Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 231 of 244

Dec 6, 2011, 10:59 AM

Amazon will offer $5 discounts to shoppers who use its Price Check app

Americans are spending more time price comparing goods while browsing the aisles at brick-and-mortar retail stores, using their smartphones to… Read More

Dec 6, 2011, 9:43 AM

Amazon invests in Foxit, aims to improve Kindle PDF reading

Amazon.com has made an investment in Foxit Corp., a PDF technology company based in Fremont, Calif. — saying it plans… Read More

Dec 6, 2011, 8:34 AM

Tech Moves: Mobilisafe adds marketing VP; Theraclone names CEO; BigDoor; etc.

Sajal Sahay has joined Seattle mobile security upstart Mobilisafe as vice president of marketing with the goal of helping to… Read More

Dec 6, 2011, 12:23 AM

Geek Humor: Why this foul-mouthed California politician refuses to use his Kindle

I thought the whole Amazon online sales tax debate had pretty much blown over in California, following a September compromise in… Read More

Dec 5, 2011, 10:01 AM

Kindle Fire users report Wi-Fi bugs

Users of Amazon.com’s new $199 Kindle Fire device have reported ongoing problems with the ability to connect to the Internet,… Read More

Dec 5, 2011, 7:39 AM

Remembering Tom Phillips: Longtime Microsoft GM had rare acumen across business and tech

Tom Phillips made his career in the computer business, but he also loved to fly. “He described flying like you… Read More

Dec 4, 2011, 10:03 AM

Updated: Amazon.com executive killed in Lake Huron plane crash

Tom Phillips, a general manager with Amazon Web Services and a former Microsoft executive, died Saturday night in a single-engine… Read More

Dec 2, 2011, 2:49 PM

Another day, another big real estate lease for Amazon.com

Amazon.com’s appetite for office space in downtown Seattle is truly astounding. For the second time this week, word has emerged… Read More

Dec 2, 2011, 2:18 PM

Postal Service to test lockers, following Amazon’s lead

The U.S. Postal Service plans to start testing its own locker system for packages, similar to the lockers that Amazon.com… Read More

Dec 2, 2011, 8:04 AM

Report: Google to challenge Amazon with fast shipping

Google is talking with big retailers about creating a new service to provide fast, cheap shipping of items found through… Read More

Dec 2, 2011, 7:11 AM

Can ebooks fuel innovation? Startups explore the potential

A group of startups met up this week in Redmond for the first Ebook Innovation Summit, a small gathering of… Read More

Dec 2, 2011, 5:47 AM

Judge tosses privacy suit over Amazon user tracking

A federal judge in Seattle has dismissed, for now, a suit filed against Amazon.com by a computer user who accused… Read More

Dec 1, 2011, 5:59 PM

Amazon Web Services: Almost a billion-dollar business?

Amazon Web Services is poised top $1 billion in cloud services revenue in 2012, according to a new report from… Read More

Nov 30, 2011, 10:20 AM

Amazon vs. eBay: Opposing views on sales tax legislation

An Amazon.com executive today told Congress that the company supports federal legislation providing a constitutional framework for states to collect… Read More

Nov 30, 2011, 6:38 AM

Windows author Ed Bott and partners launch ‘digital first’ book publishing company

Ed Bott, the independent writer known for his books and blog posts on Microsoft Windows, is one of the founders… Read More

Nov 29, 2011, 3:22 PM

Amazon.com continues to grow, gobbling up prime real estate

Amazon.com added more than 8,000 employees during the third quarter — a mind-numbing hiring pace for the Seattle-based online retailer.… Read More

Nov 29, 2011, 2:55 PM

Cyber Monday’s $1.25 billion haul marks biggest online shopping day in history

The numbers are in, and Cyber Monday lived up to its name. U.S. retail e-commerce spending hit $1.25 billion this… Read More

Nov 28, 2011, 3:58 PM

Starbucks to serve beer and wine on Amazon campus

Amazon employees in need of an after-work drink will soon have even more options, thanks to another Seattle corporate giant,… Read More

Nov 28, 2011, 1:34 PM

Cyber Monday: Are you buying it?

Today is “Cyber Monday,” in case you somehow missed all those ads from all those retailers trying to distract you… Read More

Nov 28, 2011, 7:00 AM

Amazon: Kindle sales jump 4X to unspecified levels of greatness

Amazon is infamous for declining to release specific sales figures for its Kindle devices, but that doesn’t keep the company… Read More

Nov 27, 2011, 10:16 PM

Microsoft’s reality distortion field, shopping with pepper spray … and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “She was competitive shopping.” — Los Angeles Fire… Read More

Nov 27, 2011, 9:55 PM

Online retail sales surge 26% on Black Friday: Amazon ranks as most visited site

Online retailers are supposed to get their big boost on Cyber Monday — the first Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday… Read More

Nov 27, 2011, 6:32 PM

When eBooks attack, mass paperbacks die

The mass market paperback is dead. It just doesn’t know it yet. Ailing for months, its demise is now all… Read More

Nov 26, 2011, 12:05 PM

Chart: The most visited retail sites on Thanksgiving Day

Americans not only chowed down on turkey and dressing on Thanksgiving Day. They also visited their favorite online retailers. According… Read More

Nov 26, 2011, 10:54 AM

Microsoft loses its bacon … and other news of the week

Catching up on some noteworthy headlines and items from the past week … Microsoft received lots of press this past… Read More

Nov 25, 2011, 10:44 AM

Big publisher restores Kindle public library books, for now

Book publisher Penguin Group has made electronic versions of its books available again for lending on Amazon’s Kindle via public… Read More

Nov 24, 2011, 3:27 PM

Amazon’s Kindle DX price cut: Prelude to bigger Kindle Fire?

Calling it an early Black Friday deal, Amazon.com today dropped the price of its Kindle DX — a.k.a. the big… Read More

Nov 24, 2011, 10:37 AM

Newsmakers 2011: Lockerz CEO Kathy Savitt

Some of the biggest names in venture capital are putting their faith in Lockerz, a Seattle upstart that came on… Read More

Nov 23, 2011, 10:48 AM

Barnes & Noble slashes Nook price to $79 to compete with Kindle on Black Friday

The Kindle and Nook are locked in a heated battle, and the rivalry is about to get a little hotter… Read More

Nov 23, 2011, 7:41 AM

Holiday e-commerce sales are already off to a very fast start

Americans appear to be a giving mood this holiday season — at least when it comes to buying items on… Read More