Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 81 of 244

Nov 21, 2018, 10:29 AM

As it gears up for re:Invent 2018, Amazon Web Services rolls out several new features that apparently didn’t make the keynotes

Improvements to its SageMaker machine-learning tool and new scaling options for cloud computing customers were among the new features rolled… Read More

Nov 21, 2018, 8:33 AM

‘Technical error’ exposes Amazon customer names and email addresses, company says issue is fixed

Some Amazon customers had their names and emails “inadvertently disclosed” by the tech giant’s website due to a “technical error.”… Read More

Nov 20, 2018, 2:36 PM

Amazon releases new tools to help device makers build Alexa into bluetooth products

Amazon just made it easier for makers of bluetooth devices such as headsets and smart watches to build in the… Read More

Nov 20, 2018, 10:00 AM

Amazon’s new HQs in DC and NY could grow much larger than previously reported, records show

Amazon HQ2 became a media spectacle because of the promise to bring 50,000 new jobs to a single community. News… Read More

Nov 20, 2018, 9:42 AM

Analysis: Amazon reaches $1 trillion in cumulative revenue at record pace for tech industry

Add this to the list of things Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: $1 trillion… Read More

Nov 20, 2018, 8:36 AM

Amazon reportedly bids for Disney’s regional sports networks being sold as part of Fox deal

Amazon is bidding for Disney’s 22 regional sports networks picked up as part of the acquisition of major chunks of… Read More

Nov 20, 2018, 7:00 AM

Want to work at Amazon? Former ‘Bar Raiser’ launches startup to prepare candidates for tech giant’s grueling interview process

In his five years at Amazon, Nick Dimitrov learned a thing or two about what it takes to interview stronger… Read More

Nov 19, 2018, 4:28 PM

Jeff Bezos has a new ‘shadow:’ Amazon forecasting executive Wei Gao

Jeff Bezos has appointed a veteran Amazon manager as his new technical adviser, also known as his “shadow”: Wei Gao, the… Read More

Nov 19, 2018, 8:56 AM

Skype calling comes to Alexa devices, furthering Amazon and Microsoft’s surprising partnership

Skype audio and video calling is now available on Alexa-powered devices, the latest integration to come out of the alliance… Read More

Nov 17, 2018, 9:08 AM

GeekWire’s HQ2 tour: 5 takeaways from the front lines of Amazon’s ambitious headquarters experiment

NEW YORK — Beginning in 2019, Amazon employees will be traveling between the company’s original Seattle home and its two new… Read More

Nov 16, 2018, 12:20 PM

Amazon Web Services tries to make it even harder to leave your cloud storage buckets unlocked

In hopes of preventing more customers from inadvertently releasing their secrets onto the internet, Amazon Web Services introduced a new… Read More

Nov 16, 2018, 8:52 AM

‘I predict one day Amazon will fail’: Jeff Bezos offers sobering message amid tech giant’s growth

As competitors crumble under the pressure to keep up in the age of online retail, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had… Read More

Nov 15, 2018, 1:00 PM

In New York and Washington D.C., Amazon is moving into President Trump’s stomping grounds

NEW YORK — Amazon’s plan to move at least 25,000 employees with annual salaries averaging $150,000 into skyscrapers in Long… Read More

Nov 14, 2018, 1:02 PM

Amazon Web Services promises to support OpenJDK through 2023 with release of internal tool as new open source project

Developers using the popular OpenJDK (Java Development Kit) software tool can breathe a little easier Wednesday after Amazon Web Services… Read More

Nov 14, 2018, 10:49 AM

New Yorkers protest Amazon HQ2: ‘We should be investing in housing … not in helicopters’

NEW YORK — Shawn Dixon’s life changed overnight. On Tuesday he was surprised to learn that Amazon plans to build… Read More

Nov 14, 2018, 7:56 AM

Dan Primack is right: Amazon has not sparked a startup wave in Seattle

Dan Primack is one of my favorite journalists on the startup and venture capital beat, and his Pro Rata newsletter… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 3:36 PM

Empire State Building glows orange for Amazon and New Yorkers are seeing red on Twitter

The Empire State Building in New York City has been bathed in light to celebrate everything from the Fourth of… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 2:45 PM

Virginia forms new neighborhood for Amazon, bracing for radical change in a sleepy DC suburb

ARLINGTON, Va. — Tell residents of this city that Amazon is moving into their National Landing neighborhood, and they’ll have… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 12:52 PM

Flying to HQ2? Amazon’s picks intensify competition between Alaska and Delta in Seattle

Want to get from Amazon’s HQ1 city to all three of the new cities revealed by the tech giant on… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 11:51 AM

Take a virtual tour of Amazon’s Virginia dreamland, where the sun shines and drones deliver packages

Circle the block all you want, there is no view of Mount Rainier or Puget Sound. You can’t see the… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 9:50 AM

Watch Live: GeekWire’s analysis of Amazon’s HQ2 selections

Our live broadcast will start above at 10:00 a.m. PST After a year of high-stakes competition and frenzied speculation, Amazon’s… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 9:48 AM

There go the neighborhoods: Home searches spike in new Amazon HQ cities as tech giant reveals expansion plans

The housing markets in Northern Virginia and New York City — winners of the Amazon HQ2/3 sweepstakes — are in… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 9:24 AM

Far from the Seattle it changed, Amazon finds new headquarters cities — and new backlash on Day 1

There go the neighborhoods. Whether they’re going in a good or bad direction depends on how you feel about Amazon,… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 9:17 AM

Amazon has chosen its HQ2 city, and guess what, Seattle? It’s us

Amazon has spoken. The race is over. The winner (or some may argue loser) of Amazon’s much ballyhooed HQ2 search… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 8:54 AM

Crystal City just the latest addition to Amazon’s sprawling Northern Virginia cloud operation

Just a few miles away from Amazon’s proposed new headquarters in the soon-to-be created “National Landing” neighborhood split between Crystal… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 8:05 AM

Google plans to double NYC workforce to 14K, vying for talent against Amazon’s new headquarters site

Amazon isn’t the only tech giant doubling down on the Big Apple. RELATED: Amazon announces HQ2 cities, splitting second headquarters as… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 7:16 AM

Music City strikes a chord with Amazon: Nashville lands logistics hub with 5,000 corporate jobs

Well, it’s not quite HQ2 or HQ 1.5, or whatever Amazon’s headquarters search may now be called. But Nashville —… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 7:05 AM

HQ2 incentives revealed: Here’s what NYC and Virginia gave up to get Amazon’s new headquarters

One of the most controversial aspects of Amazon’s year-long search for a second headquarters was the request for government incentives… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 6:53 AM

Amazon announces HQ2 cities, splitting second headquarters as extraordinary contest concludes

ARLINGTON, Va. — After more than a year of reconnaissance, frenzied speculation, and non-stop media coverage, Amazon’s remarkable “HQ2” search… Read More

Nov 12, 2018, 6:36 PM

Report: Amazon to name New York and Virginia as HQ2 winners as early as Tuesday; other cities may get ‘major sites’

Amazon will announce New York City and Northern Virginia as the winners of its year-long search for a second headquarters… Read More