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Amazon.com and Hearst deepen their partnership

Amazon.com is expanding its relationship with Hearst Corp., the large magazine and newspaper publisher known in the Seattle region as… Read More

UK bookseller plans Kindle rival, inspired by Nook

Amazon’s Kindle e-reader will be getting more competition from a major bookseller overseas. Waterstone’s, which has nearly 300 retail stores… Read More

Amazon testing tablet-friendly redesign of its flagship site

Amazon.com confirmed to the Wall Street Journal over the weekend that it’s testing a redesign of its website, with a… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: High-tech football, T-Mobile’s future, inside the world of geocaching

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we talk about the UW football team’s use of high-tech cameras… Read More

As key Netflix deal unravels, Amazon may have Starz in its eyes

The loss of an important content distribution agreement with Starz Entertainment has dealt a blow to Netflix, or at least… Read More

New Kindle ‘@author’ feature lets readers ask writers questions from inside their books

Amazon.com today unveiled a new Kindle feature, @author, that will let readers ask questions of authors while reading their books.… Read More

Amazon.com mum on latest employee meeting at KeyArena

Amazon.com is holding a sizable meeting of employees today at KeyArena in Seattle, triggering traffic alerts for the surrounding neighborhood.… Read More

AmazonLocal deals hit NYC: Now in 30 locations, 10 states

Amazon.com is quickly becoming a sizable player in the booming and competitive market for local deals. The company announced this… Read More

Seattle named No. 1 tech city in U.S. by Scientific American*

A new ranking by Scientific American magazine names Seattle the top city for technology in the country — ahead of… Read More

Amazon gets ‘KindleScribe’ domains, dropping more hints

Everything Amazon.com does these days is being scrutinized for ties to its expected Android tablet launch, a possible offshoot of… Read More

Amazon bulks up Instant Video catalog, Netflix barely notices

Amazon.com’s Instant Video catalog has surpassed 100,000 movies and TV shows, more than 9,000 of them available at no additional… Read More

Amazon launches U.S. ‘GovCloud’ with plug from NASA Jet Propulsion Lab

Amazon Web Services is aiming to land more business from the U.S. government and its contractors with the rollout of… Read More

Californians launch boycott of Amazon.com over sales tax

Amazon.com is facing a backlash in California where a group of citizens, supported in part by Democratic politicians, is urging… Read More

Amazon releases Student App, challenging college bookstores

Amazon.com this morning released a new “Student App” for iPhone, aiming to connect college students to the Amazon.com catalog even… Read More

Jeff Bezos wants to put an airbag in your smartphone

Many of us have experienced the problem: We get careless with our mobile phones, they slip out of our hands,… Read More

Amazon’s stealth social network for Kindle: Why it’s suddenly interesting

Amazon.com launched the “Public Notes” feature for its Kindle electronic reader earlier this year, allowing people to share the highlights… Read More

Morning Radar: Steve Lacey memorial, George R.R. Martin at Bungie, 4G Windows Phone

Steve Lacey, the Google engineer and former Microsoftie who was the victim of a car crash July 24 in Kirkland,… Read More

Fish & chips with your Moby Dick? Microsoft seeks patent on ads inside e-books

A newly surfaced Microsoft patent application proposes to serve ads inside e-books, adjusting their relevance based on the contents of… Read More

Poll: How much do real bookstores matter anymore?

The demise of Borders is causing many of us to consider the role of bookstores — heck, the role of any… 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

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

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

After bending to Apple, adult ‘app market’ MiKandi awaits outcome of trademark fight

Microsoft and Amazon.com aren’t the only companies hoping to see Apple stumble in its attempt to trademark the phrase “app… 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

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 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

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

Meet Amazon.com’s first employee: Shel Kaphan

Amazon.com today is approaching 40,000 employees. Seventeen years ago, Shel Kaphan was No. 1. GeekWire Interview: Shel Kaphan, Amazon.com’s first… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s strategy, Apple’s iCloud, and Nintendo’s crazy new controller

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a big week in tech news — including Jeff Bezos at the… Read More