amazon launches virtual Dash buttons to encourage impulse buying on website and mobile apps

Instant gratification has always been a key part of Amazon.com’s strategy. Hence one-click buying, free two-day delivery with Prime membership and… Read More

Inside Amazon’s first bookstore: How the online giant is combining digital with physical retail

It’s a little perplexing to see Amazon.com open a physical bookstore. After all, the tech giant launched 20 years ago as an… Read More

It’s official: Amazon is opening its first-ever bookstore in Seattle

[Follow up: Inside Amazon’s first bookstore: How the online giant is combining digital with physical retail] Internet giant Amazon.com, which got… Read More

Amazon changes its key formula for calculating product ratings and displaying reviews

Amazon has made a behind-the-scenes change to one of its most important technological formulas, with big implications for the millions… Read More

Jet.com launching Amazon-like marketplace with a $50 annual fee

Jet.com, the e-commerce startup founded by Marc Lore, the former founder of Diapers.com, is finally saying how it intends on beating Amazon.com… Read More

Here are all the crazy gifts everyone bought on Amazon this year

Amazon released its annual post-Christmas holiday sales rundown this morning — the one in which the company makes lots of fun comparisons… Read More

Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says Amazon isn’t a real business

Amazon.com is not a real business — at least according to Steve Ballmer. The former Microsoft CEO shared his thoughts… Read More

Amazon to hire 80K seasonal workers this holiday season, up 14% from last year

Amazon.com is going on another hiring spree for the holiday season, as the Seattle retailer announced late Wednesday that it… Read More

Supreme Court to hear Amazon warehouse worker case over security line issue

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case on Wednesday involving former Amazon warehouse workers fighting over unpaid security searches… Read More

European Commission investigates Amazon’s tax policies in Luxembourg

Amazon.com is under investigation across the pond by the European Commission over the company’s tax practices in Luxembourg. As BBC… Read More

Study: Shopping on Amazon up to 15% cheaper than buying from stores

Did you ever have a hunch that you were saving money by shopping on Amazon.com, but you never knew for sure? Well,… Read More

Amazon boosts Prime membership to $99, cites fuel and transportation costs

Amazon is boosting the price of its Prime membership program, increasing it from $79 per year to $99 per year.… Read More

Bezos on eBooks: Amazon is ‘now seeing the transition we’ve been expecting’

Amazon.com posted a 45 percent decline in quarterly profits this afternoon, but Jeff Bezos says one of the company’s biggest… Read More

Touting a ‘post-editorial world,’ Wikia raises cash from Amazon and others

Wikia, which operates a platform that powers more than 200,000 community-powered Web sites, has raised more than $10 million from… Read More

LivingSocial CEO responds to Amazon report: We’re not in as bad of shape as you might think

Amazon.com reported a third quarter loss of $274 million on Thursday, with the online retailer tossing some of the blame… Read More

Explosion destroys home of Amazon.com Vice President

The Laurelhurst home of Amazon.com Vice President of Product Management Adam Selipsky exploded in flames today, sending one of the… Read More

Amazon buying Seattle HQ from Paul Allen for $1.16B

This just in: Amazon.com is purchasing its existing Seattle headquarters campus in South Lake Union from Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc.… Read More

Barnes & Noble drops ‘GlowLight’ Nook to $119, takes a few jabs at Amazon

Barnes & Noble reduced the price of its Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight e-reader to $119 this morning, matching the… Read More

Amazon.com to bolster gaming on Kindle Fire with newly-launched GameCircle

The Kindle Fire isn’t really known as a powerful gaming device. But Amazon.com is looking to change that perception with… Read More

Jeff Bezos in a tux? Amazon tries to find its fit in fashion

Here’s something we’ve never seen before. From khakis and door desks to a tuxedo on the red carpet, the transformation… Read More

Dog-friendly Amazon plans a place for pooches in new downtown Seattle campus

Amazon.com has long been known as a workplace where dogs are welcome, so long as their owners abide by certain… Read More

Green space and glass: Amazon’s vision for its new downtown Seattle campus

Architects for Amazon.com have submitted new drawings that show, in much greater detail, the company’s plans for three new… Read More

Amazon’s new CloudDrive app still leans heavily on web

One of the nice things about storage services Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive is the ability to upload, browse… Read More

Spoiler Alert: Amazon takes heat over ‘Hunger Games’ ad

If you saw the “Hunger Games” movie but haven’t bothered reading ahead in the books, you might want to keep… Read More

Architects describe Amazon’s proposed Seattle campus as an ‘urban room’ with ‘sun pockets’

Amazon.com’s ambitious plans to erect three massive 37-story office towers in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle isn’t about… Read More

Harry Potter arrives on Kindle

Amazon.com has struck a deal with author J.K. Rowling to distribute all seven of the best-selling Harry Potter titles on… Read More

Amazon paying $775M for Kiva warehouse robotics company

Amazon.com just announced an agreement to pay $775 million in cash to acquire Kiva Systems Inc., a maker of automation… Read More

New evidence of Amazon’s ambitions to make original TV

From Hulu to Netflix, it seems that every online video service is getting into original television these days, and new… Read More