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Season 2 of ‘Transparent’ features impressive guest stars: Anjelica Huston and Cherry Jones join the list

The second season of Amazon’s award-winning Transparent is adding some stellar cast names to its roster of guest appearances —… Read More

Amazon expands Prime Now restaurant delivery to Portland — including food trucks

Amazon’s Prime Now one-hour delivery service is launching restaurant delivery today in Portland, Ore., a little more than a month after… Read More

After delay, AmazonFresh rolls out mandatory $299/year ‘Prime Fresh’ grocery membership

Amazon has followed through on its plan to require a special $299/year membership to use the AmazonFresh grocery delivery service… Read More

Amazon has started filming with the ‘Top Gear’ guys

When Amazon picked up the Top Gear crew for Prime, it was headline-making news around the world. After all, the… Read More

Amazon Prime causes massive influx of packages, forces college to rethink mailroom

College students ordering en masse have made a mess of at least one college campus mailroom this fall — it… Read More

Amazon taking Prime members ‘Back to the Future’ in October

It’s a classic film featuring a mad scientist, flying cars and hover boards — and now Amazon Prime members can… Read More

Amazon’s 6 new pilots include shows from heavy hitters Louis CK and Sacha Baron Cohen

Amazon’s amping up for fall and announced six new pilots with Hollywood heavyweights, including shows created by Louis CK and… Read More

Amazon slashes Prime price to $67 for new customers to celebrate Emmy wins

Amazon is cutting the price of Amazon Prime to $67 this Friday in celebration of its five Emmy wins for its original… Read More

Amazon may have up to 80 million high-spending Prime members worldwide

Amazon may have up to 50 million U.S. Prime subscribers, and as many as 60 to 80 million globally, according… Read More

No need to panic: Amazon isn’t slashing the number of Prime-eligible products available

A new shipping program being offered by Amazon is causing some customers to panic, leading them to worry that fewer items will qualify… Read More

Amazon using Prime Now to offer MyHabit customers two-hour delivery for free

Amazon is redefining the meaning of flash sales. In emails sent to customers yesterday, Amazon told its MyHabit.com customers that some orders may be… Read More

Target to begin testing faster delivery times that offer Amazon-like speeds

Target is gearing up to launch a new program this fall that intends on speeding up shipping times that comes… Read More

How to use the new Amazon Households to get the most out of your Prime account

Is Amazon Prime worth it? That’s a fair question after Amazon raised the annual fee last year to $99, and… Read More

Jeff Bezos paying ‘Top Gear’ guy $250M to come aboard Amazon

Amazon employees reading over the weekend’s news might not want to see this — the New York Post reports that Jeff… Read More

Target offers free shipping to lure back-to-school shoppers away from Amazon

Target is offering free shipping again this summer in time for back-to-school shopping season after it saw orders soar this holiday… Read More

Prime price hike pays off for Amazon, narrowing the gap on shipping costs

Amazon’s decision last year to boost the annual price of an Amazon Prime membership is helping the company’s bottom line by… Read More

Amazon extends Prime perks to family members after cutting the number of adults allowed

Earlier this week, Amazon quietly cut back on the number of family members with whom Amazon Prime members can share their free shipping… Read More

Amazon’s second season of ‘Transparent’ is back in December and ‘taking the gloves off’

An end is in sight for those waiting for Season 2 of Amazon’s award-winning series Transparent — Dec. 4. The… Read More

Sorry, Uncle Joe: Amazon cuts back on family sharing of Prime shipping benefits

Amazon has quietly cut back on the number of adult family members with whom Amazon Prime members can share their free shipping… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Windows 10’s debut, Amazon’s new drone plan, and unlocking innovation at UW

This week on the GeekWire radio show: Windows 10 is finally here, and we talk about our favorite and not-so-favorite… Read More

Amazon starts rolling out HTML5 web video player, moving beyond Silverlight and Flash

Amazon is becoming the latest company to start moving beyond Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight to adopt native HTML5 web video.… Read More

‘Top Gear’ guys headed to Amazon, new show to start in 2016

In yet another move this week to acquire new shows for its Prime audience, Amazon has inked a deal with… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Prime Day post mortem, asteroid mining milestone, and tech meets politics

This week on the GeekWire radio show: An assessment of Amazon Prime Day, a big milestone for asteroid mining, tech moguls Steve… Read More

Amazon goes Hollywood: Jeff Bezos talks ‘Transparent,’ Woody Allen and Prime

In everything coming up Amazon today, Jeff Bezos and his entertainment crew landed the cover of the latest issue of… Read More

Amazon’s shares up 50% this year as stock continues to soar on the outlook for Prime

Amazon’s stock got a big boost today after an analyst made positive comments about Prime, the company’s two-day shipping program. Today’s… Read More

The number of U.S. Prime members eligible for Amazon’s huge sale tomorrow: 44 million

Amazon now has about 44 million U.S. Prime members, who will be eligible to shop tomorrow during the company’s Black… Read More

Amazon is kicking off a huge Black Friday-like sales event called ‘Prime Day’ for its 20th anniversary

Next week Amazon is slashing prices on thousands of items in hopes of creating a second “Black Friday” shopping event to… Read More

Don’t worry, Amazon: Not many plan to sign up for Walmart’s new shipping program

How many people will sign up for Walmart’s upcoming shipping service that is aiming to rival Amazon’s own membership program? Not that many,… Read More

Amazon now allowing some third-party merchants to ship directly with Prime

Whenever you buy something on Amazon.com that’s marked with the Prime symbol, you expect it to arrive in two days… Read More

Amazon has three great businesses, and Jeff Bezos is hunting for a fourth

Amazon operates in so many markets, sometimes it’s hard to know what makes the company successful. But at the company’s annual shareholders meeting… Read More

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