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Jun 1, 2016, 9:03 AM

Amazon Exclusives launches Mark Cuban Collection — spot your ‘Shark Tank’ favorites

Amazon has teamed with billionaire investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban to offer a collection of products and up-and-coming brands through the company’s… Read More

May 31, 2016, 10:27 PM

Jeff Bezos says Amazon has the ‘gold standard culture for innovation and pioneering work’

Jeff Bezos doesn’t like the phrase “work-life balance” — but not for the reasons you might think. The Amazon CEO spoke… Read More

May 31, 2016, 8:14 PM

Jeff Bezos on Peter Thiel vs. Gawker: ‘Seek revenge and you should dig two graves — one for yourself’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday offered thoughtful insights about the saga between Peter Thiel and Gawker Media, showing his support for… Read More

May 31, 2016, 8:12 AM

Amazon renews ‘Transparent’ for fourth season, even before third begins

Amazon Studios is greenlighting season four of its flagship show “Transparent,” ahead of the series’ season three premiere this fall.… Read More

May 27, 2016, 10:06 AM

Amazon’s Alexa gets Washington State Ferry smarts, thanks to new third-party skill

“Ahoy there,” says a playfully nautical Alexa when you ask her for information about the Washington State Ferries. It’s a… Read More

May 26, 2016, 5:25 PM

Amazon’s ComiXology offers Netflix-style service to comics fans; Seattle’s Fantagraphics jumps on board

ComiXology, the digital comics service owned by Amazon, launched a subscription service this week that gives readers access to thousands of… Read More

May 26, 2016, 10:33 AM

Amazon Kindle earns top spot again among computers and tablets in annual rating of customer experience

Amazon was rated higher than all other computer and tablet makers for customer experience related to the Kindle for the… Read More

May 26, 2016, 10:24 AM

Amazon’s new pilot season starts June 17: Here are the 8 original series up for review

Amazon Studios’ new pilot season kicks off June 17 and the e-commerce-giant-turned-production-studio is once again asking Prime members to help… Read More

May 25, 2016, 2:22 PM

Salesforce confirms Amazon Web Services as its ‘preferred’ public cloud infrastructure provider

Amazon has solidified its relationship with Salesforce in the cloud, announcing today that the San Francisco-based tech company has chosen Amazon… Read More

May 24, 2016, 8:22 AM

Amazon ranks the most well-read cities in the U.S., and the winner is …

Amazon released its annual list of the 20 Most Well-Read Cities Tuesday and named its hometown of Seattle the most… Read More

May 20, 2016, 9:18 AM

GeekWire Radio: Star Trek at 50, Facebook booms in Seattle, and TechStars startup highlights

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Insights from Jeff Bezos at Amazon’s annual meeting, a roundup of… Read More

May 19, 2016, 10:45 AM

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on the Fire Phone: ‘We’re working on much bigger failures right now’

Jeff Bezos loves failure. He often describes it as a necessity for invention, innovation, and eventually success. Fortunately, Bezos has… Read More

May 19, 2016, 10:38 AM

Amazon and Netflix may have to offer more foreign films under new EU guidelines

Amazon and Netflix may have a few more subtitled films in the near future. The European Union is proposing an… Read More

May 18, 2016, 3:12 PM

Jeff Bezos responds to Donald Trump: ‘It’s not an appropriate way for a presidential candidate to behave’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday responded to Donald Trump’s accusations about the company and his decision to purchase The Washington… Read More

May 18, 2016, 10:47 AM

First look at Google Home, the search giant’s Amazon Echo challenger

Google unveiled its Amazon Echo competitor, the Google Home, at Google I/O today. Just like the Echo, the smart speaker connects with… Read More

May 17, 2016, 3:40 PM

Report: Amazon working on Alexa-powered tablet, bringing voice navigation to touchscreens

Amazon may be putting Alexa, its AI assistant, into an upcoming tablet-style device, according to a report in the Wall… Read More

May 17, 2016, 1:10 PM

SAP teams up with Microsoft to integrate software, house databases in Azure

SAP is bringing its business database solution to Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, the company announced today. SAP is pushing its own… Read More

May 17, 2016, 12:10 PM

Amazon’s secrets of invention: Jeff Bezos explains how to build an innovative team

Jeff Bezos likes to talk about his company’s focus on invention and Amazon’s willingness to embrace failure on the path to… Read More

May 17, 2016, 11:28 AM

Amazon adds new Alexa voice controls to Fire TV with latest update

Alexa, the AI assistant found on a range of Amazon devices, is getting some much-needed improvements on the Fire TV, adding more… Read More

May 17, 2016, 10:57 AM

Jeff Bezos: Amazon’s goal is to make it ‘irresponsible’ to not be a Prime member

[Correction: Jeff Bezos’ quote about Prime membership has been corrected since this post was published. Bezos said it is the company’s goal… Read More

May 17, 2016, 7:29 AM

Donald Trump critics fly plane in protest over Amazon meeting

Amazon’s annual shareholders meeting in Seattle has become a magnet for activists and critics, but one protest this year went to new… Read More

May 17, 2016, 6:20 AM

Amazon signs up 350+ NYC restaurants for one-hour delivery launch in Manhattan

Amazon this morning launched its restaurant delivery service in Manhattan, announcing that more than 350 restaurants have signed up for the debut of… Read More

May 16, 2016, 7:26 PM

From clicks to bricks: Why online retailers are setting up shop

If last week’s reporting of the demise of traditional retail sounded familiar, you’ve been paying attention. In the past 20… Read More

May 16, 2016, 10:40 AM

Amazon goes open source with machine-learning tech, competing with Google’s TensorFlow

Amazon is making a bigger leap into open-source technology with the unveiling of its machine-learning software DSSTNE. The newly released program is competing… Read More

May 16, 2016, 6:27 AM

Amazon’s move into private-label foods will be exclusive to Prime members

Amazon will soon expand its lineup of private-label goods to include perishable food items — offering nuts, spices, vitamins, tea, coffee, baby… Read More

May 13, 2016, 10:45 AM

Amazon introduces $20 Dash-like button for the Internet of Things, sells out in a day

Amazon’s Dash Buttons are there to make shopping easier. Instead of pulling out your phone or heading to the computer when… Read More

May 13, 2016, 8:02 AM

Trump: Amazon ‘getting away with murder tax-wise,’ and Bezos ‘has a huge antitrust problem’

Get ready for Donald Trump vs. Jeff Bezos, Round 2. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee attacked the Amazon CEO during an appearance… Read More

May 12, 2016, 4:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: Kepler is building communications infrastructure for the ‘new space economy’

If humans will one day live and work in outer space, there needs to be a better centralized telecommunications infrastructure — and… Read More

May 12, 2016, 3:57 PM

Google working on its own rival to Amazon’s Echo smart speaker

Amazon has seen growing success with its AI assistant Alexa and the Echo smart speaker she powers, and now other… Read More

May 12, 2016, 10:23 AM

Amazon adds package tracking to Alexa’s abilities as third-party integrations grow

We’ve seen plenty of third-party Alexa integrations in the past few months, from credit card payments to plumber calls, but Amazon… Read More