Aug 11, 2013, 10:00 AM Bill Gates on Google’s Internet balloons; Contour hits the wall; and other comments of the week The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “The Internet is transforming almost every element of the… Read More
Aug 10, 2013, 12:20 PM Comedians have fun with Jeff Bezos buy of The Washington Post Jeff Bezos’ purchase of The Washington Post was the big news of the week, making great fodder for late-night comedians.… Read More
Aug 10, 2013, 8:29 AM GeekWire Radio: Jeff Bezos, the Washington Post and the future of media This week on the GeekWire radio show, we analyze one of the biggest news stories of the week, which is… Read More
Aug 9, 2013, 11:08 AM Amazon rumored to be working on a game console If a new rumor is true, Amazon may be getting into the console business by the end of this year.… Read More
Aug 8, 2013, 3:27 PM Amazon drops Kindle Fire HD to $159 for ‘limited time’ Looks like Microsoft isn’t the only tablet maker aiming to clear the shelves of its remaining inventory. Amazon.com right now… Read More
Aug 7, 2013, 3:09 PM Instacart adds $99 ‘express’ membership, fires another shot at Amazon Fresh In the ongoing grocery delivery cold war between Instacart and Amazon, Instacart has fired another salvo, saying that they’re launching… Read More
Aug 7, 2013, 9:16 AM Fruitcake, anyone? Amazon’s Kindle Fire slips out of Top 5, showing extreme seasonality The latest tablet shipment numbers from the IDC research firm show Apple’s iPad leading the worldwide market in the second… Read More
Aug 7, 2013, 8:27 AM Video: This man is mad as hell about his Amazon.com package being stolen (and he’s not going to take it anymore) It happens all of the time. Packages are stolen off a doorstep, a petty and annoying crime. Most people let… Read More
Aug 7, 2013, 8:05 AM Not just native anymore: Amazon Appstore starts accepting HTML5 web apps Amazon is upping the ante in the app-store wars, announcing this morning that it has started accepting HTML5 web apps… Read More
Aug 6, 2013, 10:44 AM Hey everyone, Jeff Bezos lives in Seattle and Amazon is not a ‘Silicon Valley’ company Maybe I am splitting hairs here, or quibbling over something that really doesn’t matter. But, I’ve got to just say… Read More
Aug 6, 2013, 8:17 AM Why Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post: Best reactions, commentary and insights I guess at this point we shouldn’t be surprised by the moves of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, who in the… Read More
Aug 6, 2013, 7:37 AM ‘Amazon Art’ puts multi-million dollar paintings in your shopping cart A $2.5 million Monet? Sure, what the heck, add it to the cart. Just make sure 1-Click ordering isn’t turned… Read More
Aug 5, 2013, 3:57 PM Robots? Kindles? Door desks? How should Bezos reinvent the Washington Post? Free Kindles for every newspaper subscriber! Papers delivered by Amazon’s Kiva robots! Door desks in the newsroom! Certainly Jeff Bezos… Read More
Aug 5, 2013, 2:30 PM Memo: Bezos already giving Washington Post employees some of that Amazon religion Jeff Bezos is buying the Washington Post newspaper for $250 million in his individual capacity, separate from his role at… Read More
Aug 5, 2013, 1:48 PM Breaking: Jeff Bezos buying Washington Post for $250M In a surprise move, Jeff Bezos has reached a deal to acquire the Washington Post Co.’s newspaper publishing business for… Read More
Aug 3, 2013, 3:00 PM An open letter to Jeff Bezos; Microsoft Surface revenues; and more top posts from July Amazon and Microsoft news dominated the pages of GeekWire during the month of July. In fact, every single one of… Read More
Aug 2, 2013, 9:18 AM DOJ’s proposed Apple order could help Amazon sell more Kindle books on iPad, iPhone The U.S. Justice Department’s proposed remedy in the Apple e-book price-fixing case, made public this morning, includes a key provision… Read More
Aug 2, 2013, 7:55 AM Amazon just won an Emmy Amazon.com has joined the ranks of Susan Lucci — though it didn’t take the Seattle tech company 18 failed nominations… Read More
Aug 1, 2013, 1:43 PM Amazon’s new Pinterest-style ‘Collections’ feature goes live Amazon has released a new feature called “Collections” on its e-commerce site, and the approach will look familiar to anyone… Read More
Jul 31, 2013, 11:53 AM Mobile commerce upstart Conductiv raises cash to help retailers battle Amazon Conductiv, a Bothell mobile commerce startup which boldly says that it is setting out to “change the face of retail,”… Read More
Jul 30, 2013, 11:50 AM Photos: Obama tours Amazon fulfillment center President Obama just wrapped up his trip to an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he toured the facilities and… Read More
Jul 30, 2013, 11:30 AM President Obama on jobs: ‘Amazon is a great example of what’s possible’ President Obama just finished speaking at an Amazon fulfillment center in Chattanooga, Tenn., outlining his new jobs plan and casting… Read More
Jul 30, 2013, 8:39 AM Obama to propose ‘grand bargain’ on jobs during Amazon visit President Obama is expected to use his visit to an Amazon.com fulfillment center in Chattanooga, Tenn., today to announce a… Read More
Jul 29, 2013, 2:53 PM Publisher on Amazon: ‘No American monopoly has ever been so cozy with the government’ President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak at an Amazon fulfillment center Tuesday to discuss the economy and some independent… Read More
Jul 28, 2013, 9:01 PM Amazon announces 5,000 new fulfillment jobs in advance of Obama visit Amazon.com, which has already more than tripled its workforce over the past three years, says it will add another 5,000… Read More
Jul 26, 2013, 1:51 PM Amazon Web Services adds SDK support for Windows Phone, Windows Store apps Amazon Web Services has been beefing up support for Microsoft Windows as of late, and this week it released a new… Read More
Jul 26, 2013, 6:49 AM Amazon hit with six new patent lawsuits covering Kindle, cloud and retail Amazon has been hit with six new patent infringement lawsuits, covering everything from the technology behind the Kindle Paperwhite display… Read More
Jul 25, 2013, 4:49 PM Amazon hits 97,000 employees, more than tripling in size in three years Amazon.com’s quarterly report this afternoon disclosed a $7 million loss for the company, but there was another notable number farther down… Read More
Jul 25, 2013, 4:01 PM Why is Jeff Bezos hanging out in Silicon Valley this summer? Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is not enjoying this beautiful Seattle summer. Instead, it appears Bezos is camped out in Silicon… Read More
Jul 25, 2013, 3:33 PM Amazon won’t say if grocery delivery business is profitable: ‘It was set up as a test’ Amazon.com spent more than five years testing Amazon Fresh in the Seattle area only and finally introduced the grocery delivery… Read More
