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
Dec 19, 2018, 10:10 AM FedEx execs not concerned about Amazon’s growing shipping and delivery ambitions FedEx doesn’t see Amazon as a major threat, even as the tech giant plows major resources into expanding its shipping… Read More
Dec 19, 2018, 9:49 AM Washington Post Dot com: Newspaper pushing free Amazon device to lure new digital subscribers Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reportedly stays clear of the day-to-day operations of The Washington Post. But for a better understanding… Read More
Dec 19, 2018, 9:13 AM Facebook data-sharing partnerships with Amazon, Microsoft and other tech giants at the center of latest privacy scandal Facebook is in the news again, but not for the reasons it wants to be. The New York Times published… Read More
Dec 19, 2018, 8:20 AM Amazon is like a small country, and now its employees are exercising their right to protest Between its corporate offices, fulfillment centers, Whole Foods stores, and other retail operations, Amazon now employs more than 600,000 people… Read More
Dec 18, 2018, 11:46 AM Longtime Amazon leader Diego Piacentini reportedly departs, latest exec to leave tech giant in 2018 CNBC reported Tuesday that Diego Piacentini, a longtime Amazon executive who took a 2-year hiatus in 2016, will not return… Read More
Dec 18, 2018, 9:36 AM Amazon employees flex shareholder muscle to push for climate change plan More than a dozen Amazon employees are using their power as shareholders to pressure their employer to be more thoughtful… Read More
Dec 18, 2018, 12:01 AM Amazon’s year on the Go: Ninth store opens as customers and company embrace walk-out tech Amazon has been making a Go of its cashier-less convenience stores for nearly a year, since opening its first location… Read More
Dec 17, 2018, 2:24 PM Tech concentration in big cities is growing, leaving rural America behind, study finds The Amazon HQ2 hullaballoo threw two important economic trends into sharp relief over the past year. The first is communities… Read More
Dec 17, 2018, 10:10 AM Oracle’s latest JEDI cloud contract protest spurs Amazon Web Services to defend itself in federal court As the Department of Defense meanders along the path to awarding its ten-year $10 billion cloud computing contract next year,… Read More
Dec 17, 2018, 7:15 AM Amazon reportedly working with big consumer brands to reduce its costs on ‘CRaP’ items That heavy bottled water? Or those bulky, cheap paper towels? Amazon would prefer that you order them in larger quantities… Read More
Dec 16, 2018, 11:11 AM Azure vs. AWS for startups: Microsoft’s top marketing exec explains its strategy in the cloud Startups were key to the early success of Amazon Web Services and most still favor the platform for cloud infrastructure.… Read More
Dec 14, 2018, 12:23 PM Amazon adds NBA League Pass to Prime video lineup as tech giant continues sports push Amazon bolstered its growing library of live sports programming with the addition of NBA League Pass to Prime Video Channels.… Read More
