Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 112 of 245

Sep 21, 2017, 8:18 AM

Amazon hiring 2,000 people in New York City, opening big new Manhattan office for AWS, Amazon Fashion and more

Amazon is gearing up for a big expansion in the Big Apple. The company will open a new 360,000-square-foot office… Read More

Sep 20, 2017, 6:27 AM

Amazon working on Alexa smart glasses with bone-induction audio, report says

Amazon will put Alexa into a new pair of smart glasses, allowing users to summon and interact with the virtual… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 5:25 PM

Birth of a glitch: Amazon customers receive errant messages about baby registry purchases

GeekWire is having a baby! Or so Amazon thought. Today we joined the group of confused Amazon customers receiving receipts… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 11:58 AM

Amazon turns down cactus gift from Arizona and donates 21-foot-tall saguaro to Desert Museum

The company we turn to when we need a gift shipped across the country in a hurry doesn’t accepts gifts… Read More

Sep 19, 2017, 6:00 AM

Amazon’s new $150 Fire HD 10 tablet is 42% cheaper than previous model, with hands-free Alexa integration

Amazon will release the latest generation of its Fire HD 10 tablet next month, cutting the price by more than… Read More

Sep 18, 2017, 4:42 PM

Amazon Web Services shakes up cloud pricing with per-second billing

Pay by the hour for cloud computing? That’s so last decade. Amazon Web Services today announced a new pricing structure… Read More

Sep 18, 2017, 10:40 AM

Full text: Seattle mayor directs city to bid on Amazon’s second headquarters

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell dropped a surprise Friday when he announced that one of the key initiatives in his very… Read More

Sep 18, 2017, 9:47 AM

Amazon reportedly tried to poach Satya Nadella, and Microsoft is happy it didn’t happen

Microsoft’s renaissance in recent years may have never come to pass if Jeff Bezos had his way. In a wide-ranging… Read More

Sep 18, 2017, 8:53 AM

Amazon has 76% smart home speaker U.S. market share as Echo unit sales reach 15M, new study finds

Amazon still has a tight grip on the U.S., home smart speaker market. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) published a… Read More

Sep 18, 2017, 4:00 AM

Talk to the lamp: We tried GE’s Sol, a $200 light with Amazon Alexa inside

It is becoming more common to control smart lights around the home or office with voice commands, by connecting those… Read More

Sep 17, 2017, 9:02 PM

Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ makes streaming TV history with best drama series win at Emmys

Embed from Getty Images Hulu made television history on Sunday night at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards by becoming the… Read More

Sep 17, 2017, 8:02 AM

Emmys Preview: Amazon faces tough fight vs. HBO, Netflix and Hulu in Sunday night’s awards

Embed from Getty Images Jeff Bezos has gotten a lot of love at awards shows over the last couple years… Read More

Sep 16, 2017, 10:00 AM

From Seattle to Paris: A burgeoning French tech connection grows stronger with visit to Amazon HQ

Embed from Getty Images Representatives from the Consulate General of France and the government’s business development agency were in Seattle this… Read More

Sep 15, 2017, 5:11 PM

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell directs city to bid on Amazon HQ2, says he won’t remain in role

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has signed an executive order directing Seattle’s economic development officials to respond to Amazon’s request for… Read More

Sep 15, 2017, 10:59 AM

Paul Allen’s Vulcan backs ex-Amazon manager’s modular housing startup Blokable in $4.8M round

Investors are taking note of Blokable, a Seattle startup founded by a former Amazon manager that aims to cut costs for builders… Read More

Sep 15, 2017, 9:36 AM

Seattle isn’t likely to submit a proposal for Amazon’s second headquarters, even as a symbolic gesture

Seattle has gone through the full spectrum of emotion in the wake of Amazon’s surprise announcement that it will open a… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 5:09 PM

Oracle’s Larry Ellison takes aim at Amazon Web Services, promises a new “self-driving” database

Say what you want about Oracle executive chairman and chief technology officer Larry Ellison, but he hasn’t lost his passion… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 3:42 PM

Pittsburgh turns to Boston firm for help in selling Steel City as a good Amazon HQ2 location

As cities across North America prepare to act on the request for proposal from Amazon, and prove why they are… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 3:39 PM

Startup Spotlight: Novel Effect aims to make story time more magical for kids using voice recognition technology

Melissa and Matt Hammersley got the idea for Novel Effect when they were expecting their first child, Eleanor. They wanted… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 9:17 AM

Tucson sends a 21-foot-tall cactus to Jeff Bezos with a message: Amazon can grow in Arizona

Hope they left room in the Spheres for this thing. A 21-foot-tall saguaro cactus has been loaded onto a truck… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 4:17 PM

Billboard truck buzzes Amazon’s towers in protest of working conditions for Prime Air pilots

A billboard truck with a message for Amazon pulled a Maverick move straight out of “Top Gun” on Wednesday in… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 12:18 PM

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says state is talking with Amazon about ‘HQ2’ implications

Amazon will no doubt get offers from all over the nation for its second headquarters project, but Washington officials are… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 8:51 AM

Amazon board member says company will keep growing in Seattle

There was a lot of hand-wringing last week in Seattle after Amazon dropped the bombshell that it plans to spend… Read More

Sep 13, 2017, 6:39 AM

Tech leaders differ over Amazon’s future in Seattle and the logic behind ‘HQ2’

Amazon’s splashy announcement that it plans to build a second North American headquarters has stirred debate across the nation, and that… Read More

Sep 12, 2017, 2:30 PM

Amazon HQ in Boston? Execs reportedly advocating for new headquarters in Beantown

There may be a frontrunner in the race to house Amazon’s second headquarters. SPECIAL COVERAGE: Amazon to build second HQ… Read More

Sep 12, 2017, 6:00 AM

Guest Post: Former Amazon employee on how two HQ locations would be company’s ultimate A/B test

I moved to Seattle in September, 1997, to an apartment with a view of the Acacia Cemetery on Lake City… Read More

Sep 11, 2017, 3:45 PM

Where should Amazon build HQ2? We let the data decide

In the days since Amazon’s big HQ2 announcement last week there has been plenty of speculation about where Amazon should… Read More

Sep 11, 2017, 3:28 PM

New Amazon Fire TV models could include an Echo-like cube and a dongle, report shows

Two new models of Amazon’s Fire TV are in the works, according to a new report, and one of them… Read More

Sep 11, 2017, 2:28 PM

Seattle neighbor Tacoma is making a play for Amazon’s second headquarters

Like the overlooked heroine in an ’80s teen movie, Tacoma is writing a love letter to Amazon. It says, in effect,… Read More

Sep 11, 2017, 2:14 PM

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture provides hints about Amazon’s HQ2 plan

What do Jeff Bezos and his lieutenants look for when they’re in an expansive mood? That’s a key question in… Read More