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Jul 27, 2017, 1:11 PM

Amazon misses big on quarterly profits even as sales jump 25% to $38B

Amazon posted a 25 percent increase in net sales for the second quarter, to $38 billion, but profits plunged to… Read More

Jul 27, 2017, 10:32 AM

Amazon becoming a full-fledged film studio, will self-distribute Woody Allen’s ‘Wonder Wheel’

Amazon has already proven itself to be a legitimate force in the movie industry by winning three Academy Awards this… Read More

Jul 27, 2017, 7:23 AM

Jeff Bezos passes Bill Gates to become richest person in the world for the first time

It’s Day One for Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person. A surge in Amazon’s share price this morning, in… Read More

Jul 26, 2017, 3:50 PM

A secret Amazon team is reportedly working on disruptive healthcare tech

Amazon is on a mission to disrupt everything from retail to data storage to entertainment media, so it should come… Read More

Jul 26, 2017, 1:50 PM

Whole Foods profits dip more than 11% with big Amazon acquisition pending

Whole Foods Market reported profits of $106 million for the quarter ended July 2, down more than 11 percent despite… Read More

Jul 26, 2017, 9:08 AM

Amazon hiring another 50K fulfillment employees, holds new ‘Jobs Day’ events at warehouses

Amazon needs more workers. The Seattle tech giant announced today that it plans to hire another 50,000 employees who help… Read More

Jul 25, 2017, 1:59 PM

Ex-Amazon manager’s startup Kwontified aims to help fashion retailers navigate e-commerce

In the retail world, Amazon is becoming inescapable, with Kenmore and Nike recently joining the ranks of big-name companies selling the… Read More

Jul 24, 2017, 8:12 PM

Trump launches another Twitter tirade against Amazon and Bezos-owned Washington Post

The President of the United States is attacking Amazon again. Donald Trump this evening issued a series of Tweets, calling… Read More

Jul 24, 2017, 2:55 PM

Seattle startup debuts Alexa skill that helps hotel guests and staff call for help in emergencies

There are countless emergency situations — from cardiac arrest to a suspected intruder — which can make it difficult to… Read More

Jul 24, 2017, 12:27 PM

How ‘The Tick’ took over Comic-Con: Amazon’s superhero is a big, blue deal in San Diego

There’s a line in the song for Amazon’s new original TV series “The Tick” which says, “We run this city.”… Read More

Jul 24, 2017, 10:54 AM

Ex-Amazon and Microsoft employees launching business-focused digital assistant ‘Roxy’

As veterans of Amazon and Microsoft, the co-founders of Seattle startup Roxy saw exactly what voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa… Read More

Jul 22, 2017, 8:10 AM

Week In Geek: Cooking dinner with Amazon and taking Seattle’s new bike share for a Spin

For everyone out there who wants something in between Amazon’s restaurant delivery service and its Amazon Fresh grocery delivery service,… Read More

Jul 21, 2017, 8:52 AM

Amazon Inspire educational site opens to all schools, applying lessons learned in year-long beta

Amazon Inspire, a site that lets teachers and schools upload and access unlimited educational and classroom resources, is now available to all educators… Read More

Jul 20, 2017, 12:20 PM

Report: Amazon secretly acquired a Santa Barbara search startup to bolster Alexa

Amazon reportedly acquired Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Graphiq back in May, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Times, citing “four sources familiar… Read More

Jul 20, 2017, 8:46 AM

Sears starts selling Kenmore line on Amazon for the first time, with Alexa-enabled smart appliances

One of the oldest brick-and-mortar operations in the country is finally ready to do business with the company that disrupted… Read More

Jul 19, 2017, 4:21 PM

Trump’s small business chief praises Amazon during Seattle stop: ‘We all have to work together’

President Donald Trump and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos have certainly had their clashes in recent years, but it was a… Read More

Jul 19, 2017, 2:26 PM

Day 1 of summer camp at Amazon gives kids a peek inside the tech giant and STEM possibilities

Amazon kicked off its “A to Z Experience” STEM summer camp on Wednesday by offering kids the chance to tour… Read More

Jul 19, 2017, 10:58 AM

We made dinner at home with Amazon Meal Kits, the tech giant’s new Blue Apron rival

Is Amazon about to crush Blue Apron and completely change how Americans purchase, prepare, and eat dinner every night? Probably… Read More

Jul 19, 2017, 8:51 AM

Amazon Treasure Truck set for national expansion, taking flash deals on wheels beyond Seattle

Amazon is teasing plans to expand its Treasure Truck to more U.S. cities, a year-and-a-half after debuting the roving flash sales-mobile in… Read More

Jul 18, 2017, 2:50 PM

Leadership advice: How Amazon maintains focus while competing in so many industries at once

Amazon started as an online book-seller in 1994, but fast forward two decades later and the company finds itself competing… Read More

Jul 18, 2017, 1:06 PM

Amazon starts selling Spectacles with snappy delivery

Snapchat parent Snap Inc. is selling its camera-enabled Spectacles on Amazon. It’s the first time the company has sold the… Read More

Jul 18, 2017, 11:49 AM

Amazon Spark is a new Instagram-inspired shopping feed featuring Prime members as influencers

Amazon launched a new feature today that allows Prime members to post stories to a feed, similar to those popular… Read More

Jul 18, 2017, 11:28 AM

Amazon promises to match $1M in revenue as FareStart opens 5 new restaurants in partnership

Amazon already donated more than 25,000 square feet of space and furnishings to help the nonprofit FareStart open five new… Read More

Jul 18, 2017, 10:59 AM

Amazon patents a power-charging robot that’ll come when you call

Have you ever scrambled around at an airport, hunting down a power outlet for your laptop or smartphone? Amazon’s inventors… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 2:10 PM

Amazon is already selling pre-packaged ‘Meal Kits’ as it bites into service from Blue Apron and others

Amazon’s newly-discovered desire to begin offering pre-packaged ingredients for home-cooked meals is already a real thing as a selection of… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 10:40 AM

Amazon files trademark for potential meal-kit service as Blue Apron stock sinks

Last week, shares of Zillow went down after reports of Amazon launching its own real estate referral service surfaced. This… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 10:25 AM

New, simpler sign-in experience for Amazon Web Services users coming soon

Amazon Web Services is simplifying the way users can sign into their accounts, dumping a clunky web address that used… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 9:01 AM

Grocery union claims Amazon’s $13.7B Whole Foods acquisition will hurt consumers and workers

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, an organization that represents more than 1 million retail workers across the U.S.,… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 8:41 AM

Report: Amazon Web Services working with VMware on hybrid cloud product for data centers

In what would be a strategy shift for Amazon Web Services, the public cloud market leader is apparently thinking about… Read More

Jul 17, 2017, 7:45 AM

Small businesses on Amazon sell 40M items on Prime Day, up from 20M last year

Amazon today announced that small businesses and entrepreneurs sold more than 40 million items on Prime Day this month, which… Read More