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Feb 8, 2017, 8:38 AM

Cloud Report Card: Amazon Web Services is a $12B juggernaut, but Microsoft and Google are gaining

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos promised last year that public cloud titan Amazon Web Services would achieve $10 billion in sales for 2016, reaching that milestone… Read More

Feb 7, 2017, 1:34 PM

Twitter rant on aisle 7! Jeff Bezos slams NY Post report on automated Amazon grocery stores

As owner of The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos is clearly a fan of newspapers. But the Amazon CEO let it… Read More

Feb 7, 2017, 4:00 AM

Amazon adds 10M users to its payments service, escalating PayPal rivalry

PayPal said recently that it has been talking with Amazon about adopting its payments service on Amazon.com, but the Seattle-based e-commerce giant is reporting significant growth… Read More

Feb 6, 2017, 3:05 PM

Yes, another Amazon building: 17-story office project will expand new Seattle campus to 5th block

Amazon’s second Seattle campus is officially expanding to five blocks. The tech giant has filed for permits to build a 17-story office building… Read More

Feb 6, 2017, 10:38 AM

‘AWS on premises’ provider Stratoscale acquires database-as-a-service company Tesora

Cloud infrastructure startup Stratoscale is expanding its database services platform. The Israel-based company has acquired database-as-a-service provider Tesora, the companies announced… Read More

Feb 5, 2017, 6:56 PM

Amazon’s Super Bowl ad features a Prime Air drone delivery ordered with Alexa

Amazon again dropped the big bucks for Super Bowl advertising time to promote its digital voice assistant. For the second… Read More

Feb 5, 2017, 1:15 PM

Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa offers a Super Bowl prediction — and it may surprise you

Alexa must like underdogs. Amazon’s virtual assistant, which powers the company’s Echo devices, is predicting a Falcons victory in today’s Super… Read More

Feb 4, 2017, 1:08 PM

Federal judge’s ruling doesn’t block this key part of Trump’s immigration order

Critics of President Trump’s immigration policy celebrated Washington state’s victory Friday, after a federal judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), immediately halting… Read More

Feb 3, 2017, 10:57 AM

London calling Amazon’s Treasure Truck? Job postings point to UK expansion for tech giant’s deal-mobile

Maybe they’ll call it the Treasure Trolley? Or the Loot Lorry? Whatever the name, it looks like Amazon’s Treasure Truck will soon be… Read More

Feb 2, 2017, 3:01 PM

Amazon soars to more than 341K employees — adding more than 110K people in a single year

Amazon added more than 110,000 employees during the past year, topping 341,000 people as of the end of 2016 thanks largely… Read More

Feb 2, 2017, 1:24 PM

Amazon Web Services posts $3.5B in sales, up 47% from last year, reaches $14B annual run rate

Amazon’s cloud computing arm continues to generate billions in revenue and help the tech giant post a profit. Amazon Web Services… Read More

Feb 2, 2017, 1:17 PM

Amazon sales rises 22% to $43.7B, profit beats expectations but stock slips on revenue miss

Amazon just reported $43.7 billion in sales for the fourth quarter, a 22 percent jump for the online retailer’s critical holiday shopping… Read More

Feb 2, 2017, 11:15 AM

United States of Amazon in 2017: Interactive graphic shows where the tech giant is growing now

Amazon, the Seattle-based tech giant, has been growing at a blistering pace over the past five years — and a new… Read More

Feb 2, 2017, 10:56 AM

Amazon earnings preview: Will Amazon Web Services again help bolster Amazon’s bottom line?

Amazon Web Services is not only helping Amazon generate billions of dollars in revenue, but also — perhaps more importantly, to… Read More

Feb 1, 2017, 10:44 AM

Trump’s immigration crackdown may force Amazon and Microsoft to shift some workers to Canada

Prior to President Trump’s controversial immigration orders, Amazon offered positions in the U.S. to seven Iranian-born candidates. Now, the company… Read More

Feb 1, 2017, 10:40 AM

Apple touts ‘record results’ for iCloud storage business as services revenue tops $7B

Here’s a sign of the times: Apple made almost as much revenue on its services businesses in the December quarter… Read More

Jan 31, 2017, 1:26 PM

Amazon’s Audible launches ‘SINCERELY, X’ audio series with true stories, told anonymously

Over the course of her abusive marriage, a mom from the Midwest developed a life-saving idea that she couldn’t share… Read More

Jan 31, 2017, 10:50 AM

Charts: These tech companies stand to lose the most from Trump’s reported H-1B visa crackdown

Tens of thousands of tech workers could be affected by Donald Trump’s next executive order. Under the order, Trump will reportedly… Read More

Jan 31, 2017, 10:35 AM

Walmart ditches membership program, tries to best Amazon with free 2-day shipping for all customers

Amazon is a tough rival to beat at its own game — so Walmart is trying a different tactic. Effective… Read More

Jan 31, 2017, 12:29 AM

Amazon adds New Seasons Market to Prime Now 2-hour delivery service in Seattle

Amazon today announced that it is now delivering from New Seasons Market to Prime Now customers in Seattle. The grocery store,… Read More

Jan 30, 2017, 2:39 PM

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Trump’s immigration ban: ‘We’re a nation of immigrants’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos took a hard stance on Donald Trump’s immigration policy on Monday, saying in an email to… Read More

Jan 30, 2017, 6:51 AM

‘Alexa, order my Starbucks’: Coffee giant launches ‘reorder skill’ for Amazon’s voice assistant

Starbucks unveiled a new third-party skill for Amazon Alexa this morning, letting regular customers reorder their favorite coffee and food… Read More

Jan 27, 2017, 3:12 PM

Week in Geek: Microsoft takes on the DOJ, inside Amazon’s giant post-holiday party, and more

Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice are once again battling things out in court. But unlike their duel back… Read More

Jan 27, 2017, 1:18 PM

Photos: Amazonians storm the ‘Game of Thrones’ Iron Throne — with dogs, bananas and dragons, too

Move over King’s Landing, the real seat of power when it comes to “Game of Thrones” this week was in… Read More

Jan 27, 2017, 9:28 AM

Google CEO on competition with Amazon Echo and Alexa: Don’t count us out yet

Amazon is still reaping the benefits of its early lead in home voice technology, thanks to its Echo smart speaker… Read More

Jan 27, 2017, 9:19 AM

Report: Amazon and PayPal have discussed payments partnership, PayPal CEO says

Amazon customers could someday be able to use PayPal for their purchases. In an interview with Bloomberg News, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman… Read More

Jan 26, 2017, 5:56 PM

Amazon to close Kindle ‘Write On’ author community, pulling the plug on story lab

Updated on Friday morning with more information from Amazon. Amazon’s Kindle Write On author community, billed as a “story lab”… Read More

Jan 25, 2017, 3:21 PM

‘O.K. campers, rise and shine!’ Alexa channels ‘Groundhog Day’ with new commands for holiday

When Bill Murray wakes up in the 1993 comedy classic “Groundhog Day,” the only thing on his bedside table is… Read More

Jan 25, 2017, 10:57 AM

More than 8M people own an Amazon Echo as customer awareness increases ‘dramatically’

Amazon continues to see more and more traction with its voice-enabled speaker. A new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP)… Read More

Jan 25, 2017, 10:44 AM

Amazon’s latest drone patent features foldable wings for flippable flight

Amazon has sought patents for hitchhiking drones, mini-drones that can sit on shoulders, drones that assemble themselves like Lego toys – and… Read More