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As Amazon expands beyond online commerce, retailers look to compete with unique experiences

by Nat Levy on June 26, 2017July 6, 2017 at 4:12 pmComment

It’s been another rough year in the brick-and-mortar retail world, as retailers of all sizes search for answers to deal with Amazon’s online retail disruption and its burgeoning portfolio of physical… Read More

Amazon rolls out Alexa intercom function, letting users ‘drop in’ on Echo speakers remotely

by Monica Nickelsburg on June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 at 7:24 pmComment

Amazon is taking a big step forward in its quest to turn Alexa into the operating system for the home. Starting today, the Seattle tech giant is rolling out an… Read More

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Reviews: Appearances aside, Amazon’s Echo Show looks like a hit

by Nat Levy on June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 at 1:22 pmComment

The first reviews are in for the Echo Show, Amazon’s newest $230 Alexa-powered device, and it appears the company has found another winner. The Echo Show is a lot like… Read More

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Amazon slashes price of Echo smart speaker to $130, matching Google Home speaker for one day only

by Nat Levy on June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 at 8:42 amComment

Amazon has cut the price of its Echo smart speaker to $129.99, the same price as the Google Home speaker, for one day only. This is not the first time… Read More

Report: Walmart has no appetite for challenging Amazon’s $13.7B Whole Foods deal

by Nat Levy on June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 at 2:43 pmComment

As investors continue to speculate about a potential rival bidder to Amazon’s $13.7 billion price for Whole Foods Market, Reuters reports that Walmart is not in the running to scoop… Read More

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Amazon’s delivery drone hive looks like it came from a sci-fi movie nightmare

by Alan Boyle on June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 at 6:40 pmComment

If filmmakers ever decide to do a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” with drones instead of birds, they could use Amazon’s concept for a drone-dominated fulfillment center in their… Read More

Why Amazon’s rapid growth encourages developer of $564M Key Arena renovation

by Nat Levy on June 22, 2017June 23, 2017 at 7:35 amComment

The area around Seattle’s Key Arena — Seattle Center, South Lake Union — is a lot different than it was nine years ago, when the Seattle Supersonics left for Oklahoma… Read More

Why the NFL loves Amazon: Key league exec explains tech giant’s football streaming deal

by Nat Levy on June 22, 2017June 23, 2017 at 8:32 amComment

Everyone these days wants to be like Amazon, even the NFL apparently. At the 2017 GeekWire Sports Tech Summit, NFL COO Tod Leiweke addressed Amazon’s deal to stream 10 Thursday… Read More

King County Metro adds buses as Amazon summer interns flood Seattle

by Clare McGrane on June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 at 10:02 amComment

Summer has finally reached Seattle: The sun is out, the water is less chilly, and thanks to Amazon’s summer intern program, the city just grew by about 2,000 people. That’s… Read More

Last chapter for Nook? Sales fell 23 percent during Barnes & Noble’s 2017 fiscal year

by Tom Krazit on June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 at 9:35 amComment

It’s going to take quite the plot twist to save the fate of Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader, judging by another year of sharp declines in revenue from the would-be… Read More

Amazon says Echo Show will connect to Nest, Ring and other security cameras via Alexa

by Todd Bishop on June 22, 2017July 6, 2017 at 4:46 pmComment

Amazon this morning is announcing the first home-monitoring and security cameras that will be compatible with the new $230 Echo Show, aiming to build an ecosystem of smart-home technology around… Read More

Amazon drops contentious non-compete lawsuit against former AWS exec who left for new job at Smartsheet

by John Cook on June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 at 9:42 pmComment

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from Amazon. The former executive at Amazon Web Services who was barred from working at Bellevue, Wash-based Smartsheet is back… Read More

Amazon Web Services’ new DAX database accelerator juices performance without an app overhaul

by Tom Krazit on June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 at 2:34 pmComment

Amazon Web Services’ in-memory cache for its DynamoDB database, introduced just two months ago in preview mode, has been promoted to a general availability release, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels announced… Read More

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Transcript: Here’s what Microsoft, Amazon and Apple CEOs told Trump about tech this week

by Kurt Schlosser on June 21, 2017June 26, 2017 at 7:25 pmComment

President Trump said that he was joined by “an incredible group of leaders” as he kicked off a meeting of the American Technology Council earlier this week. With Microsoft CEO… Read More

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Watch: Giant tree is hoisted into the Amazon Spheres in milestone planting for Seattle structures

by Kurt Schlosser on June 20, 2017June 21, 2017 at 10:13 amComment

A 48-year-old tree, sent by truck from a Southern California farm two weeks ago, has a new home inside the Spheres on Amazon’s downtown Seattle campus. The 55-foot-tall Ficus rubiginosa — the… Read More

Amazon Web Services quietly forms a mixed reality team, but what is it building?

by Nat Levy on June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 at 11:03 amComment

Amazon is building a new “two pizza team” within Amazon Web Services focused on mixed-reality technology, another sign that the cloud powerhouse is expanding its reach and branching out into… Read More

Geographic analysis: Amazon and Whole Foods footprints in U.S. are remarkably similar

by Todd Bishop on June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 at 8:41 amComment

Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Market, the largest acquisition in the Seattle company’s history, will give the e-commerce giant a much bigger presence in physical retail, including nearly… Read More

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Amazon’s new ‘Prime Wardrobe’ shopping service is like Trunk Club with a twist

by Todd Bishop on June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 at 9:09 amComment

Amazon is launching a new challenge to Nordstrom, Macy’s and other department stores with a service called Prime Wardrobe that lets online shoppers select and ship a box of clothes,… Read More

Transcript: Whole Foods CEO assures employees that Amazon deal is ‘not a Tinder relationship’

by Todd Bishop on June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 at 5:35 pmComment

Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey was over-the-moon about the company’s pending acquisition by Amazon in a town hall meeting with employees after the $13.7 billion deal was announced on… Read More

What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs

by Nat Levy on June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 at 4:24 pmComment

As promised, some of the world’s top tech CEOs from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google and many others met with President Donald Trump today, and some appeared to enjoy… Read More

Group targets Amazon’s advertising on Breitbart with new mobile billboard in Seattle

by Kurt Schlosser on June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 at 2:09 pmComment

Sleeping Giants, the anonymous group dedicated to getting corporations to pull advertising from right-wing news websites such as Breitbart, is taking its fight to the streets — specifically around Amazon’s… Read More

Tech vet Adam Bosworth directing mysterious Amazon Web Services project at crux of non-compete dispute

by Tom Krazit on June 19, 2017June 20, 2017 at 2:45 pmComment

There’s a lot we still don’t know about the mysterious Amazon Web Services project that prompted the company to sue a former employee for breaching a non-compete agreement, but one… Read More

Grammazon! 97-year-old woman who has seen it all in Seattle gets a look inside Amazon’s Spheres

by Kurt Schlosser on June 19, 2017June 20, 2017 at 12:59 pmComment

Joyce Irish has seen a lot of things get built in her lifetime in Seattle. She’s also outlived a good number of them, including the first SR 520 floating bridge… Read More

Amazon Pay rolls out its first payments integration on Instagram

by Taylor Soper on June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 at 11:08 amComment

For the first time, people can buy products they discover via Instagram using Amazon’s payments platform. Amazon has partnered with high-end clothing retailer Moda Operandi to integrate Amazon Pay directly… Read More

Trump to talk policy with tech CEOs Bezos, Nadella, Cook and others in Washington D.C.

by Nat Levy on June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 at 5:40 pmComment

Follow-up: What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs An all-star contingent of tech CEOs will meet Monday with President Donald Trump, as well as other top federal… Read More

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Geek on the Street: Here’s what Whole Foods shoppers say about Amazon buying their favorite grocery store

by Brian M. Westbrook on June 17, 2017June 17, 2017 at 10:36 am1 Comment

The Whole Foods Market on Seattle’s Westlake Avenue sits at the epicenter of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, just a few minutes away from the company’s new high-rise office buildings. It was… Read More

Whole Foods delivery partner Instacart: Amazon just ‘declared war’ on America’s grocery stores

by Todd Bishop on June 17, 2017June 17, 2017 at 10:50 am1 Comment

Whole Foods may love Instacart, but there’s no love lost between the delivery startup and the grocery chain’s acquirer, Amazon, which is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion under a… Read More

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We tested Amazon’s new Dash Wand with Alexa: Here’s what worked, and what didn’t

by Clare McGrane on June 17, 2017June 22, 2017 at 7:46 am 5 Comments

The news Friday morning that e-commerce giant Amazon is buying grocery chain Whole Foods puts the company’s latest gadget in a whole new light. Amazon released the Amazon Dash Wand… Read More

Amazon to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B; here are its other acquisitions ranked by price

by Taylor Soper on June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 at 8:46 pmComment

Amazon ventured into uncharted territory with its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, in particular compared to the tech giant’s other acquisitions over the past two decades. Before Friday, when… Read More

Shares of Whole Foods close above Amazon’s price as speculation grows that outside bidder could challenge blockbuster deal

by John Cook on June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 at 3:40 pmComment

Shares of Whole Foods closed Friday at $42.68 — topping the $42 per share offer that Amazon put in for the Austin, Texas-based grocery store chain. Why would Wall Street… Read More

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As Amazon expands beyond online commerce, retailers look to compete with unique experiences

Amazon rolls out Alexa intercom function, letting users ‘drop in’ on Echo speakers remotely

Reviews: Appearances aside, Amazon’s Echo Show looks like a hit

Amazon slashes price of Echo smart speaker to $130, matching Google Home speaker for one day only

Report: Walmart has no appetite for challenging Amazon’s $13.7B Whole Foods deal

Amazon’s delivery drone hive looks like it came from a sci-fi movie nightmare

Why Amazon’s rapid growth encourages developer of $564M Key Arena renovation

Why the NFL loves Amazon: Key league exec explains tech giant’s football streaming deal

King County Metro adds buses as Amazon summer interns flood Seattle

Last chapter for Nook? Sales fell 23 percent during Barnes & Noble’s 2017 fiscal year

Amazon says Echo Show will connect to Nest, Ring and other security cameras via Alexa

Amazon drops contentious non-compete lawsuit against former AWS exec who left for new job at Smartsheet

Amazon Web Services’ new DAX database accelerator juices performance without an app overhaul

Transcript: Here’s what Microsoft, Amazon and Apple CEOs told Trump about tech this week

Watch: Giant tree is hoisted into the Amazon Spheres in milestone planting for Seattle structures

Amazon Web Services quietly forms a mixed reality team, but what is it building?

Geographic analysis: Amazon and Whole Foods footprints in U.S. are remarkably similar

Amazon’s new ‘Prime Wardrobe’ shopping service is like Trunk Club with a twist

Transcript: Whole Foods CEO assures employees that Amazon deal is ‘not a Tinder relationship’

What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs

Group targets Amazon’s advertising on Breitbart with new mobile billboard in Seattle

Tech vet Adam Bosworth directing mysterious Amazon Web Services project at crux of non-compete dispute

Grammazon! 97-year-old woman who has seen it all in Seattle gets a look inside Amazon’s Spheres

Amazon Pay rolls out its first payments integration on Instagram

Trump to talk policy with tech CEOs Bezos, Nadella, Cook and others in Washington D.C.

Geek on the Street: Here’s what Whole Foods shoppers say about Amazon buying their favorite grocery store

Whole Foods delivery partner Instacart: Amazon just ‘declared war’ on America’s grocery stores

We tested Amazon’s new Dash Wand with Alexa: Here’s what worked, and what didn’t

Amazon to acquire Whole Foods for $13.7B; here are its other acquisitions ranked by price

Shares of Whole Foods close above Amazon’s price as speculation grows that outside bidder could challenge blockbuster deal

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