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Dec 2, 2014, 4:03 PM

GeekWire Interview: Rev. Jesse Jackson sees parallels to civil rights movement in push for tech diversity

The Rev. Jesse Jackson uses an old-fashioned cell phone and readily acknowledges that he isn’t a technology expert. But he believes,… Read More

Dec 2, 2014, 1:55 PM

Valve takes shot at Amazon’s Twitch with streaming feature for Steam

Valve announced today that users of its Steam gaming platform will now be able to easily stream their game content… Read More

Dec 2, 2014, 11:15 AM

Amazon and Facebook team up for app-install ads on Fire tablets

Facebook users on Amazon’s Fire tablets will soon see new ads for apps they can install. Amazon announced today… Read More

Dec 2, 2014, 10:28 AM

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos: Cheaper books will make authors more money

Jeff Bezos wants to make books more affordable — a goal that he says will actually help authors increase their profits.… Read More

Dec 2, 2014, 9:28 AM

Amazon’s Bezos: Yes, there’s a CEO succession plan, but it’s a secret

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is speaking right now with Business Insider co-founder Henry Blodget at the site’s IGNITION conference in… Read More

Dec 2, 2014, 7:38 AM

Amazon’s elusive ‘Echo’ intelligent home speaker falls short in first major review

Haven’t been able to get your hands on Amazon Echo? You’re not alone. CNet had to turn to eBay just to get one to review.… Read More

Dec 1, 2014, 4:27 PM

Amazon real estate chief dreams of turning company’s parking garages into fulfillment centers

What if alternative transportation in Seattle was so great that Amazon could turn its parking garages into product fulfillment centers? It might… Read More

Dec 1, 2014, 10:30 AM

Watch out Amazon Fresh: Uber expands grocery delivery in D.C.

Uber doubled down on its Washington, D.C. based grocery delivery service, expanding the number of products available to shoppers in… Read More

Dec 1, 2014, 10:12 AM

Online spending exceeds $1 billion on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, with record traffic coming from mobile

Americans put down their forks and picked up their mobile devices this year, fueling new online spending records for both Thanksgiving Day… Read More

Dec 1, 2014, 9:16 AM

Amazon’s stock drops after Moody’s changes outlook to ‘negative’

Amazon’s share price dropped more than three percent Monday morning, following the company’s announcement that it plans to offer an… Read More

Dec 1, 2014, 6:50 AM

Amazon: Fire tablet sales triple and Kindle e-reader sales nearly quadruple on Black Friday

Amazon says unit sales of its Fire tablets tripled and sales of its Kindle e-readers nearly quadrupled on Black Friday… Read More

Nov 30, 2014, 9:38 PM

15,000 robots and counting: Inside Amazon’s new fulfillment centers

The robots are here, and they’ve got your holiday package. Amazon tonight is providing a new glimpse of the latest tech… Read More

Nov 30, 2014, 8:23 AM

Satya Nadella’s bold bet at Microsoft; Amazon reshapes Seattle; and other top posts of the month

November was a big month for GeekWire. We kept our growing community of geeks well fed on tech news, breaking… Read More

Nov 28, 2014, 2:13 PM

Black Friday e-commerce: Retailers brag about record results as Best Buy site goes down

In the days to come we’ll find out precisely how many billions were spent over this critical shopping weekend, but for now, there’s… Read More

Nov 28, 2014, 6:00 AM

Feast on this: Amazon kicks off Cyber Monday two days early

Amazon has been pushing Black Friday for a month already, so it’s only fitting that on the actual day, it turns everyone’s attention… Read More

Nov 26, 2014, 5:39 PM

Update: Amazon’s CloudFront content delivery network recovers from two-hour outage

It’s the Murphy’s Law corollary for cloud computing: anything that can go wrong will go wrong on the eve of… Read More

Nov 26, 2014, 1:24 PM

Amazon reportedly in talks to buy Indian retailer Jabong

Amazon has finished its first round of acquisition talks with Jabong, an Indian online lifestyle retail site, according to a… Read More

Nov 26, 2014, 8:15 AM

Company town: Amazon’s rapid growth sparks housing boom in Seattle’s urban core

There were audible gasps from the Urban Land Institute audience last week when Amazon real estate director John Schoettler delivered the stat: Amazon is… Read More

Nov 26, 2014, 5:36 AM

Amazon cuts price on Fire Phone again, reducing device to $199 unlocked

Amazon’s Fire Phone is getting another price cut. The device, unveiled in July and suffering from lackluster sales in recent months,… Read More

Nov 25, 2014, 9:25 AM

Amazon started ‘Black Friday’ a month early this year, and it’s paying off with more shoppers

Amazon kicked off Black Friday deals a full 28 days early in an attempt to grab a larger share of… Read More

Nov 24, 2014, 10:51 AM

Amazon pushes further into fashion with 46,000-square-foot photo studio in London

Amazon is opening a 46,000-square-foot photography studio in London, where it plans to crank out photos of the latest European… Read More

Nov 24, 2014, 9:04 AM

EBay downplays same-day delivery by removing standalone app from App Store

eBay is again scaling back its plans to offer same-day delivery, with the removal of its eBay Now app from the iOS… Read More

Nov 24, 2014, 7:08 AM

FAA’s proposed drone rules could hinder Amazon’s aerial delivery plans

Commercial drone rules to be proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration would require unmanned aircraft to fly below 400 feet and… Read More

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Nov 24, 2014, 7:00 AM