Mar 29, 2011, 9:29 PM Nightly Notes: Nintendo 3DS, Amazon’s Scratchpad, Android, Space Shuttles and spam First-day U.S. sales of the Nintendo 3DS set a new company record. Look next for aspirin shortages. The record labels… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 6:24 PM Amazon Cloud Drive: What the critics, naysayers and fanboys say Since its debut Monday night, Amazon.com’s new Cloud Drive music storage service has attracted plenty of attention. (Team GeekWire, in… Read More
Mar 29, 2011, 2:35 PM Microsoft uses Amazon to bolster Apple ‘App Store’ fight Microsoft’s fight against Apple’s attempt to trademark the phrase “App Store” took on new significance last week when Apple sued… Read More
Mar 28, 2011, 11:41 PM Amazon unveils Cloud Drive, a cloud-based online music service Can Amazon.com knock Apple off its digital music perch? The Seattle online retailer sure is trying to make inroads against… Read More
Mar 28, 2011, 1:46 PM Kindle readers of The New York Times to get free access of the newspaper’s Web site Here’s one way to get access to The New York Times on the Web. Buy a Kindle, and then shell… Read More
Mar 28, 2011, 12:49 PM Groupon, LivingSocial challenged over terms of daily deals More and more people have been embracing daily deals, figuring out how to work within the rules and limitations to… Read More
Mar 28, 2011, 7:44 AM Amazon expanding data center operations in Oregon Cheap hydroelectric power continues to entice big technology companies to the Columbia River towns of the Pacific Northwest. Amazon.com —… Read More
Mar 26, 2011, 6:45 AM Weekend Reading: Apple vs. Amazon.com, the full text Who needs a novel when there are juicy court filings to read? When the news broke this week that Apple… Read More
Mar 24, 2011, 7:18 AM Walgreens to buy drugstore.com for $429 million Drugstore.com, the Bellevue online drugstore that survived the dot-com bust to become one of the leading online distributors of drugs,… Read More
Mar 23, 2011, 8:13 AM Traffic, techies and South Lake Union’s transformation The transformation of Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood — sparked by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate — continues as Amazon.com… Read More
Mar 22, 2011, 5:33 PM Excerpt: Setback for Google in book-scanning case In the mood for some evening reading about the future of online books? Here’s the full text of the ruling… Read More
Mar 22, 2011, 1:10 PM Apple hits adult ‘app store’ MiKandi with cease-and-desist over trademark Amazon.com isn’t the only company being targeted by Apple for using the phrase “app store” in conjunction with its Android… Read More
Mar 22, 2011, 7:10 AM Amazon.com opens its Android ‘Appstore,’ Apple be damned Amazon.com this morning launched its new Appstore for Android, despite a last-minute lawsuit from Apple over the “App Store” trademark. … Read More
Mar 21, 2011, 5:42 PM Did Amazon just kill Lendle? Electronic book lending service Lendle may be entering its last chapter. Amazon.com today revoked API access to the company, essentially… Read More
Mar 21, 2011, 4:17 PM Apple suing Amazon.com over “Appstore” name Amazon.com has made a point of calling its upcoming mobile marketplace for Android an “Appstore,” as opposed to an “App… Read More
Mar 20, 2011, 9:57 AM Meet the other Bezos — Jeff’s funny and inspiring brother See the resemblance? The organizers of the TED conferences this week posted a great video of Mark Bezos, a volunteer… Read More
Mar 18, 2011, 8:25 AM Look out, Amazon’s Kindle unit is hiring Android devs Nice catch by the New York Times this morning: Amazon.com’s Lab 126, which develops the company’s Kindle e-reader, has posted… Read More
Mar 16, 2011, 9:37 AM How Amazon added real page numbers to Kindle books Amazon.com last month announced that it was adding “real” page numbers to Kindle books — corresponding to the page numbers… Read More
Mar 15, 2011, 12:04 PM Is there really a hiring boom going on in tech? It is starting to get a little wacky on the hiring front for skilled technology workers. Silicon Valley companies such… Read More
Mar 15, 2011, 11:24 AM Netflix dominates digital movies … but where’s Amazon.com? A new report today from the NPD Group market research firm offers up some fascinating details on the digital home… Read More
Mar 14, 2011, 10:25 AM Here come the free Kindles … at least in the U.K. Amazon.com has started to give away free Kindles to customers in the United Kingdom who purchase a mobile handset through… Read More
Mar 14, 2011, 8:21 AM Amazon Appstore gets ‘Angry Birds Rio’ Android exclusive Here’s a major win for Amazon’s upcoming Appstore for Android: Rovio, the company behind the blockbuster “Angry Birds” game franchise,… Read More
Mar 13, 2011, 12:51 PM Data Dump: Kindle vs. iPad vs. Xbox vs. everything else Except for maybe those crazies at the front of the iPad 2 line, many of us have become pretty measured… Read More
Mar 11, 2011, 1:35 PM Amazon.com partners with the Red Cross for Japan earthquake donations Amazon.com has added a button to its home page where visitors will be able to quickly make donations to the… Read More
Mar 11, 2011, 7:19 AM Amazon’s tax battle escalates, company takes stand in Illinois Amazon.com’s war with the states over sales taxes has a new battleground. The company has cut ties to its online… Read More
Mar 10, 2011, 10:23 AM Suit vs. Amazon puts cloud over popular search trick The idea of suggesting possible searches in a drop-down box while a user types is far from unique to Amazon.com.… Read More
Mar 8, 2011, 8:59 AM Six reasons why Amazon.com will give away the Kindle We were intrigued over the weekend when CNN published a detailed analysis on why Amazon.com should just give away the… Read More
Mar 7, 2011, 7:08 PM Amazon.com continues to grow like a weed in Seattle Amazon.com is quickly establishing its presence in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, with Vulcan Real Estate announcing today that the… Read More
Mar 7, 2011, 8:21 AM Amazon vs. Apple: Emergence of the next great tech rivalry? To understand the competitive mindset of Steve Jobs at any given moment, it’s important to listen to the sales updates… Read More
