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Feb 23, 2015, 9:50 AM

Amazon picks up second seasons for ‘Annedroids,’ ‘Tumble Leaf’ and two other original kids shows

Amazon is doubling down on its stable of original programming for kids. The company has picked up second seasons of… Read More

Feb 23, 2015, 9:10 AM

Target unleashes new challenge to Amazon’s perks, drops free shipping threshold to $25/order

Target Corp. this morning took a new competitive swipe at Amazon, reducing its minimum online order requirement to $25 to qualify… Read More

Feb 22, 2015, 8:33 AM

‘Alexa, show me the money!’ Amazon updates Echo to deliver famous movie retorts

Amazon’s Echo team is having lots of fun with the ability to regularly update the intelligent, talking home speaker. Just… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 1:23 PM

Amazon’s Twitch will hold inaugural ‘TwitchCon’ in S.F. in September

Twitch, the game streaming and social video company acquired by Amazon last year for $1 billion, was teasing a big announcement on… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 10:55 AM

App developers bailing on Fire Phone, in new challenge for Amazon

It’s no secret that Amazon’s first smartphone was a flop with consumers, but behind the scenes, the Fire Phone is also struggling with another… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 8:04 PM

Amazon Web Services dominates cloud survey, but Microsoft Azure gains traction

Amazon Web Services continues to dominate cloud computing, with 57 percent of technical professionals saying in a new survey that… Read More

Feb 18, 2015, 10:21 AM

Amazon plays it safe, green lighting five pilots from its latest season

Amazon announced today that it green lit three new adult-oriented shows for its stable of original video programming out of seven pilots… Read More

Feb 17, 2015, 3:14 PM

Amazon expands one-hour delivery service to all of Manhattan

Amazon now promises one-hour delivery of daily essential items to anyone in Manhattan. Mashable reported today that Amazon has expanded Prime… Read More

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Feb 17, 2015, 1:52 PM

Cha-ching!: U.S. e-commerce sales surpass $300B for the first time in 2014

Amazon wasn’t the only one that finished the year strong. The U.S. Commerce Department released new statistics today showing that e-commerce… Read More

Feb 17, 2015, 10:58 AM

Report: Amazon packages do occassionally arrive late — but no more than average

Last week Amazon dismissed the results of a study claiming that 10 percent of packages arrived later than shoppers were expecting during the holidays.… Read More

Feb 16, 2015, 10:10 AM

Seattle’s KING-TV building sells for $42.5M, clearing way for more office towers near Amazon

The longtime home of KING-TV in Seattle, just up the street from Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood,… Read More

Feb 15, 2015, 10:36 AM

Amazon’s aerial delivery ambitions dealt a blow by FAA’s newly proposed rules for commercial drones

Updated below with Amazon comment. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday released its proposed rules for commercial unmanned aircraft… Read More

Feb 14, 2015, 8:54 AM

GeekWire Radio: Candy Crush maker arrives in Seattle, Expedia’s big moves, and cutting the cord with Sling TV

This week on the GeekWire Radio Show: The maker of Candy Crush makes a sweet deal in Seattle, acquiring Battle… Read More

Feb 13, 2015, 2:22 PM

FTC clears Zillow’s $1.8 billion acquisition of Trulia, deal could close next week

Seattle-based online real estate company Zillow announced Friday afternoon that it plans to close its $1.8 billion acquisition of San Francisco-based Trulia… Read More

Feb 13, 2015, 12:38 PM

Inside Amazon’s heavy-duty fulfillment center: A ‘perfect symbiosis’ of robots and humans

DUPONT, Wash. — It has actually been in operation since last summer, but Amazon marked the grand opening of its… Read More

Feb 12, 2015, 9:22 AM

Amazon’s Fire TV devices get Sling TV’s new $20/month streaming service

Amazon continues to roll out upgrades for its Fire TV family of devices. Today, the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick… Read More

Feb 11, 2015, 4:56 PM

How Jeff Bezos influenced the design, creation of Washington Post’s Amazon Fire app

Over the years, we’ve learned a lot about Jeff Bezos’ leadership style at Amazon.com and to some extent, how involved… Read More

Feb 11, 2015, 3:32 PM

Amazon disputes report claiming deliveries arrived late this holiday

Amazon is downplaying the results of a new study today that claims 10 percent of shoppers said packages arrived later than expected over… Read More

Feb 11, 2015, 9:55 AM

Hachette’s parent says Amazon dispute partly to blame for fewer e-book sales last year

The seven-month long dispute between Hachette and Amazon was a costly one, with the company disclosing weaker sales for the… Read More

Feb 10, 2015, 10:28 AM

Testing #AmazonGiveaway: Here’s your chance to win a Chromecast from GeekWire!

[Update: The Chromecast giveaway has ended, as all three prizes have been awarded. Thanks for testing this out with us,… Read More

Feb 10, 2015, 6:01 AM

Amazon unveils ‘Giveaway’ service, aiming to modernize and automate promotional contests

Amazon is unveiling a new service this morning called Amazon Giveaway — promising to simplify and streamline the process of running promotional… Read More

Feb 9, 2015, 10:51 AM

Sears plans new Seattle engineering office, hires ex-Amazon execs for big home-services tech push

Sears is recruiting engineers for a new software development office in downtown Seattle, and the venerable retailer has hired a group… Read More

Feb 9, 2015, 10:00 AM

Alibaba makes Fast Company’s Most Innovative List, Amazon falls off

Fast Company announced its annual ranking of the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, and Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce powerhouse, ranks… Read More

Feb 9, 2015, 9:06 AM

Cracking down on non-compete deals: Bill would change Wash. state law to mirror Calif. approach

New legislation introduced in the Washington State House of Representatives would make it much tougher for employers in the state to… Read More

Feb 9, 2015, 5:43 AM

Amazon considers data center expansion in Oregon, lobbies to fix tax issue

Amazon.com continues to expand its data center footprint all over the world, and the online retailing and cloud computing powerhouse… Read More

Feb 6, 2015, 10:52 AM

Amazon’s Instant Video catches up to Netflix in key measure of user engagement

Amazon picked up a couple Golden Globe Awards last month for its original video programming, and now it seems the… Read More

Feb 5, 2015, 11:54 AM

Where is the love? Seattle drops out of Amazon’s ‘most romantic cities’ list

According to Amazon, Seattleites are becoming less and less romantic. The online retail giant unveiled its annual list of “Most Romantic… Read More

Feb 4, 2015, 12:47 PM

Amazon SVP Steve Kessel returns from sabbatical to work on ‘super secret’ project

Steve Kessel, the Amazon executive responsible for developing the company’s first e-reader, returned to the company in 2012 following a sabbatical and… Read More

Feb 4, 2015, 10:59 AM

Amazon fires back at IDC over tablet sales estimates

Amazon isn’t happy with a recent report from IDC that showed the company only shipping 1.7 million Fire tablets during… Read More

Feb 3, 2015, 12:15 PM

New Amazon app lets anyone digitize physical books

Amazon wants to make it easier for people to get their old books digitized and onto a Kindle. The company… Read More