Jan 10, 2019, 11:04 AM Amazon’s IMDb launches Freedive, a free movie and TV streaming service — with ads IMDb, which has proven over the years to know a thing or two about movies, is getting into the business… Read More
Jan 10, 2019, 9:32 AM Amazon Web Services confirms acquisition of Israeli disaster-recovery company CloudEndure Amazon Web Services customers might find some new disaster-recovery services in their account dashboards later this year now that the… Read More
Jan 10, 2019, 9:30 AM As Fire TV passes 30M users, Amazon execs eye more voice integrations and global expansion Whether it’s through a dongle, a cube, or even baked inside your giant TV, Amazon wants to control the streaming… Read More
Jan 9, 2019, 5:27 PM The world’s first e-bike with Amazon’s Alexa built in LAS VEGAS — The first ever electric bicycle with Amazon’s digital assistant built in made its public debut at CES… Read More
Jan 9, 2019, 3:44 PM Amazon Web Services calls MongoDB’s licensing bluff with DocumentDB, a new managed database The latest managed database to emerge from Amazon Web Services is based around MongoDB, setting up a new confrontation between… Read More
Jan 9, 2019, 10:30 AM The $100 billion question: What will happen to Bezos and Allen fortunes as they change hands? Although the passing of a loved one and the dissolution of a marriage are deeply personal experiences, they inevitably raise… Read More
Jan 9, 2019, 7:23 AM Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos plan to divorce after 25 years of marriage Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, announced this morning via the Amazon CEO’s personal Twitter account that they’ve decided… Read More
Jan 8, 2019, 5:26 PM There’s always money in the (Amazon) banana stand, even at CES LAS VEGAS — Amazon is all over the place at CES — with major announcements from subsidiary Ring, new offerings… Read More
Jan 8, 2019, 2:04 PM Reports: Amazon adds new disaster-recovery tech to AWS with purchase of CloudEndure Amazon has reportedly acquired one of the disaster-recovery service providers within the Amazon Web Services Marketplace, purchasing CloudEndure for around… Read More
Jan 8, 2019, 11:00 AM This voice-activated alarm clock from Lenovo is Google’s answer to Amazon’s Echo Spot It’s the Echo Spot vs. Lenovo Smart Clock. Google today at CES unveiled a new nightstand alarm clock built in… Read More
Jan 8, 2019, 9:01 AM As Amazon becomes world’s most valuable company, analyst sees ‘mostly unconstrained’ opportunities As the closing bell rang Monday, Amazon had surpassed fellow Seattle-area tech giant Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company.… Read More
Jan 7, 2019, 9:20 PM ‘No, that’s not true,’ Amazon’s Alexa tells Qualcomm executive during CES demo Alexa is center stage at the big CES tech show in Las Vegas this week, and Monday she went way… Read More
Jan 7, 2019, 12:32 PM Amazon unveils in-garage package delivery service as part of new Key features If customers didn’t like the idea of letting Amazon delivery drivers inside their homes to deliver a package, perhaps they’ll… Read More
Jan 7, 2019, 10:47 AM Ring introduces peephole front door security camera, new line of smart lighting offerings LAS VEGAS — Amazon-owned Ring today unveiled a slate of new products, including a front door camera, smart lighting options… Read More
Jan 7, 2019, 10:25 AM Seattle officials visit New York with warnings about Amazon: ‘They thought they could bury us’ Two Seattle lawmakers traveled to New York to share war stories from their battles with Amazon to a group of… Read More
Jan 7, 2019, 7:02 AM Microsoft and Kroger to challenge Amazon and Whole Foods with futuristic retail technology Can Microsoft and Kroger upgrade the grocery experience better than Amazon and Whole Foods can? That’s the unstated subplot in… Read More
Jan 4, 2019, 3:16 PM Amazon reveals number of Alexa devices sold as smart speaker competition heats up Amazon says more than 100 million Alexa-powered devices have been sold, a figure that shows the company’s early lead in… Read More
Jan 4, 2019, 9:58 AM Amazon invests further in furniture with new ‘Showroom’ visual shopping app Amazon continues to invest deeper in furniture. The latest example is a new “Showroom” tool that lets customers visualize various… Read More
Jan 3, 2019, 2:05 PM NFL and Amazon go deep with a new Alexa skill to help casual fans better understand football Just in time for the NFL Playoffs, which kick off this weekend, casual football fans can learn the difference between… Read More
Jan 1, 2019, 5:29 PM Jeff Bezos picks former Alexa VP Mike George to lead new education-focused philanthropic initiative Jeff Bezos is bringing in a familiar face to run the education arm of his new $2 billion philanthropic initiative.… Read More
Dec 31, 2018, 1:00 PM VIDEO: Our favorite GeekWire moments of 2018 In this episode of TLDR, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and most fun GeekWire moments… Read More
Dec 31, 2018, 10:00 AM Top GeekWire stories of 2018: Amazon HQ2, Paul Allen, Seattle’s boom, equality financing, and more It was another big year for tech, in Seattle and around the world. Amazon dominated headlines, this time with a… Read More
Dec 30, 2018, 12:12 PM Amazon to add new Whole Foods stores, expanding reach of Prime Now delivery, report says Amazon is laying the groundwork to return Whole Foods to growth mode, adding new stores in the suburbs and states… Read More
Dec 29, 2018, 8:00 AM Year in pictures: Amazon’s amazing growth, SpaceX blasts off, the passing of Paul Allen and more 2018 was a year of acronyms. We witnessed an overhyped search for HQ2, a flurry of IPOs and the passing… Read More
Dec 26, 2018, 12:01 PM Amazon India faces new e-commerce regulations designed to ‘maintain level playing field’ India is shoring up its e-commerce regulations, announcing expanded rules Wednesday that are likely to hit Amazon in one of… Read More
Dec 26, 2018, 7:04 AM Amazon reports ‘record-breaking’ holiday season with its own devices selling ‘millions more’ If you bought an Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote, or Echo as a gift —… Read More
Dec 24, 2018, 8:00 AM Analysis: Microsoft, Google, Apple — why is Amazon the lagging tech giant in the classroom? Is Amazon a sleeping giant of education technology? Or one of its biggest, underreported failures? Those are questions to which… Read More
Dec 24, 2018, 7:08 AM Amazon reportedly balks at SEC request for more details about Prime memberships For the first time earlier this year, Amazon announced that its popular Prime membership program had topped 100 million accounts worldwide.… Read More
Dec 21, 2018, 9:45 AM Google Assistant comes in first and Cortana finishes last in smart speaker Q&A test The Google Assistant finished tops among the digital brains that power smart speakers in an extensive Q&A test, answering nearly… Read More
Dec 20, 2018, 11:19 PM Amazon Air leases another 10 large jets, adding capacity to its growing delivery network Amazon is growing its fleet of cargo aircraft with the lease of 10 additional 767-300 planes that will add capacity… Read More
