Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 158 of 244

Sep 23, 2015, 12:26 PM

A new chapter for e-books?: Sales plunge 10% in the first five months of the year

Sales of e-books, which were expected to overtake print by 2015, have suddenly slowed sharply, leaving industry observers to wonder the digital apocalypse was… Read More

Sep 23, 2015, 10:25 AM

Ex-Amazon exec looks to disrupt healthcare at Providence Ventures, taps former Swype CEO as entrepreneur-in-residence

Over the past year, Providence Health & Services, a 159-year old not-for-profit Catholic health care provider, has quietly built a sophisticated… Read More

Sep 23, 2015, 8:36 AM

Amazon’s 6 new pilots include shows from heavy hitters Louis CK and Sacha Baron Cohen

Amazon’s amping up for fall and announced six new pilots with Hollywood heavyweights, including shows created by Louis CK and… Read More

Sep 22, 2015, 8:44 AM

Amazon slashes Prime price to $67 for new customers to celebrate Emmy wins

Amazon is cutting the price of Amazon Prime to $67 this Friday in celebration of its five Emmy wins for its original… Read More

Sep 21, 2015, 1:34 PM

Exclusive: Uber to launch restaurant delivery in Seattle and 5 other new cities in big expansion

Watch out, Amazon — you’re not the only tech giant looking to dominate the restaurant delivery business. Uber has been adding… Read More

Sep 21, 2015, 7:30 AM

India’s Flipkart recruits three high-level execs from Amazon, Microsoft and Google

Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce site founded by two former Amazonians, has hired three top executives, including one from Amazon, to continue… Read More

Sep 20, 2015, 11:10 PM

Amazon is Hollywood’s ‘new BFF’ as Transparent scores Emmy wins

Transparent creator Jill Soloway gave Amazon some high praise on Sunday night — ranking the company right after “The Goddess” on the list… Read More

Sep 17, 2015, 10:25 AM

Google scoops up former Amazon Lab126 employees for reboot of Google Glass

Amazon’s Fire Phone may have been a total flop, but Google seems to think the engineers may have been on… Read More

Sep 17, 2015, 7:16 AM

Amazon’s new Fire tablet is so inexpensive, they’re selling a 6-pack for $250

Got $250 to spend? That won’t get you even one new iPad, but it’s enough for six Amazon tablets. The company… Read More

Sep 17, 2015, 6:22 AM

Amazon’s Fire Phone is MIA from new lineup, but execs won’t confirm its death

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon announced a sweeping update to its hardware lineup on Thursday, but there was one device noticeably… Read More

Sep 17, 2015, 6:00 AM

Amazon unveils seven new devices, including $50 tablet and new Fire TV with Alexa and 4K video

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon invited a small group of reporters to a perfectly staged house in San Francisco this week… Read More

Sep 16, 2015, 8:55 AM

Amazon expands Prime Now one-hour delivery service to Los Angeles

Amazon Prime members in Los Angeles and Orange County now have access to Prime Now. Amazon announced today that its one-hour delivery… Read More

Sep 16, 2015, 7:43 AM

Amazon converting Prime members into Washington Post digital subscribers with new promotion

Amazon launched a new promotion with The Washington Post this morning, offering its tens of millions of Amazon Prime members the opportunity to… Read More

Sep 15, 2015, 2:54 PM

Authors of ‘Amazonian Manifesto’ hire marketing firm to spread message at Amazon HQ

The mysterious group that authored the “Amazonian Manifesto” to urge changes in Amazon’s workplace culture has hired a marketing company to get the message out to employees… Read More

Sep 15, 2015, 11:32 AM

Amazon’s Alexa coming to Fire TV? Site points to ‘overwhelming evidence’ in Fire OS source code

The Fire TV isn’t dead, but its brains may be getting updated with Amazon’s Alexa, the virtual assistent first introduced… Read More

Sep 15, 2015, 10:42 AM

GeekWire Summit: NYT reporter David Streitfeld to moderate panel on Amazon

The GeekWire Summit is a little more than two weeks away, on Oct. 1 and 2 in downtown Seattle. Today we’re… Read More

Sep 15, 2015, 8:54 AM

Fire TV isn’t dead: Amazon touts rapid content growth, jabs at Apple TV

There are a lot of questions right now about what’s next for Amazon’s Fire TV, but the company went out… Read More

Sep 14, 2015, 4:32 PM

Amazon’s potty problem: Too many dudes, not enough toilets, workers complain to state officials

A lot has been said about Amazon’s workplace culture over the past month, but one of the top problems cited by employees has nothing… Read More

Sep 14, 2015, 10:58 AM

Alibaba’s stock falls 4 percent after Barron’s predicts the Chinese company’s collapse

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce darling that exploded last year in its public market debut, is getting hammered today after a distressing… Read More

Sep 14, 2015, 8:57 AM

Amazon may have up to 80 million high-spending Prime members worldwide

Amazon may have up to 50 million U.S. Prime subscribers, and as many as 60 to 80 million globally, according… Read More

Sep 12, 2015, 10:00 AM

I tried Amazon’s new restaurant delivery service, and Netflix nights will never be the same

I tapped “checkout” at 7:12 p.m., was in my pajamas by 7:25 p.m., and at 7:49 p.m. I opened my apartment… Read More

Sep 9, 2015, 12:49 PM

Apple just unveiled its own game console, inside the new Apple TV

Apple is finally getting serious about video games in the living room. Today, at a special event, Apple unveiled an all-new Apple… Read More

Sep 9, 2015, 5:00 AM

Amazon Web Services consulting firm DualSpark acquired by Datapipe to streamline cloud computing management

DualSpark, an Amazon Web Service consulting firm founded by an ex-Amazon employee, has been acquired by New Jersey-based Datapipe, which… Read More

Sep 8, 2015, 2:14 PM

Two weeks later, Amazon’s Prime Now delivery service reaching much larger swath of Seattle area

It’s only been two weeks since Amazon launched its one-hour delivery service in Seattle, but it’s hard to consider it… Read More

Sep 8, 2015, 9:55 AM

Amazon finally stops selling the Fire Phone, as company adjusts its hardware strategy

It’s taken more than a year, but Amazon has finally exhausted its supply of Fire Phones. At least that appears… Read More

Sep 8, 2015, 8:26 AM

Amazon’s hardware ambitions continue, report says new $50 tablet in the works

The Amazon Fire Phone may have been a flop, but Amazon’s tablets will be getting a cheaper sibling soon, according to… Read More

Sep 8, 2015, 6:00 AM

Amazon confirms Prime Now restaurant delivery launch in Seattle area, hints at broader rollout

Amazon is launching a new restaurant delivery service in Seattle today, leveraging its fleet of drivers to get hot meals to customers within… Read More

Sep 5, 2015, 8:31 AM

Former Amazon VP leaving CIO role at Seattle Police Department after 6 months

Greg Russell, the former Amazon vice president who was named chief information officer of the Seattle Police Department six months ago,… Read More

Sep 4, 2015, 2:34 PM

Amazon drops ‘Instant’ from ‘Instant Video,’ streamlining its streaming brand

Amazon’s video streaming service has a new name, sorta. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant has shortened “Amazon Instant Video” to simply “Amazon Video.” A… Read More

Sep 4, 2015, 1:37 PM

Amazon teams up with Seahawks star Richard Sherman for Prime Now delivery

Richard Sherman has already partnered with big tech companies like T-Mobile and Apple-owned Beats by Dre. Now Sherman is teaming… Read More