Aug 30, 2012, 2:21 PM Paul Allen’s Vulcan looks to sell Amazon.com campus Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has spent years revamping Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, first with the failed Commons project in… Read More
Aug 30, 2012, 10:45 AM FAA’s electronics review: Good for Kindle, bad for SkyMall? Many of us have experienced it before: Our flight is descending or taking off, and we’re told to turn off… Read More
Aug 30, 2012, 6:59 AM Amazon’s Kindle Fire sells out, signaling new hardware ahead Amazon has sold out of its Kindle Fire one week before a news conference where the company is expected to… Read More
Aug 29, 2012, 10:09 PM Amazon publishing unit to make e-books available via rival retailers Amazon.com’s New York-based publishing business has entered into a deal with Ingram to distribute its e-book titles, opening up the… Read More
Aug 29, 2012, 9:51 AM Zappos to let Pinterest users show picks via PinPointing With all the social networking and such online it was only a matter of time until shopping got more into… Read More
Aug 27, 2012, 3:23 PM Kathy Savitt goes to Yahoo, Lockerz names new CEO Marissa Mayer continues to put her mark on Yahoo, announcing today that Seattle public relations veteran and entrepreneur Kathy Savitt… Read More
Aug 27, 2012, 7:25 AM Amazon Prime celebrates an amazingly vague milestone It’s interesting how often a company as numbers-driven as Amazon.com asks its customers and shareholders to judge its progress with… Read More
Aug 24, 2012, 5:23 PM Amazon’s top lawyer leaving job, will return in new role Michelle Wilson, the general counsel of Amazon.com since 1999, will step down from the position next month, taking a parental… Read More
Aug 24, 2012, 1:27 PM Better screen for the Kindle? Amazon testing a device with 768×1024 resolution GeekWire is hearing from a reliable industry source that Amazon is testing a device with a screen resolution of 768×1024 pixels.… Read More
Aug 24, 2012, 7:34 AM Amazon adds Battlestar Galactica, Parks & Rec, other shows to Prime Video service Amazon this morning announced a deal with NBCUniversal to add more shows to the Amazon Prime Instant Video service, including… Read More
Aug 23, 2012, 3:30 PM Study of Seattle consumers shows how weather influences online shopping One particularly bleak January day, while staring at my computer screen for what seemed the 17th hour on an incredibly… Read More
Aug 23, 2012, 11:43 AM Amazon sets press event for Sept. 6 in California We’re still waiting to see how Amazon will upgrade its Kindle lineup, but at least now we know when we’ll… Read More
Aug 21, 2012, 11:08 AM Amazon prepares fall launch of AfterSchool.com, a new site for sports and outdoor gear for kids Amazon.com’s Quidsi unit is gearing up to launch a new sports and activities site called AfterSchool.com, designed to outfit kids… Read More
Aug 21, 2012, 9:42 AM Amazon unveils new storage and backup service ‘Glacier’ Another day, another new offering from Amazon Web Services. Today, the company rolled out Amazon Glacier, described as a low-cost… Read More
Aug 20, 2012, 12:46 PM Best of Startup Day: Angel investor Dave McClure — don’t do a startup you idiot! Editor’s Note: We’ve got a fantastic lineup of speakers on tap for GeekWire’s Startup Day, taking place Saturday, Sept. 22nd at… Read More
Aug 17, 2012, 10:48 PM U.S. State Department pulls plug on big Kindle contract Well, here’s a very peculiar story with an odd twist. Two months ago we reported that the U.S. Department of State… Read More
Aug 17, 2012, 10:00 AM Katniss vs. Harry: Hunger Games outsells Harry Potter on Amazon It’s happened. Something has outsold the Harry Potter series on Amazon. And that something is Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series.… Read More
Aug 17, 2012, 8:03 AM Amazon to test package pickup at corner shops in the U.K. We’ve been closely watching the roll out of Amazon.com’s new locker systems in the U.S., quietly appearing at 7-Eleven retail… Read More
Aug 16, 2012, 2:06 PM Apple points finger at Amazon in DOJ e-book pricing lawsuit Yet more news has developed in the DOJ’s case against Apple and several book publishers over their alleged collusion to… Read More
Aug 16, 2012, 10:25 AM Tech Moves: Buster Benson lands at Twitter; Zulily hires a top lawyer; Coinstar changes; etc. Sometimes people announce new jobs with an email, or a LinkedIn update. Seattle entrepreneur Buster Benson, the former Amazon.com developer… Read More
Aug 16, 2012, 8:15 AM Is Coinstar on the auction block, and could Amazon come knocking? Two months ago, the Corum Group, a boutique Seattle M&A advisory firm, floated an idea that Amazon.com should buy retail kiosk pioneer… Read More
Aug 15, 2012, 8:51 AM Now appearing at the FCC: Amazon’s next Kindle Fire? Here’s some new evidence to support the theory that Amazon is coming out with a (roughly) 10-inch Kindle Fire to… Read More
Aug 14, 2012, 12:04 PM Amazon campus: Updated plans provide new glimpse of big Seattle project Architects for Amazon.com have submitted updated plans with new drawings showing how the company’s proposed three-tower campus will fit into… Read More
Aug 13, 2012, 8:41 AM Discount time: Nook, iPhone join Kindle in price cuts Summer must be ending soon. Not only are the daylight hours shrinking, but so are the prices on many soon-to-be-out-of-date… Read More
Aug 11, 2012, 3:55 PM Amazon clearing out Kindles in prelude to new devices Is Amazon almost ready to unveil this year’s Kindle lineup? Gizmodo believes the answer is yes — pointing to a steep… Read More
Aug 10, 2012, 3:00 PM Amazon’s cloud powering NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover Amazon, the online super-retailer and South Lake Union Overlord, has the cloud computing system that best suits NASA’s latest and… Read More
Aug 10, 2012, 2:13 PM REI, LinkedIn land in top 10 places for work-life balance; Facebook falls off When employers dangle salaries and signing bonuses and Justin Bieber songs in front of prospective employees, they might just want… Read More
Aug 8, 2012, 8:45 AM Amazon says it has fixed security flaw that contributed to hacking of Wired writer Amazon.com confirmed this morning that it has taken steps to address the security problem in its customer service procedures that… Read More
Aug 7, 2012, 3:42 PM Report says iPad users are more affluent than Kindle folk Hey, Big Spender! Your iPad would probably like to spend some more time with you… According to a new report… Read More
Aug 6, 2012, 2:54 PM Amazon jumps into games: New studio makes its debut with a Facebook game The market for casual games just got even more competitive. Amazon.com this afternoon confirmed the existence of its own Amazon… Read More
