The Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service is one of the longest trial runs in technology history, rivaling the Gmail beta in duration. But more than five years after launching the service in the Seattle region, the team behind Amazon Fresh is making headway on the business model, Jeff Bezos assured shareholders at the company’s annual… Read More…
Amazon’s expansion in Seattle was back in the news this week with the release of new plans for biospheres at the base of one of the buildings in the proposed complex at the northern edge of downtown Seattle. Jeff Bezos didn’t talk about the biospheres during Amazon’s annual meeting this morning — in fact, the drawings he… Read More…
The official business at Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting at Seattle Center this morning was quick and to the point, as shareholders re-elected Amazon’s board and rejected a shareholder proposal asking for more transparency in the company’s “politically motivated spending.” Then Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took to the podium for a broad overview of the company’s… Read More…
One of the more interesting questions for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos during the company’s annual shareholder meeting this morning was about 3D printing, and its potential to change the distribution of products and reduce the need for traditional delivery via the company’s growing network of distribution centers. In other words, will 3D printing enable the… Read More…
Amazon just wrapped up its annual meeting of shareholders at Seattle Center, with Jeff Bezos giving a broad overview of the company’s business and fielding questions from shareholders. But the hot-button issue during the Q&A wasn’t profit margins or taxes — it was the company’s policies about sales of violent games and movies. Three shareholders… Read More…
Amazon.com is holding its annual meeting of shareholders this morning in Seattle, and it looks like the company will avoid the labor protests and related drama that surrounded the event last year, as the meeting concluded with police leading protesters out of the room. The annual meeting is an opportunity for CEO Jeff Bezos to speak directly… Read More…
On the same day Amazon rolled out Kindle Fire HD availability to 170 countries, the Seattle online giant also announced that its Appstore for Android is now available internationally to countries such as Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, India, South Africa and South Korea — reaching nearly 200 countries around the world. The Appstore was previously available only… Read More…
Previously available to only a handful of countries, Amazon announced today that it will be shipping both its 7-inch and 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD tablets to 170 countries around the globe starting June 13. The 8.9-inch version is available for preorder starting today for $284, while the 7-inch tablet is also available for preorder at… Read More…
Amazon.com is expanding its footprint in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, with Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell announcing today that the company’s Amazon Web Services unit plans to open a new office in Herndon, Virginia area. The expansion could add as many as 500 engineering and IT jobs in the area, and it comes about two… Read More…
Back in March, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his Bezos Expeditions team recovered significant pieces of two F-1 rocket engines that were used to launch rockets into space 40 years ago on the landmark Apollo missions, before plunging into the ocean. Bezos’ F-1 Recovery Project team brought the parts to Kansas and now, after two months… Read More…
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