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Apr 24, 2017, 10:26 AM

Independent booksellers show they’re still going strong with planned Seattle Bookstore Day celebrations across the city

The hard times independent booksellers have fallen on over the last decade can probably be traced back to Seattle. This… Read More

Apr 24, 2017, 9:17 AM

Amazon Web Services set for hiring spree — new report shows 5,600 open positions

Amazon Web Services enjoys a healthy lead in the market for public cloud services, and it plans to hire thousands… Read More

Apr 24, 2017, 8:46 AM

Autonomous deliveries? Secretive Amazon team explores the potential for self-driving vehicles

Amazon has had a team dedicated to researching autonomous vehicles for more than a year, according to a report from the Wall… Read More

Apr 24, 2017, 8:44 AM

Amazon’s newest marketplace aims to make a splash in digital subscriptions

Amazon this morning announced a new marketplace for companies to get their subscription offerings in front of the online retail… Read More

Apr 24, 2017, 12:16 AM

‘Watch your back, Jeff Bezos’: Amazon sparks laughs on HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’

HBO’s “Silicon Valley” comedy series presents a California-centric view of how tech is done (and undone), but Amazon CEO Jeff… Read More

Apr 22, 2017, 7:51 AM

Week in Geek: Facebook tries telepathic typing, inside an Amazon greenhouse, and more

Are you ready to type with just your brain? Facebook revealed this week that it’s working with a team of more… Read More

Apr 21, 2017, 11:19 AM

With the release of Amazon Lex, AWS asks: Developers, can you build me a chatbot?

Now that Amazon Web Services has made public its Amazon Lex technology, which makes Alexa fetch another case of LaCroix… Read More

Apr 21, 2017, 10:36 AM

Samsung Galaxy S8 released, comes with Amazon camera search technology built in

The Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone hits stores today, and Amazon fans will notice a familiar experience. The smartphone comes with Amazon’s… Read More

Apr 20, 2017, 3:21 PM

Amazon’s growth on full display in greenhouse where exotic plants are raised for its Spheres

It’s no secret that Amazon knows how to grow a business, based on what the company has achieved over its… Read More

Apr 19, 2017, 2:49 PM

New goodies for AWS customers include database accelerators and the tech behind Alexa

Amazon Web Services trotted out a host of new features Wednesday for its industry-leading public cloud service, and couldn’t resist… Read More

Apr 19, 2017, 8:50 AM

‘Irrelevance, excruciating decline, death.’ In new video, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos paints a bleak picture of ‘Day 2’

When you have the kind of wealth and power that allows you to build a rocket ship enterprise just for… Read More

Apr 18, 2017, 7:24 PM

Elemental Technologies changes name to AWS Elemental to reflect acquisition by Amazon

Elemental Technologies is now AWS Elemental. The company today officially announced its name change, which reflects Amazon’s $296 million acquisition of… Read More

Apr 18, 2017, 3:02 PM

Underwater warehouses? Amazon’s aquatic fulfillment centers could make it so

Amazon has patented some crazy ideas, including flying fulfillment centers that drop packages from the air. But its patent for… Read More

Apr 18, 2017, 1:38 PM

Fashion-focused Amazon wins patent for ‘on-demand apparel manufacturing’

Amazon has a snazzy new idea for cutting the cost of making clothes. The Seattle e-commerce juggernaut just won a patent… Read More

Apr 17, 2017, 2:25 PM

Netflix misses subscriber estimates, explains why it won’t ink live sports partnerships like Amazon’s NFL deal

Netflix missed slightly on subscriber estimates for its first quarter earnings report as the streaming giant saw shares initially dip but then rise… Read More

Apr 17, 2017, 10:59 AM

Amazon closing in on Flipkart as top India e-commerce site among mobile users, study says

Amazon is making a $5 billion play to became the top e-commerce site in India, and it seems the investment… Read More

Apr 17, 2017, 8:57 AM

Walmart’s potential acquisition of Bonobos could help retail giant challenge Amazon

Walmart is reportedly in the final stages of negotiations to acquire Bonobos, an online fashion retailer aimed at helping men… Read More

Apr 13, 2017, 7:40 AM

Amazon opens up Alexa’s microphone and voice processing technology to hardware makers

Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa might show up in a lot of new devices soon. That’s because the online retail giant… Read More

Apr 12, 2017, 9:52 AM

This was Amazon’s highest-earning employee in 2016 — and it wasn’t Jeff Bezos

Amazon Web Services is a cloud powerhouse, a more than $12 billion enterprise that would be a significant company on… Read More

Apr 12, 2017, 8:38 AM

Report: Amazon considered buying Whole Foods last year before new investor came on board

Amazon’s grocery ambitions led it to consider a purchase of struggling health food grocer Whole Foods last year, before ultimately… Read More

Apr 12, 2017, 8:22 AM

Full text: In annual shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos explains why it will never be Day 2 at Amazon

Obsess over the customer. Resist proxies. Embrace powerful, external trends. And make high-quality and high-velocity decisions. These are some of the… Read More

Apr 12, 2017, 6:00 AM

Amazon adds features to FreeTime for parents to monitor, relate to their kids’ favorite content

Amazon’s FreeTime service lets parents set up tablets and other Amazon devices for their kids, complete with hand-picked videos and books.… Read More

Apr 11, 2017, 10:19 AM

More than half of connected U.S. households watch video streaming services as Netflix faces increasing competition

Streaming services, like Netflix, are revolutionizing the way people consume video content. More than half of U.S. households connected to… Read More

Apr 10, 2017, 4:27 PM

Amazon confirms plans for big new office in Bellevue; employees set to move in this summer

Amazon has confirmed previously-reported plans to open a big new office in downtown Bellevue, Wash. GeekWire reported last year that… Read More

Apr 10, 2017, 9:56 AM

Why Amazon is spending $4.5B on video this year — and how it compares to competitors like Netflix

Amazon will dedicate an estimated $4.5 billion on video content this year, narrowing the spending gap between the Seattle e-commerce giant… Read More

Apr 10, 2017, 9:13 AM

Alexa Diabetes Challenge hopes Amazon’s virtual assistant can help patients manage the chronic condition

Alexa, Amazon’s artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant, seems to have unlimited talents. But can her skills help people with chronic health… Read More

Apr 10, 2017, 8:16 AM

Flipkart lands $1.4B from Microsoft, eBay, Tencent as India online retail battle with Amazon continues

Flipkart announced a $1.4 billion investment round Monday, involving some tech heavyweights from around the globe, as it goes toe-to-toe with… Read More

Apr 7, 2017, 6:40 AM

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos: ‘The only thing that’s disruptive is customer adoption’

Amazon often gets the blame — or credit, depending on your perspective — for upending traditional industries, particularly in the brick-and-mortar retail… Read More

Apr 6, 2017, 12:26 PM

Ex-Amazon manager’s new startup mixes smart home tech with modular construction to make housing more affordable

Aaron Holm was an important player in Amazon’s physical retail push. As a product manager, he worked on the company’s… Read More

Apr 6, 2017, 9:54 AM

Amazon creating 5,000 part-time, work-from-home jobs in its Virtual Customer Service program

Amazon may be hiring thousands of people to fill jobs on its Seattle campus or at fulfillment centers around the… Read More