Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 148 of 244

Apr 1, 2016, 7:04 AM

Amazon reportedly in talks to purchase stake in mapping company HERE

Just four months after German automakers Audi, BMW, and Mercedes Benz completed a $2.8 billion acquisition of Nokia’s HERE mapping and location… Read More

Mar 31, 2016, 11:02 AM

Amazon Studios gets another boost with Woody Allen film ‘Cafe Society’ picked to open Cannes Festival

Amazon Studios scored a major victory this week with the news that its latest film, Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society,” will… Read More

Mar 31, 2016, 9:31 AM

Amazon Prime now available month-to-month — if you’re a Sprint customer

Amazon Prime’s $99 yearly fee is a pretty good deal, but it can be a big hit to the wallet for users… Read More

Mar 31, 2016, 6:48 AM

Amazon Dash push-button shopping program reaches 100+ brands — yes, even Trojan condoms

Amazon’s Dash program has expanded to include products from more than 100 brands, the company announced this morning, a year after unveiling… Read More

Mar 29, 2016, 1:27 PM

Build your own Echo: This Alexa-powered speaker runs on a Raspberry Pi

Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based AI assistant, is quickly expanding from her original Echo form. She’s already available on the Fire TV and she’ll… Read More

Mar 29, 2016, 1:25 PM

Amazon opens new fulfillment center near Seattle, in broader expansion of its delivery network

Amazon’s giant 800,000 square-foot fulfillment center in Kent, WA. is open for business. The location, which Amazon plans to fill… Read More

Mar 29, 2016, 6:00 AM

Amazon rated America’s most reputable company for third straight year, despite bad press

After last summer’s scathing New York Times article and the subsequent fallout, Amazon’s reputation hardly seemed bulletproof. But the e-commerce giant… Read More

Mar 28, 2016, 6:56 AM

Amazon’s delivery network continues to expand, retailer to offer two-hour delivery in Berlin, report says

Amazon plans to turn a commercial office building on a central and “fashionable” Berlin street into a fulfillment warehouse as… Read More

Mar 25, 2016, 7:31 AM

Judge says FTC tried to get Amazon exec to make false claims to help block Staples merger deal

Lawyers working for The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who have gone to court in an attempt to block a merger… Read More

Mar 24, 2016, 12:34 PM

Google reportedly working on Amazon Echo competitor amid slowdown in Nest division

The biggest surprise out of Amazon in recent years was the Amazon Echo, a smart Bluetooth speaker powered by Alexa, an AI… Read More

Mar 24, 2016, 11:27 AM

Amazon launching new ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ kids series on Prime Video

“Thunderbirds Are Go,” a reinvention of the classic 1960s television series, is getting a new home on Amazon as the… Read More

Mar 24, 2016, 10:38 AM

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos proposed a ‘disemvowel’ feature for the Washington Post

If you thought the Fire Phone was a flop, consider the Jeff Bezos ideas that never made it off the… Read More

Mar 24, 2016, 6:00 AM

Amazon launches Prime Now local store delivery in Seattle, starting with PCC and Uwajimaya

Updated with comment from PCC CEO Cate Hardy. Amazon is expanding its Prime Now one- and two-hour delivery service in Seattle to… Read More

Mar 23, 2016, 1:22 PM

Amazon says its male and female employees are compensated almost equally, according to internal review

An internal review of employee compensation at Amazon has found that women and men in the same jobs at the company… Read More

Mar 23, 2016, 6:32 AM

Amazon exec’s testimony unlikely to help Staples in bid to acquire Office Depot

A federal judge learned on Tuesday that when it comes to providing large corporate customers with office supplies, Amazon is… Read More

Mar 23, 2016, 5:28 AM

Amazon hosts secret conference for robotics, AI and space experts

Amazon sure seems interested in being involved in the continued development of robots and artificial intelligence. The retailer held an… Read More

Mar 22, 2016, 2:01 PM

Women’s group petitions Amazon to dump Donald Trump products

UltraViolet, a national women’s advocacy organization, is calling on Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos to reject what it calls Donald… Read More

Mar 22, 2016, 10:41 AM

Update that Kindle! Amazon resorts to postcard reminders for out-of-touch e-readers

If your Kindle hasn’t connected to the internet in the past 3-and-a-half years, you may want to get it online real… Read More

Mar 22, 2016, 5:49 AM

Amazon opens second engineering center in Madrid, planning to hire 50 more engineers

Amazon’s managers like Spain’s engineers. Amazon on Monday announced the opening of a new software development center in downtown Madrid,… Read More

Mar 21, 2016, 11:12 PM

Amazon sues longtime exec over new job at Target, says retail rival will be able to steal its secrets

Updated at 8 a.m. Pacific with Target comment. Amazon filed suit Monday against a 16-year veteran of the company, Arthur… Read More

Mar 21, 2016, 10:58 AM

NFL partners with Amazon for exclusive new ‘All or Nothing’ behind-the-scenes series

Embed from Getty Images The NFL is partnering with Amazon for its newest series that offers fans a behind-the-scenes look… Read More

Mar 21, 2016, 9:59 AM

‘Doctor Who’ is returning to Amazon Prime in multi-year, exclusive streaming deal

“Doctor Who” is coming back to Amazon thanks to a multi-year licensing agreement with BBC Worldwide North America that makes Prime… Read More

Mar 21, 2016, 8:52 AM

Ralph Nader: Amazon would make highways more dangerous ‘to get you your toothpaste faster’

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader has asked Amazon to reconsider its support of a proposal to allow longer tractor trailers on the nation’s highways.… Read More

Mar 21, 2016, 6:25 AM

Amazon now owns 10-percent stake in airfreight company that leased it 20 cargo jets

FedEx and UPS consider Amazon a customer rather than a competitor. But how large of a distribution network does Amazon… Read More

Mar 19, 2016, 10:26 AM

GeekWire Radio: Technology vs. traffic, Xbox One + PS4, secrets of sports data, and Amazon is everywhere

This week on the GeekWire radio show: A new initiative called Challenge Seattle aims to solve the region’s traffic problems,… Read More

Mar 18, 2016, 8:52 AM

Google’s intention to sell Boston Dynamics could be opportunity for Amazon Robotics

If Google is frightened of robots that could one day take jobs away from humans, Amazon certainly hasn’t shown the… Read More

Mar 18, 2016, 5:36 AM

Google mulls cloud acquisitions, playing catch-up with Amazon and Microsoft in the enterprise, report says

Tech news site Re/Code says it has learned the names of some of the firms that Google is considering acquiring to… Read More

Mar 17, 2016, 9:38 PM

Amazon’s Alexa adds Fitbit integration to help users track fitness

Amazon’s smart personal assistant wants you to be fit. Or, at least, it can help you get there. Alexa, the… Read More

Mar 17, 2016, 10:54 AM

Amazon puzzled by leak claiming Apple is moving to Google Cloud Platform

Yesterday, a report from tech news publication CRN alleged that Apple is moving some of its cloud spending from Amazon Web… Read More

Mar 17, 2016, 8:20 AM

Amazon’s Audible introduces shareable audio ‘Clips’ to make audiobooks more social

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ti5TmuTTHk Sharing your favorite passages from an e-book is pretty easy. Just highlight the text and click to share. But there’s… Read More