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Newsmakers 2011: Jeff Bezos marks a new era for Amazon

Whether or not the Kindle Fire ultimately succeeds as a low-priced alternative to Apple’s iPad, 2011 will be remembered as… Read More

Bezos: Amazon is perfectly happy with its low profit margins

Today’s must-read for anyone interested in Amazon.com is Steven Levy’s interview with CEO Jeff Bezos in Wired magazine. It covers… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Bezos-backed doxo looks to transform bill paying, inks deal with AT&T

Seattle startup doxo today is announcing the expansion of its doxoPAY service, now allowing users to set up automatic bill… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Coffee & Power perks up with market for errands, lessons and other small jobs

Philip Rosedale, the former RealNetworks employee who is best known for creating the virtual world Second Life, is launching a… Read More

Bezos’ Blue Origin declines to testify at U.S. House hearing

Participants in NASA’s Commercial Crew Program — private companies working on spacecraft to take U.S. astronauts to the International Space… Read More

Wall Street loses patience with Amazon, shares fall more than 10%

Shares of Amazon.com are taking a beating today after the online retailer posted weak earnings on Tuesday that disappointed Wall Street. The… Read More

Engineer who ripped Jeff Bezos returns with mea culpa, and a story about the Amazon founder

Last week, Google engineer Steve Yegge accidentally posted a fascinating 4,771 word rant in which he attacked his employer and… Read More

TechStars’ plea to Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and the other ‘godfathers’ of Seattle tech

Andy Sack, the director of TechStars Seattle, is accustomed to critiquing the pitches of entrepreneurs. Now, Sack is doing an… Read More

Hanauer-backed health care provider Qliance appoints CEO

Qliance Medical Management, a Seattle company that operates primary health care clinics in the Puget Sound area, has appointed Erika… Read More

How Amazon’s new tablet signals the start of next generation

Guest Analysis: With the announcement of the Kindle Fire, Amazon has now made the long term tablet business an interesting… Read More

Estimate: $199 Kindle Fire will cost Amazon $209.63 to make

At a price of $199, Amazon is selling its Kindle Fire tablet at a loss, but it might not be… Read More

Full Video: Watch Jeff Bezos unveil Amazon’s new Kindles

There’s nothing quite like watching a big product unveiling in its entirety, and getting to know the ins and outs… Read More

Bill Gates still richest in U.S., but Jeff Bezos is climbing the charts

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates held on to his title as richest American with a net worth of $59 billion, marking… Read More

Bezos, Schultz and others back NYC startup incubator General Assembly: Time to bring a branch to Seattle?

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s venture capital firm, Maveron, are tossing their support behind General Assembly,… Read More

Bezos, Schmidt, Ignition and others toss support behind API marketplace Mashape

Some heavy hitters in the technology industry are tossing their support behind Mashape, a San Francisco startup that’s building a… Read More

After mishap, Bezos vows to press ahead with Blue Origin space project, crew capsule

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is promising to keep moving forward with the program despite the loss of its unmanned test… Read More

Greg Huey catches ‘startup bug,’ departs Alliance of Angels for Glassybaby

Hanging around startups can be a risky proposition. Sooner or later, you catch the fever. Greg Huey, who served as… Read More

Reports: Bezos’ unmanned spaceship blows up in flight

Update, Saturday morning: After mishap, Bezos vows to press ahead with Blue Origin space project, crew capsule A spacecraft launched… Read More

It’s been one wild and crazy summer for tech news: A look at GeekWire’s top stories

It was an especially unusual August, and it wasn’t just because the down comforter never came off the bed or… Read More

The New Establishment: Bezos, Zuckerberg and Lady Gaga?

They come from the music, tech, media, finance and movie industries. They are Vanity Fair’s New Establishment, a list of… 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

Report: Amazon’s tablet will disrupt the ‘status quo’ (That means you Apple)

Amazon.com hasn’t even announced its tablet computer. But that’s not stopping the big research firms from projecting what the device… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed Qliance to expand health care clinics

Qliance, an operator of health care clinics in which members pay monthly fees for primary and preventive care, is expanding… Read More

Jeff Bezos-backed space company plans rocket test

Blue Origin, the secretive aerospace company bankrolled by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, is planning a rocket test today high over… Read More

Bezos donates $10M to Seattle history museum, creating new ‘Center for Innovation’

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has often been criticized for his company’s lack of contributions to the Seattle community. But the… Read More

Retailers turn to robots to compete with Amazon.com

Amazon.com may be best known for its huge array of products or its Kindle digital reading device. But the Seattle… Read More

Five weird (and wacky) pursuits of rich tech moguls

“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” That line from F. Scott… 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

NASA vet and X Prize creator at the helm of secretive space robot startup Arkyd

With the Space Shuttle Atlantis departing this morning for its final flight, some have lamented the end of an era for… Read More

Jeff Bezos touts the power of long-term thinking, budgets $42M for a 10,000 year clock

We’ve talked before about how Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is not afraid to be misunderstood for long periods of time.… Read More