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Sep 26, 2016, 1:38 PM

Analyst: 50% of U.S. households could be Prime members by end of 2016 — or has it already happened?

John Blackledge, a Cowen and Company analyst, estimates half of the households in the U.S. could have Amazon Prime by… Read More

Sep 23, 2016, 5:40 PM

Amazon parents from near and far visit Seattle to get wowed by where their kids work

A walk or drive through the Amazon campus in downtown Seattle and South Lake Union on any given day looks… Read More

Sep 22, 2016, 5:47 PM

As Amazon makes efforts to address sustainability, Al Gore visits to say, ‘We have to act quickly’

Ten years after the 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” won an Academy Award, former Vice President Al Gore is still a… Read More

Sep 22, 2016, 3:55 PM

Amazon stock crosses $800 for the first time to close at all-time high

Amazon stock reached an all-time high on Thursday, crossing the $800 mark for the first time and closing at $804.70… Read More

Sep 22, 2016, 3:11 PM

Prime opportunity: Amazon employees to show off Seattle workplace on ‘Bring Your Parents to Work Day’

My mom buys her books at Barnes & Noble and just about everything else at Wegmans. I guess if I… Read More

Sep 22, 2016, 3:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: Political candidate turns entrepreneur, launches social media marketing platform Adszio

Adszio, an email-automated advertising startup, has an unusual origin story. Damir Wallener got the idea for the company when he was… Read More

Sep 22, 2016, 8:55 AM

Amazon puts pressure on Shutterfly and others with new photo printing service

Amazon is getting into the photo printing business. Wednesday the online retail giant rolled out Amazon Prints, a service that lets… Read More

Sep 20, 2016, 3:17 PM

Amazon clashes with ProPublica over investigation into ‘pay-to-play’ pricing tactics

Amazon and ProPublica butted heads Tuesday over a report from the investigative journalism organization claiming that the e-commerce giant is prioritizing its own product… Read More

Sep 19, 2016, 10:24 AM

Oracle’s Larry Ellison: Amazon’s lead in cloud is over

Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison last week said he’d do it, and he did. The company best known for its conventionally… Read More

Sep 19, 2016, 9:32 AM

Watch out, Amazon: Autonomous delivery robots may come to Seattle thanks to Skype co-founders

You may soon see small six-wheeled self-driving delivery robots strolling around the streets of Seattle. Starship Technologies, an Estonia-based company… Read More

Sep 19, 2016, 8:59 AM

Thalmic Labs, maker of high-tech muscle-controlled armband, raises $120M from Amazon, other high-profile investors

Thalmic Labs, a six-year-old wearable technology company based out of Ontario, Canada, announced $120 million in Series B funding today.… Read More

Sep 18, 2016, 7:06 PM

Jeff Bezos gets lots of Hollywood love as Amazon’s ‘Transparent’ wins more Emmy Awards

Jeff Bezos probably didn’t envision this when he launched Amazon more than two decades ago. It was Bezos, who started an online… Read More

Sep 17, 2016, 6:21 AM

Amazon’s new ‘Audible Channels’ Prime benefit is great — but it’s not available on Amazon tablets (Update: They’re working on it)

[Update, Saturday afternoon: After this story was published, an Amazon spokesperson contacted GeekWire to add to the company’s previous statement: “We… Read More

Sep 15, 2016, 8:30 AM

Amazon is building a massive wind farm in western Texas — its largest yet

To satisfy the voracious energy appetite of Amazon Web Services’ cloud data centers and other parts of Amazon’s business, the… Read More

Sep 14, 2016, 11:39 AM

Watch Amazon’s first trailer for Woody Allen’s 1960s-era TV series ‘Crisis in Six Scenes’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1waIIZ0pu-E In the 2-minute trailer for his new Amazon Studios television series “Crisis in Six Scenes,” it only takes Woody Allen… Read More

Sep 14, 2016, 10:59 AM

Twitch will soon announce its ‘first deep product integration’ with Amazon

SAN FRANCISCO — The fruits of Amazon’s Twitch acquisition will be front-and-center later this month at TwitchCon. Twitch CEO Emmett… Read More

Sep 14, 2016, 7:02 AM

Amazon Alexa in every room? New $50 Echo Dot comes in a 12-pack for $500

Amazon this morning unveiled a new version of its Echo Dot smart speaker — upgrading the hardware design, dropping the price to… Read More

Sep 13, 2016, 4:10 PM

Lessons from Amazon’s first employee: Don’t underestimate the potential of little startups to become massive

With an employee headcount of 268,900 employees (and certainly growing as I type this), Amazon has come a long way… Read More

Sep 13, 2016, 8:04 AM

Amazon’s Alexa tops 3,000 skills, can now read tweets and soon fantasy football scores

If only we could all learn as many skills as quickly as Alexa. The digital brain behind Amazon’s Echo and Dot… Read More

Sep 13, 2016, 6:50 AM

Amazon’s new Prime benefit: Audible Channels programs and selected audiobooks

Amazon is connecting its Audible audiobook subsidiary to its Prime membership program for the first time, giving Prime subscribers access to… Read More

Sep 13, 2016, 4:30 AM

Talk to the fridge: GE links appliances to Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant to enable voice controls

The home of tomorrow, full of automated gadgets controlled by an AI housemaid, is not as far fetched as we once thought. From Amazon’s… Read More

Sep 9, 2016, 2:16 PM

Report: Amazon may pop up in as many as 100 U.S. malls by next year

Amazon is following the lead of fellow tech giants Apple and Microsoft in establishing retail locations in major malls throughout the… Read More

Sep 9, 2016, 9:29 AM

Report: Amazon continues push for live sports, this time targeting soccer, tennis and other global sports

Amazon wants to stream sports with worldwide followings such as soccer, tennis, rugby, golf and auto-racing, in a move that could help… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 2:50 PM

Amazon names Cornell Tech founding dean and Xerox veteran Daniel Huttenlocher to board

Amazon announced today that Daniel Huttenlocher, founding dean at Cornell Tech, has joined its board of directors. Huttenlocher helped start… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 10:36 AM

Amazon drones could hitch rides on trucks or buses en route to delivery location, patent filing shows

When Amazon eventually starts delivering items via drone, the company wants the option to land its unmanned aircrafts on trucks… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 6:00 AM

Amazon partners with San Francisco 49ers to offer one hour Prime Now deliveries for tailgaters

San Francisco 49ers fans already watch home games at one of the most high-tech stadiums in sports, so it’s only natural that… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 6:00 AM

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant coming to Fire tablets, expanding beyond Echo and Fire TV

Amazon’s Alexa is coming to its Fire tablets, giving users quick access to the voice-enabled virtual assistant, and positioning the company to… Read More

Sep 8, 2016, 6:00 AM

Amazon revamps Fire HD 8, cuts price 40% to $90, says its tablet sales have more than doubled

Amazon unveiled a new version of its Fire HD 8 tablet this morning, with more memory and additional storage, and dropped… Read More

Sep 7, 2016, 9:46 AM

Apple scooped by Amazon? Retailer launches iPhone 7 accessories page ahead of big event

“Find everything you need for the new iPhone 7,” Amazon announced on a special landing page Wednesday morning … before… Read More

Sep 6, 2016, 2:33 PM

Amazon expands Alexa on Fire TV to search across more apps, including Netflix

Amazon Tuesday announced another wave of updates to its Fire TV platform, with an emphasis on improving integration of the… Read More