Nov 21, 2013, 11:28 AM Public cloud vs. private cloud: The debate continues There’s a lot of chatter about moving applications to the cloud, whether the public cloud such as Amazon Web Services… Read More
Nov 21, 2013, 10:07 AM Amazon ships replacement PS4’s to customers with ‘more snug’ packaging Amazon is sending replacement PlayStation 4’s to those who received broken consoles, and it looks like the Seattle online retail… Read More
Nov 20, 2013, 8:53 AM Amazon.com inks another deal with PBS, this time for rights to ‘Mr. Selfridge’ Amazon.com inked another streaming deal with PBS today, gaining exclusive rights to “Mr. Selfridge,” starring Jeremy Piven. The first season of… Read More
Nov 19, 2013, 5:36 PM Amazon-branded groceries? New job posts hint at possibility Judging by some new job openings Amazon posted recently, you may be able to get Amazon brand flour or baby… Read More
Nov 19, 2013, 10:39 AM Ex-Amazonians raise $1.1M for online instruction platform Everpath It’s been less than a month since the folks at Everpath graduated from Techstars Seattle, but things are already rolling for… Read More
Nov 19, 2013, 9:42 AM Amazon’s new show Alpha House makes strong debut Things are looking pretty good for Amazon’s first original online video offering. The company announced today that Alpha House, its… Read More
Nov 19, 2013, 8:59 AM Amazon adds Goodreads, FreeTime to Kindle Paperwhite Amazon announced today that the Kindle Paperwhite will be getting an update that adds integration with Goodreads, as well as… Read More
Nov 18, 2013, 10:03 AM Report: Amazon gobbling up more office space in Seattle Amazon.com’s appetite for new office space continues to grow in Seattle as the company is in negotiations to take over… Read More
Nov 18, 2013, 9:25 AM Amazon starts PS4 exchange procedure after hundreds receive faulty consoles Out of the 2,310 customers who have left reviews on the Amazon Playstation 4 product page, more than 25 percent… Read More
Nov 18, 2013, 7:02 AM Amazon integrates Goodreads into new Kindle Fire HD and HDX with software update Amazon is rolling out its Fire OS 3.1 update for the new Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX tablets… Read More
Nov 15, 2013, 11:38 AM Amazon’s move into original TV begins today with debut of ‘Alpha House’ If you’re looking for something to do on a lazy Friday night at home, Amazon is hoping that it has… Read More
Nov 14, 2013, 8:54 PM Amazon to start offering custom Kindle accessories Have you always wanted a case for your Kindle with kittens on it? Well, now’s your chance, and it’s just… Read More
Nov 14, 2013, 11:22 AM Amazon’s new ‘Kinesis’ will crunch a firehose of real-time data from the cloud Amazon this morning introduced a new cloud service called “Kinesis” — promising to let developers stream and process “terabytes of… Read More
Nov 13, 2013, 10:49 AM Amazon now lets you see what your Facebook friends want for Christmas Amazon debuted some new Facebook integration today, allowing users to read reviews written by their social media friends, see what items… Read More
Nov 13, 2013, 10:48 AM Amazon unveils AppStream, a new way for mobile devs to deliver apps from the cloud Amazon Web Services is hosting its big re:Invent conference today in Las Vegas, entertaining some 9,000 attendees with new cloud… Read More
Nov 13, 2013, 10:36 AM Amazon jumps into virtual desktops with ‘WorkSpaces’ Amazon Web Services is launching its own virtual cloud desktop service, called Amazon WorkSpaces — promising to deliver a Windows… Read More
Nov 13, 2013, 10:10 AM LivingSocial has been down for 22 hours, and counting LivingSocial, the Amazon-backed daily deals company, has been unreachable from both its mobile app and its website for the past… Read More
Nov 12, 2013, 2:13 PM Walmart exec: Smartphones critical in battle with Amazon and other online rivals SAN FRANCISCO – In years past, Walmart’s online presence has lagged as the retail giant focused more on its retail… Read More
Nov 11, 2013, 10:59 AM Amazon giving away $50K Audi sports car as part of Xbox One sweepstakes If you’re a Forza Motorsport fan and wonder what it’s actually like to race around a track in a speedy sports… Read More
Nov 11, 2013, 8:21 AM Amazon’s Johnson & Johnson headache illustrates challenge of third-party sales Amazon and Johnson & Johnson are in a tiff over the sale of damaged or expired J&J products including Tylenol… Read More
Nov 10, 2013, 9:33 PM Amazon to begin Sunday delivery, partnering with the Postal Service Looking to accelerate its dominance in online retail with a combination of speed and convenience, Amazon.com announced that it will… Read More
Nov 10, 2013, 5:25 PM Amazon and Microsoft bite back, Twitter takes the plunge, and more quotes of the week Some of the best quotes, comments and random zingers from the past week … “We appreciate Bloomberg’s foray into fiction… Read More
Nov 9, 2013, 5:48 PM GeekWire Radio: Amazon vs. author, Xbox One first take, and favorite iPad apps We’ve assembled the GeekWire news team in the studio for this week’s episode of the GeekWire radio show and podcast,… Read More
Nov 6, 2013, 2:02 PM If you invested $1,000 in Amazon at the IPO, it would now be worth $239,045 Update, May 2017: 20 years after Amazon IPO, here’s what a $1,000 investment would be worth today Amazon.com’s meteoric rise… Read More
Nov 6, 2013, 10:38 AM ‘Alpha House’ star John Goodman not sure how this Amazon TV thing will work The actor John Goodman is blazing a trail as the star of Alpha House, an original comedy series from Amazon… Read More
Nov 6, 2013, 9:32 AM Truce? New Amazon program will give indie bookstores a cut of Kindle e-book sales Can Amazon peacefully coexist with the corner bookstore? A new program announced by the Seattle company today will attempt to… Read More
Nov 5, 2013, 3:39 PM Enough, already! Amazon’s 1st employee takes MacKenzie Bezos to task for her blistering critique of Brad Stone’s book The reviews for Brad Stone’s book profiling Amazon’s early years are beginning to resemble something approaching a water cooler for… Read More
Nov 5, 2013, 10:44 AM Author of Amazon book responds to review by Bezos’ wife — and Amazon disputes his response Brad Stone, the journalist whose detailed account of Amazon’s rise received a withering, one-star review from Jeff Bezos’ wife MacKenzie… Read More
Nov 5, 2013, 9:00 AM 2nd Watch lands $23 million, assists businesses with cloud migration to Amazon Web Services It’s been a big day for venture capital financings in the Seattle area, from a small seed round for UW… Read More
Nov 5, 2013, 8:19 AM Amazon enables game streaming via AWS with new graphics rendering service Thanks to Amazon, there’s a chance you could be streaming next year’s release of “Call of Duty” to your Kindle.… Read More
