Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 222 of 244

Jun 15, 2012, 10:48 AM

Woot founder: Goodbye Amazon

Woot founder Matt Rutledge is leaving Amazon.com, a little more than two years after the online retailer purchased the daily… Read More

Jun 14, 2012, 10:42 PM

Amazon Web Services blames power loss for outage that’s knocking some sites offline

Amazon Web Services is once again experiencing hiccups, suffering service interruptions that are knocking some sites offline. The problems are… Read More

Jun 14, 2012, 1:20 PM

Amazon.com should buy Coinstar: A tech prediction that makes a ton of sense

A few months ago, the tech blogosphere exploded after rumors emerged that Amazon.com was considering opening physical retail stores. Since… Read More

Jun 14, 2012, 9:31 AM

Amazon updates Kindle apps for children’s books, comics

Amazon is trying to make the experience of reading children’s books and comic books on a computer or device more… Read More

Jun 14, 2012, 2:49 AM

Cloud Wars: Amazon Web Services cuts premium support prices, adds new features

Amazon Web Services this morning announced a series of changes in its support plans, aiming to make its cloud computing and… Read More

Jun 13, 2012, 10:10 AM

From .art to .microsoft to .zappos: Applicants revealed in domain name land grab

Some of the biggest names in technology, as well as some prospecting upstarts have entered applications with the Internet Corporation for… Read More

Jun 12, 2012, 7:55 AM

Amazon’s Cloud Player music app comes to iPhone

Amazon is aiming to win more business from users of Apple devices — releasing its Amazon Cloud Player music app… Read More

Jun 11, 2012, 4:15 PM

Here’s why the U.S. State Department picked Amazon’s Kindle over iPad and Nook

In a deal valued at $16.5 million, the U.S. Department of State has awarded Amazon.com a 5-year contract to put… Read More

Jun 11, 2012, 1:57 PM

Startup Spotlight: DealScoopr scours your social network to find the cheapest airfares

Nitesh Goyal spent seven years at Amazon.com, so it’s not a huge surprise that the 30-year-traces his entrepreneurial hunger to… Read More

Jun 7, 2012, 11:16 PM

Barnes & Noble swipes at Amazon, raises objections to DOJ e-book settlement

Barnes & Noble today jumped into the complex legal battle over the future of electronic book publishing, raising objections to a… Read More

Jun 6, 2012, 10:51 AM

Kindle Fire gets HBO Go before other Android tablets

The HBO Go streaming service debuted on Kindle Fire today, bringing the popular mobile app to Amazon’s tablet. HBO says… Read More

Jun 5, 2012, 11:59 AM

An inside view of life at Amazon, from a Microsoft veteran

Brandon Watson has been at Amazon for all of three months, and he admits he’s still in his honeymoon phase.… Read More

Jun 5, 2012, 10:50 AM

Hellraiser director to create Zombies vs. Gladiators movie for Amazon

Amazon.com continues to expand into the original content arena, with news today that Hellraiser director and noted fantasy writer Clive… Read More

Jun 5, 2012, 9:46 AM

Good times vs. bad times: What’s the mood of the tech industry in wake of Facebook’s IPO?

On the surface, things look pretty good in the tech industry. Amazon.com has openings for 1,000 positions in Seattle, and… Read More

Jun 4, 2012, 1:42 PM

Amazon.com buys rights to 3,000 romance, mystery and western book titles

Amazon.com continues to gobble up book titles, this time sealing deal for some 3,000 backlist titles from Avalon Books in… Read More

Jun 4, 2012, 12:11 PM

Amazon updates $79 Kindle, says it’s now more like paper

Amazon just announced a software update for the $79 Kindle, the least-expensive of its dedicated e-readers, including changes that the… Read More

Jun 1, 2012, 10:15 AM

Seattle’s unlikely hero? How RealNetworks sparked the region’s startup community

Seattle’s tech industry may be known for heavyweights such as Amazon.com and Microsoft. But the DNA of another company has… Read More

May 31, 2012, 9:18 AM

Doonesbury, Dilbert go digital with Kindle Fire anthologies

Two classic newspaper comic strips, Doonesbury and Dilbert, are making their digital debut on Amazon’s Kindle Fire today with the… Read More

May 30, 2012, 12:10 PM

Amazon granted patent on ‘electronic gifting,’ with a twist

Did Amazon.com just patent Christmas? Not quite, but the company has just received a patent on what has become a… Read More

May 30, 2012, 9:18 AM

Amazon Instant Video on Xbox Live: The good, the bad and the buffering

As an Xbox Live Gold member and Amazon Prime subscriber, the release of Amazon Instant Video for Xbox Live yesterday… Read More

May 29, 2012, 10:27 AM

Finally: Amazon video app comes to Microsoft’s Xbox 360

Amazon and Microsoft just announced the first native Amazon Instant Video app for Microsoft’s Xbox 360, making it possible to… Read More

May 28, 2012, 9:20 AM

Report: Amazon in talks to buy mobile ad network Jumptap

A few weeks ago, AdAge reported that Amazon.com was pitching the home screen on its Kindle Fire to potential advertisers.… Read More

May 26, 2012, 11:09 PM

A 6-year-old’s pitch; an app to save your marriage; and other comments of the week

The best comments, quotes, and random zingers we heard this week… “Feature request: Deduct points … when phone is thrown… Read More

May 25, 2012, 11:39 PM

GeekWire Radio: Inside the world of pinball

We get to explore one of our favorite activities on this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, talking in the… Read More

May 25, 2012, 7:39 AM

Thoughts on the hijacking of Amazon’s annual meeting

Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday was a spectacle. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Seattle Art Museum to protest the… Read More

May 24, 2012, 9:17 AM

Live from Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting

I’m down at the Seattle Art Museum, where Amazon is holding its annual shareholder meeting this morning. Hundreds of protesters… Read More

May 24, 2012, 8:07 AM

E-books: Apple rails against DOJ and ‘monopolist’ Amazon

Apple isn’t merely contesting allegations that it conspired with major book publishers to fix prices in the e-book industry, it’s… Read More

May 23, 2012, 10:59 AM

Next for South Lake Union: A new kind of Goodwill store

Seattle’s burgeoning South Lake Union neighborhood conjures images of techies and geeks of all stripes, from Amazon.com developers to startup… Read More

May 23, 2012, 10:44 AM

Labor group projects giant Amazon protest on exterior walls of Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum is known for its 48-foot tall Hammering Man, an outdoor sculpture that greets visitors and —… Read More

May 22, 2012, 2:52 PM

Amazon warns protesters to stay off Seattle campus

Amazon.com’s Seattle headquarters campus has been the target of protests in recent weeks from a group called Working Washington that… Read More