Mar 23, 2017, 10:27 AM Amazon blocks and then restores sale of sci-fi book for reportedly copying another’s cover In a saga that could very well be ripped from the pages of the very books involved, two science-fiction novels with… Read More
Mar 23, 2017, 9:26 AM Amazon reportedly to acquire Middle East e-commerce giant Souq.com Amazon is reportedly set to acquire Middle East e-commerce giant Souq.com as it furthers its quest of global online shopping… Read More
Mar 22, 2017, 1:03 PM Amazon and DHL reportedly team up for Prime Air and Amazon Fresh deliveries Amazon is reportedly partnering with the German-based DHL delivery service for its Prime Air transport operation in Kentucky as well… Read More
Mar 22, 2017, 12:35 PM Amazon Chime team responds to trademark suit, claims it wasn’t aware of competing Chime service An Amazon Web Services employee claims the company had never heard of CafeX Communications and its competing Chime service when it… Read More
Mar 22, 2017, 10:04 AM Adobe unveils new Microsoft HoloLens and Amazon Alexa integrations Adobe is in the middle of its big Summit conference, where it is introducing a variety of new technologies, including… Read More
Mar 22, 2017, 10:01 AM Starbucks teams up with Ford and Amazon to allow in-car orders via Alexa Ford owners and coffee drinkers will soon have a new voice-enabled way to order their morning cup of joe from Starbucks.… Read More
Mar 22, 2017, 9:01 AM Report: Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri battling to be digital assistant in Marriott hotel rooms Hotels are quickly becoming the latest front in the battle for dominance of the nascent voice assistant market. Last year the… Read More
Mar 21, 2017, 3:34 PM Reports point to caution signals for Amazon Go checkout-free store Amazon Go, the online retailer’s “Just Walk Out” convenience store in downtown Seattle, is still in private beta mode three… Read More
Mar 21, 2017, 10:29 AM Watch dramatic new video shot by a drone flying high over the Amazon Spheres in Seattle Rudy Willingham, a Seattle drone photographer with a thing for architecture, has captured dramatic new video footage of the Amazon… Read More
Mar 21, 2017, 7:34 AM ‘Alexa, order beer:’ Amazon adds Prime Now two-hour delivery voice ordering to digital assistant Amazon has added Prime Now rapid delivery voice ordering to its Alexa-powered family of devices. That means owners of any… Read More
Mar 20, 2017, 2:19 PM Amazon Prime Air delivery drone drops off sunscreen during semi-public U.S. debut Amazon’s Prime Air drone made its first package delivery in December, in England, but regular folks haven’t seen it in action… Read More
Mar 20, 2017, 10:59 AM Delivery robots and robo-farms: Here’s what’s headlining Amazon’s MARS meet-up Walking robots that could potentially delivery your Amazon Prime package … robotic bees and robo-farms … a cheetah robot controlled… Read More
Mar 20, 2017, 10:23 AM I let Amazon’s new ‘Outfit Compare’ choose my clothes — but I just couldn’t follow the advice There are plenty of things I’m happy to hand over to Amazon, rather than doing them myself. Recommending a movie?… Read More
News Brief Mar 20, 2017, 8:06 AM With guaranteed three-day delivery, eBay looks to challenge Amazon on shipping speed Online marketplace eBay will launch a new “Guaranteed Delivery” initiative in the US starting this summer, promising delivery in three… Read More
Mar 20, 2017, 6:00 AM Boy meets artificial girl: My son got an Echo Dot, and here’s what he’s saying to Amazon’s Alexa In my 10 years as a parent, I’ve served as the authority on a number of subjects, ranging from when… Read More
Mar 19, 2017, 11:35 PM Gundam? Alien? It’s Jeff Bezos, piloting a giant robot at Amazon’s MARS conference If you’re one of Amazon’s competitors, be afraid. Be very afraid. Jeff Bezos, the Seattle-based online giant’s billionaire founder, has… Read More
Mar 18, 2017, 10:55 AM Fashion sense on-demand: Amazon’s new ‘Outfit Compare’ reviews pics, tells people what to wear Amazon’s newest Prime benefit is a sense of fashion. The online retail giant has quietly rolled out a feature for its iOS app called… Read More
Mar 18, 2017, 6:21 AM The Week in Geek: AmazonFresh Pickup, a world without Uber, and Xbox 360 at the Supreme Court You might have noticed GeekWire has been reporting — rather a lot — on a pair of secretive drive-up grocery store… Read More
Mar 17, 2017, 2:29 PM Venture capitalist William ‘Bing’ Gordon resigns from Amazon’s board after 14-year run Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers chief product officer William “Bing” Gordon, who has served on the Amazon board since 2003, when… Read More
Mar 17, 2017, 11:48 AM Analyst: AWS growth could ‘moderate’ as Microsoft and Google see new cloud momentum Amazon Web Services’ growth “could moderate this year and next” amid rising competition from Microsoft and Google, according to a new… Read More
Mar 17, 2017, 10:28 AM How Amazon’s new shopping concept, Seattle’s Monorail, and drones may affect Key Arena renovation Tim Leiweke knows that Seattle is one of the nation’s most tech-savvy cities and his ideas for renovating Key Arena… Read More
Mar 16, 2017, 10:49 AM Alexa coming to Amazon iPhone app in bid to expand its lead in voice assistant market Alexa is the brain behind the Amazon Echo, and has helped Amazon become a leader in the voice assistant market,… Read More
Mar 15, 2017, 1:56 PM Amazon at SXSW: Tech giant promotes drones, original TV series, AWS, and more at annual festival AUSTIN, TX. — Amazon has turned into something much more than an e-commerce business, and that much was evident this… Read More
Mar 15, 2017, 10:59 AM Clean your floors and your plate: Amazon Alexa skills added to Roomba vacuums and Grubhub If you want to clean up before ordering in some food, or you need to clean up after eating that… Read More
Mar 15, 2017, 6:08 AM Amazon Web Services starts offering free cloud storage and computing for Alexa skills Amazon Web Services will offer $100 in promotional credit and up to an additional $100/month to cover any extra cloud computing and storage… Read More
Mar 14, 2017, 3:24 PM What day is it at Amazon? Jeff Bezos knows in this photo from inside the company’s all-hands event For 20 years, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has known exactly what day it is. It’s always Day 1. Saying it’s… Read More
Mar 14, 2017, 12:01 PM Inside Amazon’s Spheres: Official Instagram account launches to chronicle plant life and views Photographers and passersby who have been captivated by the spheres taking shape on Amazon’s campus north of downtown Seattle now… Read More
Mar 14, 2017, 10:59 AM Amazon patents drones with telescoping landing legs and foldable propellers Amazon’s inventors are taking a page from Inspector Gadget’s playbook to design drones with adjustable landing legs and reconfigurable propellers.… Read More
Mar 14, 2017, 8:30 AM Microsoft Teams launches globally, taking on Slack, Amazon, Google, others in high-stakes chat battle REDMOND, Wash. — After four months in preview, Microsoft is officially launching its Teams “chat-based workspace” for Office 365 in… Read More
Mar 13, 2017, 4:27 PM Documents reveal ‘AmazonFresh Pickup’ as the tech giant’s next physical retail concept UPDATE, March 16: The signs are up at the Ballard location, but covered. See pictures below. New permit documents reveal… Read More
