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Apr 30, 2012, 10:47 AM

Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact

Issues of competition and cooperation are never simple in the technology industry, but Microsoft’s surprise $300 million investment in Barnes… Read More

Apr 30, 2012, 8:21 AM

Spoiler Alert: Amazon takes heat over ‘Hunger Games’ ad

If you saw the “Hunger Games” movie but haven’t bothered reading ahead in the books, you might want to keep… Read More

Apr 30, 2012, 4:57 AM

Microsoft invests $300M in Barnes & Noble’s Nook unit, settles patent litigation

[Follow-up: Microsoft vs. Amazon? Plot thickens with Barnes & Noble pact] Looking to jumpstart its upcoming Windows 8 operating system… Read More

Apr 27, 2012, 7:03 AM

Amazon’s stock soars, tops $100 billion in market value

Amazon.com is once again in the $100 billion club after posting strong quarterly earnings this week. The company’s stock is… Read More

Apr 27, 2012, 6:30 AM

Amazon settles $269M Texas tax bill with jobs, investment and ‘immaterial payment’

Amazon.com has reached a settlement in one of its largest and longest-running state tax disputes, striking a deal with the… Read More

Apr 27, 2012, 5:37 AM

Kindle Fire captures majority of U.S. Android tablet market

The Kindle Fire is just five months old. But Amazon.com’s touchscreen device already accounts for 54 percent of the Android… Read More

Apr 26, 2012, 8:58 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Drugstore.com CEO Kal Raman hired at Groupon

Kal Raman, the former Amazon.com and drugstore.com executive who stepped down as CEO of Bellevue-based GlobalScholar last September, has been named senior… Read More

Apr 26, 2012, 2:43 PM

Amazon adds 9,400 workers — largest growth ever, now employs 65,000 people

Looks like they can’t build those new office towers soon enough. Amazon.com added 9,400 employees to its payroll in the… Read More

Apr 26, 2012, 12:28 PM

“Amazon tax” struck down in Illinois in boost for affiliates

The state of Illinois has lost a lawsuit against the state’s attempt to collect sales tax from out-of-state, online retailers… Read More

Apr 25, 2012, 3:46 PM

Amazon.com: How low can this company’s profits go?

With its roots in online retail, Amazon.com isn’t a traditional technology company, which means that its profit margins are much… Read More

Apr 24, 2012, 1:49 PM

Amazon.com, Nevada reach agreement on sales tax collection

Part of whatever Amazon.com sells in Vegas will soon stay in Vegas … or more accurately, in the state of… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 6:58 PM

Ticketmaster opens Seattle office led by Amazon vets

Technology companies continue to arrive on the shores of Seattle, attracted by the region’s top-notch software talent. The latest example… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 2:19 PM

Netflix gains subscribers, tracks Amazon “carefully”

“Given Amazon’s size and ambitions, we continue to track their progress carefully as well.” With that brief statement, Netflix CEO… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 8:29 AM

Amazon.com makes a new push into nuts and bolts

Amazon.com this morning announced a new site called AmazonSupply, offering everything from lab equipment and hydraulics to fasteners, gauges and ball… Read More

Apr 23, 2012, 5:13 AM

Apple investing $250 million in central Oregon data center

The Pacific Northwest data center boom continues, with The Oregonian’s Mike Rogoway reporting last week that Apple has struck a… Read More

Apr 20, 2012, 1:45 PM

Amazon Web Services: A year after the big outage, one startup’s perspective

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since the big April 2011 Amazon Web Services outage. But we… Read More

Apr 20, 2012, 10:50 AM

A Glympse of the future in Seattle’s South Lake Union

My first clue that something had changed forever was the police. In bright yellow vests, they descended on the area,… Read More

Apr 19, 2012, 9:36 AM

Greenpeace scales building to prod Amazon, Microsoft with ‘clean cloud’ sign

Earlier this week Greenpeace released a report criticizing Microsoft, Amazon and Apple for not using enough renewable energy to power… Read More

Apr 19, 2012, 6:24 AM

Amazon launches new online store for cloud-based software

Amazon Web Services is hoping to make it easier for customers to find Web-based software with today’s launch of AWS Marketplace,… Read More

Apr 18, 2012, 11:05 AM

Stat of the day: A third of all Internet users visit a site that uses Amazon’s infrastructure

Amazon.com’s lead in the cloud computing arena is well known, but just how far ahead is the company in providing… Read More

Apr 17, 2012, 7:53 PM

Jeff Bezos, Melinda Gates named to Academy of Arts and Sciences

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, philanthropist Melinda Gates and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center director Dr. Larry Corey are among those who’ve been… Read More

Apr 17, 2012, 9:04 AM

Microsoft reaches carbon goal, but Greenpeace says its cloud is still too dirty

Reaching a goal it established three years ago, Microsoft says it has reduced its carbon emissions as a proportion of its… Read More

Apr 16, 2012, 9:02 AM

As battle with Amazon rages, Walmart nominates Google vet Marissa Mayer to board

Walmart’s intensifying rivalry with Amazon.com has been well documented. And Walmart’s desires to become an even bigger presence in the… Read More

Apr 14, 2012, 4:47 PM

Amazon digital book veteran Steven Kessel takes sabbatical

Amazon.com senior vice president of worldwide digital media Steven Kessel — who helped lead the early efforts behind the Kindle… Read More

Apr 13, 2012, 7:26 AM

Bezos defends Amazon: ‘Society is the beneficiary’ of its approach

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is out with his annual letter to shareholders this morning, but a large portion of the… Read More

Apr 12, 2012, 6:41 AM

Amazon launches new ‘CloudSearch’ for sites and apps

Amazon has tried a variety of different projects in search over the years, with its A9 search engine never becoming… Read More

Apr 11, 2012, 2:29 PM

Here’s what one record store clerk thinks of Amazon’s plans to trade gift cards for old CDs

If you’re like me, you’ve got dozens, possibly hundreds of old CDs lying around the house, just collecting dust. Now,… Read More

Apr 11, 2012, 9:42 AM

DOJ: How Apple and book publishers conspired to combat Amazon, raise e-book prices

The U.S. Justice Department today filed its long-awaited lawsuit against Apple and major U.S. book publishers, alleging that they conspired… Read More

Apr 10, 2012, 7:41 AM

Amazon rolls out in-app purchasing for Kindle Fire, Android

Amazon this morning publicly launched in-app purchasing for apps sold through its Appstore for Android, hoping to make its mobile… Read More

Apr 9, 2012, 11:02 PM

HP takes aim at Amazon.com with new cloud services

Hewlett-Packard is the latest technology giant looking to chip away at Amazon.com’s lead in cloud computing services, with the computer… Read More