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Mar 20, 2015, 2:24 PM

Amazon reportedly planning Android app giveaways with Unlocked app

Amazon has made a habit out of giving away Android applications on its AppStore in massive bundles. The company is… Read More

Mar 19, 2015, 2:03 PM

Amazon granted FAA approval to test drone delivery

Amazon today was granted an “experimental airworthiness certificate” from the FAA that will allow the Seattle company to test its… Read More

Mar 19, 2015, 9:31 AM

Amazon offers more than $100 worth of free apps to celebrate its AppStore’s birthday

Amazon’s AppStore is turning four, and that means the company has another excuse to run one of its massive give-aways.… Read More

Mar 19, 2015, 7:09 AM

Amazon expands ‘Prime Now’ one-hour deliveries beyond NYC, launching in Baltimore and Miami

Amazon expanded its Prime Now one-hour delivery service to select zip codes in Baltimore and Miami today, moving beyond its… Read More

Mar 18, 2015, 5:43 PM

Amazon reportedly planning to shut down its Webstore platform for small businesses

Amazon has begun telling merchants that it will be shutting down Webstore, its e-commerce platform that allows small businesses to… Read More

Mar 16, 2015, 11:04 AM

Hulu, Amazon and Yahoo reportedly in running to grab ‘Seinfeld’ streaming rights

The puffy shirt. Risk, a game about world domination being played by two men who can barely run their own… Read More

Mar 16, 2015, 7:36 AM

Amazon CTO cracks up SXSW crowd by insisting company is a “20-year-old startup”

When does a company stop being a startup? Probably sometime before it reaches a market value of $172 billion, and more than… Read More

Mar 13, 2015, 12:15 PM

Amazon Echo adds traffic updates with route recommendations and travel times

Amazon Echo is getting more practical. The latest software update to Amazon’s voice-activated, voice-response intelligent speaker uses real-time traffic information to suggest recommended routes… Read More

Mar 13, 2015, 11:08 AM

Amazon’s app for Apple Watch may allow wrist-based buying

Amazon wasn’t one of the companies showing off an Apple Watch app earlier this week, but that doesn’t mean the Seattle-based… Read More

Mar 13, 2015, 7:55 AM

Amazon buys Internet of Things startup 2lemetry to derive data from connected devices

Amazon.com is expanding its efforts in the Internet of Things market, purchasing Denver-based startup 2lemetry in a deal of undisclosed… Read More

Mar 12, 2015, 9:32 AM

Netflix still king of streaming video, but Amazon gaining market share

Amazon continues to attract more customers to its Prime Instant Video streaming service. In its “Total Audience Report” from Q4… Read More

Mar 12, 2015, 6:30 AM

ACLU technologist: ‘Amazon has escaped the transparency spotlight’

It’s time for Amazon.com to become more transparent about surveillance requests by the U.S. government. That was message from Chris… Read More

News Brief

Mar 11, 2015, 10:06 AM

Amazon officially launches Kindle author community Write On

Amazon said Monday it is no longer requiring authors to have special codes to participate in Write On, a social network of… Read More

Mar 11, 2015, 9:27 AM

Amazon taps into Shark Tank’s treasure chest of products for new ‘exclusives’ store

Amazon said it is teaming up with ABC’s hit reality TV show Shark Tank to find obscure products for a new storefront it… Read More

Mar 11, 2015, 5:53 AM

Seattle Police Dept. hires Amazon VP as top tech exec, promising more data-driven crime-fighting

The Seattle Police Department this morning named Amazon vice president Greg Russell as its new chief information officer — aiming… Read More

Mar 10, 2015, 12:36 PM

Amazon fights patent suit using little-noticed clause in standard AWS customer agreement

As recently as 2011, according to Amazon, someone at Appistry Inc. registered the genomics data technology company to use Amazon Web Services. As part… Read More

Mar 10, 2015, 11:43 AM

Tech Moves: LivingSocial adds former eBay exec to board; TV news anchor joins Amazon; INRIX taps CMO; etc.

—LivingSocial, the Washington, D.C.-based daily deals company, has appointed former eBay executive Lorrie Norrington to its board, where she will serve as an… Read More

Mar 9, 2015, 3:04 PM

Why Amazon opened a storefront on Alibaba’s online marketplace

Amazon has launched a storefront on Alibaba’s e-commerce portal. So why would Amazon would be willing to partner with one of its biggest competitors?… Read More

Mar 6, 2015, 9:31 AM

Amazon is bringing its original video games to Apple’s iPad and iPhone

Amazon announced today that several of the original video game titles developed by its in-house gaming studio will be available… Read More

Mar 5, 2015, 9:39 AM

European court says e-books are not books, must face higher taxes

A European high court has ruled against France and Luxembourg, saying that the two countries cannot charge lower value-added tax… Read More

Mar 4, 2015, 9:25 AM

Amazon’s cloud computing unit is worth up to $50B, analyst says

Starting this year Amazon shareholders will know exactly how much revenue the company generates from its cloud computing business when it starts to… Read More

Mar 4, 2015, 7:44 AM

Alibaba opens first U.S. data center, challenging Amazon in the cloud

Alibaba is opening a data center in Silicon Valley — its first outside of China — stepping up its competition with Amazon… Read More

Mar 3, 2015, 4:13 PM

Target outlines big tech plans, with expectations for digital sales to rise 40 percent this year

Target laid out an aggressive growth strategy today during a two-hour long meeting with the investment community that includes boosting digital sales… Read More

Mar 3, 2015, 1:51 PM

Twitter campaign urges Amazon to rename ‘Amazon Mom’ to ‘Amazon Family’ in U.S.

The death of a popular dad blogger has re-ignited a campaign calling on Amazon to rename its “Amazon Mom” program to “Amazon Family” in… Read More

Mar 2, 2015, 7:26 AM

March Madness becomes ‘Math Madness’ for Amazon’s edtech company

March as “Math Madness?” No, it’s not an alternate calendar for those who tend more toward nerd than jock. Today TenMarks,… Read More

Feb 27, 2015, 2:43 PM

Amazon Echo getting third-party apps: SDK planned for smart speaker

Amazon’s Echo team is working on a software development kit, setting the stage for outside developers to create third-party apps for the intelligent,… Read More

Feb 26, 2015, 6:46 AM

Amazon hires former White House press secretary Jay Carney as senior exec, reporting to Jeff Bezos

Amazon has hired Jay Carney, the political commentator and former White House press secretary, as senior vice president for Worldwide… Read More

Feb 25, 2015, 2:42 PM

Patent filing reveals Amazon’s idea to 3D-print products on delivery trucks

Why bother with delivery by drone when you can deliver — and make — the product on the same truck?… Read More

Feb 24, 2015, 7:13 AM

Amazon’s crowdsourced ‘Kindle Scout’ program picks first 10 digital books for publication

Amazon this morning named the first 10 digital books to be published through its “Kindle Scout” program, which lets customers nominate… Read More

Feb 23, 2015, 3:29 PM

Amazon textbook rental competitor Chegg chucks physical inventory

Online college textbook rental company Chegg is getting out of textbook ownership to stay in the textbook rental business. Chegg,… Read More