Jul 3, 2011, 8:00 AM A guide to why Amazon is losing the tax battle Guest commentary: You may be right Jeff Bezos, but no one sympathizes. Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court made it clear… Read More
Jul 1, 2011, 1:02 PM Top posts for June: Jeff Bezos on innovation; Steve Ballmer on keeping his job; and more Looking for some weekend reading for the Fourth of July holiday? Here’s a look back at the top stories on… Read More
Jun 30, 2011, 4:48 PM Puzzle technology startup Puzzazz raises $400k in funding from industry vets Puzzazz, the Seattle startup founded by puzzle creator and entrepreneur Roy Leban, has raised its first outside funding — about… Read More
Jun 30, 2011, 11:23 AM Amazon cans affiliate program in California after Gov. inks tax law Amazon.com and other online retailers must collect sales tax on purchases that their California customers make in the state as… Read More
Jun 30, 2011, 9:52 AM Amazon Web Services cuts prices on Data Transfer, CloudFront Amazon Web Services suffered a massive outage back in April, one that caused all sorts of havoc developers. So, here’s… Read More
Jun 29, 2011, 12:47 PM Amazon vows to cut ties with California affiliates over proposed tax law Amazon.com’s fight with U.S. states over Internet taxes has now spread to the biggest of them, California. In a message… Read More
Jun 29, 2011, 7:50 AM Bellevue high school grads raise $25 million for online slideshow maker Animoto Animoto may be based in New York. But the startup, which is announcing $25 million in venture capital today, certainly… Read More
Jun 28, 2011, 5:19 PM AmazonFresh app debuts on Microsoft’s Windows Phone AmazonFresh, the online retailer’s grocery delivery service, released a mobile app today, developed on its behalf by digital agency Metia/Seattle.… Read More
Jun 28, 2011, 7:49 AM Study: e-Reader ownership doubles, tablet growth stalls There was a time, not too long ago, when it was a bit of novelty to see someone reading a… Read More
Jun 27, 2011, 1:31 PM eBay growing in Amazon’s backyard Online giant eBay is aiming to expand its operations in the Seattle region — becoming the latest Silicon Valley company… Read More
Jun 27, 2011, 12:18 PM Shares of Amazon surge after analyst says company’s global market share is ‘under-estimated’ Shares of Amazon.com have already been on an amazing ascent in the past 12 months, up a whopping 67 percent… Read More
Jun 26, 2011, 10:04 PM Jeff Bezos touts the power of long-term thinking, budgets $42M for a 10,000 year clock We’ve talked before about how Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is not afraid to be misunderstood for long periods of time.… Read More
Jun 23, 2011, 10:58 AM eBay to compete with Amazon fulfillment with new shipping service Amazon.com has long battled with eBay, but now the competition is getting even more serious. The Wall Street Journal reports… Read More
Jun 22, 2011, 7:36 AM Amazon tablet to shake up holiday shopping season? A report from DigiTimes out of Taiwan overnight offers the latest clues about rumored plans by Amazon.com to launch its… Read More
Jun 20, 2011, 12:00 PM Why Jeff Bezos is helping to create a 10,000 Year Clock inside a Texas mountain Based on his recent comments to shareholders about Amazon.com’s willingness to be misunderstood for many years, we knew Jeff Bezos… Read More
Jun 18, 2011, 10:19 AM GeekWire Podcast: How this 15-year-old built and sold a cloud-computing startup This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we get to talk with Daniil Kulchenko, the 15-year-old sophomore from Kenmore’s Inglemoor High… Read More
Jun 17, 2011, 10:09 AM KindleGraph allows authors to autograph digital books The Kindle has transformed the way people read books. But there’s been at least one casualty of the e-reading revolution:… Read More
Jun 17, 2011, 6:54 AM The ‘dark side’ of Kindle: Spam books line the digital shelves You can find thousands of top-notch books on the Kindle from best-selling authors such as Kathryn Stockett or Erik Larson.… Read More
Jun 15, 2011, 8:49 AM Despite competition from Amazon, Rhapsody and others, Pandora soars in stock market debut Meet the country’s newest multi-billion dollar Internet company. It is Pandora, the music radio service which went public today with… Read More
Jun 14, 2011, 10:43 AM Meet Amazon.com’s first employee: Shel Kaphan Amazon.com today is approaching 40,000 employees. Seventeen years ago, Shel Kaphan was No. 1. GeekWire Interview: Shel Kaphan, Amazon.com’s first… Read More
Jun 13, 2011, 9:38 PM Report: Amazon’s upcoming tablet will feature free movie streaming Amazon.com’s plans for a new color-screen tablet computer has got to be one of the worst kept secrets in the tech… Read More
Jun 13, 2011, 1:35 PM Ex-Amazon.com exec scores cash to bring infomercials into the digital age You may laugh when you see them on late-night TV, but infomercials for grills, cleaning supplies, jewelry and other consumer… Read More
Jun 13, 2011, 9:29 AM Map: Amazon’s sales tax battle Amazon.com has been locked in an ongoing battle with several states over the collection of sales taxes. Most recently, the… Read More
Jun 11, 2011, 9:05 AM GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s strategy, Apple’s iCloud, and Nintendo’s crazy new controller This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we recap a big week in tech news — including Jeff Bezos at the… Read More
Jun 10, 2011, 10:02 AM Amazon cuts ties with affiliates in Connecticut, and how Jeff Bezos thinks about the sales tax issue Amazon.com is shutting down its affiliate program in Connecticut, a move that comes after the state legislature passed a bill… Read More
Jun 9, 2011, 2:12 PM Apple calls Amazon’s Appstore ‘inferior,’ contends confusion will hurt Apple’s brand The legal battle between Apple and Amazon.com over rights the phrase “app store” is starting to get more heated, maybe… Read More
Jun 9, 2011, 8:53 AM Amazon.com exec: We haven’t been trying very hard in mobile … yet Amazon.com conducted more than $1 billion in sales through its mobile channel last year. Not bad, considering that the company… Read More
Jun 8, 2011, 12:08 PM Zillow drops the dot com: Is it even relevant anymore in a mobile world? I’ve been covering Zillow from its inception, stretching back to 2005 when it was just a seed of an idea.… Read More
Jun 8, 2011, 9:32 AM Amazon still trying to figure out grocery delivery business Ordering groceries online and having them delivered to your door is one of those concepts that always sounds so promising.… Read More
Jun 7, 2011, 2:32 PM Jeff Bezos explains why Amazon.com is so big on tablets Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos didn’t spill the beans on any of the company’s reported plans to develop its own Android-based tablets… Read More
