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Jan 4, 2013, 9:07 AM

Amazon teams with A&E Networks, adding more content to Prime Instant Video

Amazon is adding more content to its Prime Instant Video service, announcing today an agreement with A+E Networks. Shows like… Read More

Jan 3, 2013, 5:47 AM

Rough holiday for Barnes & Noble: Nook sales fall 12.6%

Sales in Barnes & Noble’s Nook device and e-book business were $311 million for the nine weeks of the 2012… Read More

Jan 2, 2013, 4:35 PM

Report: Microsoft buys Slingbox founder’s home entertainment startup

The tech press loves a good mystery. And one that we’ve been wondering about since news broke last week is… Read More

Jan 2, 2013, 10:21 AM

Judge tosses Apple’s false advertising claim vs. Amazon

Amazon won a partial victory against Apple in court this morning in a long-running trademark dispute between the companies. A… Read More

Jan 1, 2013, 11:12 PM

The top tech stocks of 2012: Shares of Expedia take off

Super computers. Online travel. And marketing tools for real estate agents. Those were the hot segments in the Seattle tech… Read More

Jan 1, 2013, 7:03 AM

Netflix nightmare explained: Amazon apologizes for outage

What happened at Amazon Web Services to take down the Netflix streaming service for hours on Christmas Eve? It was a… Read More

Dec 31, 2012, 12:54 PM

Year in review: Vote for the top Seattle tech story of 2012

It’s been quite the year in Seattle technology. Amazon.com kept growing. Microsoft kept transforming. And several startups raised huge rounds of… Read More

Dec 31, 2012, 8:35 AM

Legal lessons from Amazon’s ‘noncompete’ battle with Google

As Geekwire reported last week, a federal judge in Seattle has pretty much rejected Amazon’s recent attempt to restrict what… Read More

Dec 30, 2012, 12:12 PM

GeekWire’s Top 50 Posts of 2012: Milestones, stunts and more craziness from the year in tech

It’s that time when journalists take a moment to reflect on the past year. We’re doing that here on GeekWire… Read More

Dec 29, 2012, 7:53 AM

Tons of traffic: Amazon dominates online retail during Christmas week

The holiday numbers speak for themselves: Amazon is the biggest online shopping site, and it’s not even close. New website… Read More

Dec 28, 2012, 4:52 PM

Judge: Former Amazon sales VP can work for Google with minimal restrictions

A federal judge in Seattle has largely rejected Amazon.com’s attempt to restrict the work of former Amazon Web Services global… Read More

Dec 28, 2012, 2:40 PM

Update: Slingbox co-founder abruptly exits Amazon board as his new startup is sold

Updated at 2:56 p.m. with Amazon comment. Technology entrepreneur Blake Krikorian, best known for co-founding Slingbox maker Sling Media, has left the… Read More

Dec 28, 2012, 9:46 AM

Barnes & Noble’s Nook adds Pearson as investor, warns of weak holiday sales

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Media e-reading and tablet subsidiary this morning announced a new investor, the Pearson education and publishing company, and… Read More

Dec 28, 2012, 9:13 AM

Amazon is growing so fast it just hired a former member of the Presidents of the United States of America

Nope, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton aren’t joining Amazon.com. But the fast-growing Seattle tech juggernaut recently hired another former President.… Read More

Dec 27, 2012, 10:48 AM

Study: E-book reading in U.S. jumps to 23% in 2012

Good news for Amazon’s Kindle business: The number of people who read e-books rose to 23 percent in 2012 —… Read More

Dec 27, 2012, 7:56 AM

Amazon reigns, Apple slips in customer ratings for online holiday shopping

For the eighth consecutive year, Amazon.com has come out on top in the Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index from research firm… Read More

Dec 26, 2012, 10:13 AM

Why did Amazon Instant Video keep going, while Netflix sputtered?

Last month, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings separately took the stage at the Re:Invent conference in… Read More

Dec 26, 2012, 9:07 AM

Mark Cuban: Nokia’s Windows Phone ‘crushes’ iPhone 5

High-profile investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban gave Microsoft and Nokia a nice little holiday gift in the form of a… Read More

Dec 24, 2012, 9:58 PM

Outage at Amazon Web Services takes down Netflix on Christmas Eve

The elves at Amazon.com are hard at work tonight trying to fix yet another outage at Amazon Web Services. The… Read More

Dec 24, 2012, 9:56 AM

Free shipping offers boost online holiday spending

Americans continue to spend more of their cash online this holiday season, with comScore reporting that online spending is up… Read More

Dec 24, 2012, 8:16 AM

Amazon bigger than Microsoft? What to watch in 2013 from Jeff Bezos & Co.

How’s this for a milestone in the making? Amazon is on a trajectory to become larger than Microsoft in 2013,… Read More

Dec 21, 2012, 9:26 AM

Copycat: Amazon trademark filings indicate Kindle protection plan almost identical to AppleCare

Looks like Amazon is taking a bite out of the Apple. GigaOM spotted a trademark application indicating that Amazon is considering… Read More

Dec 20, 2012, 4:20 PM

It looks like Overstock is getting ready to compete with Amazon Lockers

Amazon.com has been experimenting with delivering goods to lockers for more than a year now in the Seattle area, part… Read More

Dec 20, 2012, 3:34 PM

“Amazon” cracks yearly most-searched list for first time

According to what’s people are searching for, Amazon is gaining popularity. For the first time ever, the term “Amazon” cracked… Read More

Dec 20, 2012, 10:55 AM

Amazon’s IMDb touts 50M mobile app downloads, adds new features to iPad version

IMDb said today that its popular app for movie, TV shows and other entertainment content has been downloaded 50 million… Read More

Dec 20, 2012, 9:23 AM

Amazon is producing six comedy sitcoms and wants you to choose the best ones

There were rumblings earlier this year about Amazon producing its own original TV content, and now the online retail giant… Read More

Dec 19, 2012, 2:49 PM

Consumers spent a record $7 billion online last week, holiday season spending up 13 percent from 2011

Consumers are spending money online in record-setting fashion. A new report out from comScore on holiday spending was released today and… Read More

Dec 18, 2012, 4:41 PM

Former Kindle ad guru sues Amazon over termination, alleges internal retaliation

A former Amazon employee is suing the company over his termination, alleging that he was let go in retaliation for… Read More

Dec 18, 2012, 8:56 AM

Nordstrom exec maneuvers online as Amazon.com threat looms

A few months ago, we wrote a story on GeekWire about the growing rivalry between two iconic Seattle brands: Amazon.com… Read More

Dec 17, 2012, 10:04 AM

Hulu’s revenue up 65 percent to $695M in 2012, doubles paid subscribers to 3 million

Based on the numbers, things are going very well at Hulu. The streaming video company released its 2012 results today… Read More