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Week In Geek Podcast: Amazon cozies up with Best Buy, and trouble for Donkey Kong champion

by Clare McGrane on April 21, 2018April 21, 2018 at 5:59 amComment

Amazon made a surprise move this week: A new partnership with longtime retail rival, Best Buy. The companies are partnering on a new Smart TV that will run Amazon’s Fire… Read More

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TLDR: A ride-hailing app without surge pricing, meet Apple’s new recycling robot, James Comey to visit Amazon

by Starla Sampaco on April 20, 2018April 21, 2018 at 8:52 amComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More

Will LGBT rights factor in Amazon’s HQ2 decision?

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 at 3:48 pm1 Comment

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ history of supporting gay and transgender rights has many speculating that his company’s second headquarters will land in an LGBT-friendly city. A new report from The… Read More

Amazon, Netflix and major studios sue Set TV streaming service alleging ‘mass infringement’ of content

by Nat Levy on April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 at 3:12 pm 5 Comments

Oft-rivals Amazon and Netflix are teaming up with major movie and TV studios to go after streaming service Set TV, alleging in a lawsuit that the company is disguising piracy… Read More

James Comey is visiting Amazon for an employees-only event Monday

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 at 10:25 amComment

James Comey’s book tour is taking him to Amazon. The former FBI Director ousted by President Donald Trump will speak at an employee event at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters Monday. The… Read More

Despite Trump tirade, Amazon consumer chief says U.S. Post Office deal is ‘a terrific partnership’

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 at 1:27 pm1 Comment

Amazon has publicly addressed its relationship with the United States Postal Service for the first time since President Donald Trump recently escalated his criticism of the e-commerce giant dealings with the… Read More

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TLDR: U.S tech companies are hiring more foreign workers, Amazon reveals Prime membership numbers, Marvel at MoPOP

by Starla Sampaco on April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 at 4:38 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More

Amazon’s visas for foreign-born workers surge 78% as H-1B approvals shift from Indian IT firms to US tech companies

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 at 10:46 am 9 Comments

Amazon was approved for 2,515 visas for foreign-born workers in fiscal year 2017, outpaced by only one other company in the highly competitive H-1B lottery. That’s a 78 percent increase… Read More

Amazon’s new Alexa Skill Blueprints aim to let anyone build their own custom Alexa capabilities

by Nat Levy on April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 at 9:06 amComment

Amazon today unveiled Alexa Skill Blueprints, a set of templates that anyone can use, even if they don’t know how to code, to build their own skills for the digital… Read More

Amazon spent $8.1M on Washington Post ads and digital content in 2017, up from previous years

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 at 4:15 pm1 Comment

Amazon’s annual proxy statement includes something you don’t see every day: details on how much money the e-commerce giant spends with one of the nation’s top newspapers. Because Amazon CEO… Read More

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TLDR: Amazon and Best Buy are BFFs, T-Mobile’s military hiring push, ‘Walk it out’ with Rover

by Starla Sampaco on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 at 4:23 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More

Amazon reports median wage of $28K in 2017 — here’s why the number is so low

by Nat Levy on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 at 3:57 pm 4 Comments

The median compensation of Amazon’s more than 566,000 global employees at the end of 2017 was $28,446, according to the company’s annual proxy statement, much lower than its fellow tech… Read More

High standards and perfect handstands: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on the secret formula for success

by Todd Bishop on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 at 3:40 pm1 Comment

Jeff Bezos hasn’t written his own business book, yet, but the Amazon CEO and founder has delivered enough lessons to fill multiple tomes in his annual letters to the Seattle’s… Read More

Amazon reveals Prime number for the first time: 100M members globally and counting

by Nat Levy on April 18, 2018April 20, 2018 at 8:00 am1 Comment

Amazon Prime’s membership tops more than 100 million accounts worldwide, the company said this afternoon, revealing the number of subscribers to its fast-shipping program for the first time. With a… Read More

Home Depot will hire 1,000 tech workers this year to stave off challenge from Amazon

by Nat Levy on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 at 10:40 amComment

The Home Depot said it will hire 1,000 technology workers this year as part of a three-year, $11.1 billion strategic investment in technology and logistics. The hiring push will help… Read More

Whole Foods ending rewards programs as grocer teases new ties to Amazon Prime

by Nat Levy on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 at 8:31 amComment

Whole Foods Market will retire its various rewards programs and online accounts May 2, as it continues to integrate with new owner Amazon. An email to rewards customers, first spotted… Read More

Amazon and Best Buy, better together? Smart TV deal is online giant’s latest move into physical retail

by Todd Bishop on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 at 10:40 am1 Comment

Best Buy will sell new TVs running Amazon’s Fire TV Edition in an unusual partnership that will make the electronics retailer a third-party seller on Amazon for the first time.… Read More

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TLDR: Steve Ballmer’s shareholder meeting for America, the world’s biggest plane, Jeff Bezos’ new social media persona

by Starla Sampaco on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 at 5:19 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More

Vote for Innovation of the Year: Cashier-less store, synthetic biology, ‘parallel reality,’ and more

by Taylor Soper on April 17, 2018April 22, 2018 at 11:35 amComment

A display technology that creates “parallel reality.” A machine learning platform that predicts when patients get sick. And a cashier-less convenience store. The Innovation of the Year category at the… Read More

Longtime Amazon Web Services customer Netflix said to be cozying up to Google

by Tom Krazit on April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 at 10:16 am1 Comment

Netflix was arguably Amazon Web Services’ most important customer during its rise to the top of the public cloud market over the last decade, but it sounds like their special… Read More

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TLDR: Safest helmets in football, Supreme Court & the future of online shopping, 2018 Halo World Championship

by Starla Sampaco on April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 at 4:21 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More

What’s with Jeff Bezos’ bubbly new social media persona?

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 at 4:12 pmComment

For years, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has been on a dogged mission to dominate everything from e-commerce to space travel, from streaming entertainment to cloud computing. But there is one… Read More

Report: Amazon drops plans to sell pharmaceuticals to hospitals

by Clare McGrane on April 16, 2018April 16, 2018 at 11:27 am1 Comment

Amazon has dropped a plan to start selling drugs to hospitals, according to a report by CNBC. Reports of Amazon’s interest in expanding Amazon Business to healthcare supplies surfaced in February… Read More

Amazon starts revealing secret formula behind influential ‘Amazon’s Choice’ selections

by Todd Bishop on April 15, 2018April 15, 2018 at 11:35 pmComment

Amazon is disclosing new details about the previously mysterious criteria behind the “Amazon’s Choice” designation given to selected products on the giant e-commerce site. On product pages for some “Amazon’s… Read More

Jeff Bezos spends rainy Seattle day whipping up pancakes for Ciara and Russell Wilson

by John Cook on April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 at 11:45 pm 8 Comments

Just another rainy day in Seattle. So what to you do if you’re the richest person on the planet? Make pancakes for your celebrity pals, of course. At least that’s… Read More

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TLDR: Trump’s war on Amazon continues, Seattle’s restaurant robot, AI-powered horse monitoring, Seattle’s restaurant robot

by Starla Sampaco on April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 at 5:07 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More

Look out, Amazon: Trump’s USPS task force to review ‘expansion and pricing of package delivery’

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 13, 2018April 13, 2018 at 10:37 am 3 Comments

President Donald Trump appears to be escalating his war on Amazon. He issued an executive order Thursday that vows to review the United States Postal Service’s “expansion and pricing of… Read More

Amazon completes Ring acquisition, drops price of original video doorbell under $100

by Todd Bishop on April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 at 10:33 am1 Comment

Amazon completed its acquisition of smart-home security company Ring this morning and dropped the price of the Santa Monica, Calif.-company’s original video doorbell to $99.99 — a gesture that has… Read More

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Protestors in Amazon HQ2 cities around the country demand more transparency in bidding process

by Monica Nickelsburg on April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 at 9:50 pm1 Comment

Activists from Chicago to Atlanta held demonstrations and town halls Wednesday to demand more transparency from their cities, as local leaders try to land Amazon HQ2. Twenty cities are in… Read More

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TLDR: Day 2 of Zuckerberg’s testimony, protest at Amazon HQ, Snap Spectacles

by Starla Sampaco on April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 at 11:27 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More

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Week In Geek Podcast: Amazon cozies up with Best Buy, and trouble for Donkey Kong champion

TLDR: A ride-hailing app without surge pricing, meet Apple’s new recycling robot, James Comey to visit Amazon

Will LGBT rights factor in Amazon’s HQ2 decision?

Amazon, Netflix and major studios sue Set TV streaming service alleging ‘mass infringement’ of content

James Comey is visiting Amazon for an employees-only event Monday

Despite Trump tirade, Amazon consumer chief says U.S. Post Office deal is ‘a terrific partnership’

TLDR: U.S tech companies are hiring more foreign workers, Amazon reveals Prime membership numbers, Marvel at MoPOP

Amazon’s visas for foreign-born workers surge 78% as H-1B approvals shift from Indian IT firms to US tech companies

Amazon’s new Alexa Skill Blueprints aim to let anyone build their own custom Alexa capabilities

Amazon spent $8.1M on Washington Post ads and digital content in 2017, up from previous years

TLDR: Amazon and Best Buy are BFFs, T-Mobile’s military hiring push, ‘Walk it out’ with Rover

Amazon reports median wage of $28K in 2017 — here’s why the number is so low

High standards and perfect handstands: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on the secret formula for success

Amazon reveals Prime number for the first time: 100M members globally and counting

Home Depot will hire 1,000 tech workers this year to stave off challenge from Amazon

Whole Foods ending rewards programs as grocer teases new ties to Amazon Prime

Amazon and Best Buy, better together? Smart TV deal is online giant’s latest move into physical retail

TLDR: Steve Ballmer’s shareholder meeting for America, the world’s biggest plane, Jeff Bezos’ new social media persona

Vote for Innovation of the Year: Cashier-less store, synthetic biology, ‘parallel reality,’ and more

Longtime Amazon Web Services customer Netflix said to be cozying up to Google

TLDR: Safest helmets in football, Supreme Court & the future of online shopping, 2018 Halo World Championship

Report: Amazon drops plans to sell pharmaceuticals to hospitals

Amazon starts revealing secret formula behind influential ‘Amazon’s Choice’ selections

Jeff Bezos spends rainy Seattle day whipping up pancakes for Ciara and Russell Wilson

TLDR: Trump’s war on Amazon continues, Seattle’s restaurant robot, AI-powered horse monitoring, Seattle’s restaurant robot

Look out, Amazon: Trump’s USPS task force to review ‘expansion and pricing of package delivery’

Amazon completes Ring acquisition, drops price of original video doorbell under $100

Protestors in Amazon HQ2 cities around the country demand more transparency in bidding process

TLDR: Day 2 of Zuckerberg’s testimony, protest at Amazon HQ, Snap Spectacles

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