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Oct 29, 2018, 8:38 AM

Amazon hits $100M in donations to more than 1M charities in 5 years through AmazonSmile

Amazon has now donated more than $100 million since 2013 to charities chosen by customers through its AmazonSmile program. Amazon… Read More

Oct 29, 2018, 7:05 AM

With Amazon HQ2 pick imminent, past comments show Jeff Bezos repeatedly making the case for an urban campus

The grand reveal of the city where Amazon will build its second headquarters is expected any day, and some prognosticators… Read More

Oct 27, 2018, 10:08 AM

Microsoft becomes 2nd-most valuable U.S. company as Amazon slips in wild week on Wall Street

With the dust settled on a wild earnings week, Microsoft has passed Amazon to become the second most valuable U.S.… Read More

Oct 26, 2018, 1:53 PM

Amazon-owned Twitch adds a new verse to the same old song by developing a karaoke game

Twitch is getting into the karaoke world with what it calls a new category of game by the name of… Read More

Oct 26, 2018, 10:00 AM

The cost of the cloud: Amazon takes a breath, while Microsoft and Google plunge ahead

Building and maintaining a modern cloud computing service requires billions of dollars in capital expenditures every quarter. Microsoft and Google… Read More

Oct 26, 2018, 6:47 AM

Amazon HQ2: Here are the GeekWire team’s picks, and guesses on the exact day the news will hit

At many offices around the country, employees engage in March Madness basketball pools, or annual Oscar picks. At GeekWire, we… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 3:00 PM

While some Amazon HQ2 candidates get second dates, other cities are waiting by the phone

Reports of Amazon officials revisiting select regions in the running for the company’s second headquarters are trickling in, leaving some… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 2:35 PM

Amazon tops 600K worldwide employees for the 1st time, a 13% jump from a year ago

The number of Amazonians continues to rise, and the tech giant has hit a milestone of more than 600,000 employees… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 1:22 PM

Amazon Web Services revenue up 46 percent to $6.7B, operating income up 77 percent

It sure does look like Amazon Web Services is going to turn into a nice business for Amazon. RELATED: Amazon… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 1:17 PM

Amazon posts record profits again, but stock drops as revenue of $56.6B falls short of expectations

Amazon came in shy of Wall Street’s revenue expectations, but for the second quarter in a row posted record profits.… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 10:26 AM

Amazon Web Services to open its first data center in Africa, with service from Cape Town in 2020

In around a year and a half, Amazon Web Services will open its first cloud computing region in Africa, another… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 9:28 AM

Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post plans greater push into tech reporting — including Amazon

The Washington Post is expanding its coverage of the technology industry, including a focus on Jeff Bezos’ other company. The… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 8:39 AM

A talking white board? Alexa for Business extends to non-Echo devices for workplace environments

As part of its continuing effort to make the intelligent voice assistant Alexa available everywhere, Amazon has announced that third-party… Read More

Oct 25, 2018, 8:32 AM

Amazon invests in $50M funding round for German smart thermostat startup tado

Amazon has made another smart home investment, this time backing a German smart thermostat company called tado. The $50 million… Read More

Oct 24, 2018, 3:58 PM

Bezos and other Amazon execs back Colorado Republican’s Senate re-election campaign

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and other executives donated thousands of dollars to the re-election campaign of Sen. Cory Gardner, a… Read More

Oct 24, 2018, 10:45 AM

Amid signs of a sagging stock market, can Microsoft and Amazon earnings turn the tide?

After years of gains, the stock market is starting to show signs of a broader slowdown, at least in the… Read More

Oct 23, 2018, 1:48 PM

Amazon adds to Business Prime benefits, including new credit card and faster shipping

Amazon is adding some new perks for its Business Prime program, headlined by a new credit card offered with American… Read More

Oct 23, 2018, 10:15 AM

Amazon ramps up lobbying to record levels ahead of HQ2 announcement

Amazon has been steadily increasing its lobbying budget and taking a more central position on the national political stage while… Read More

Oct 23, 2018, 9:32 AM

Amazon Web Services pitched ICE on using its Rekognition face-recognition cloud service

Amazon Web Services pitched the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency on using its Rekognition video analysis service, which it… Read More

Oct 23, 2018, 7:00 AM

Led by ex-Amazon advertising leader, Gradient raises $3.5M to help brands optimize presence on Amazon

Bobby Figueroa knows what brands should do to optimize their presence on Amazon’s marketplace, perhaps better than almost anyone. The product… Read More

Oct 21, 2018, 12:06 AM

Crowds pack Amazon Spheres for a whiff and glimpse of ultra-rare blooming of corpse flower

A giant flower that takes seven years to bloom and smells like rotting flesh was Seattle’s hottest ticket on Saturday… Read More

Oct 19, 2018, 9:37 AM

The buzz is building for Amazon’s HQ2

The buzz is building for Amazon’s highly-touted HQ2, the company’s ambitious plan to build a secondary headquarters that could rival… Read More

Oct 18, 2018, 6:02 PM

TLDR: LA Clippers & Steve Ballmer unveil augmented reality NBA experience

Thanks to ReachNow, this show was shot on location at the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer… Read More

Oct 18, 2018, 4:00 PM

Grab hires Amazon vet Mark Porter as CTO of ride-hailing operation at growing Seattle R&D center

Grab’s presence in Seattle continues to grow as the Southeast Asia ride-hailing giant today announced the hiring of Amazon veteran… Read More

Oct 16, 2018, 1:58 PM

Anonymous employee calls on Amazon Web Services to stop selling face-recognition technology to police departments

More than 450 Amazon employees have now signed a letter originally addressed to CEO Jeff Bezos and other senior executives… Read More

Oct 16, 2018, 10:36 AM

Instacart valuation hits $7.6B after $600M round; Amazon removes Instacart branding at Whole Foods

Instacart’s valuation just spiked to $7.6 billion as the grocery delivery giant announced a fresh $600 million investment round on… Read More

Oct 16, 2018, 6:00 AM

Amazon unveils refreshed $130 Kindle Paperwhite, a new waterproof version of its top-selling e-reader

Amazon today unveiled an updated version of its most popular Kindle e-reader, a sign that the tech giant continues to… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 1:36 PM

Leading urbanist Richard Florida is convinced Amazon HQ2 won’t go to a suburb

Oddsmakers and analysts are betting on Northern Virginia to take home the much-ballyhooed prize of Amazon HQ2. But Richard Florida,… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 1:04 PM

Jeff Bezos defends big tech working with Department of Defense, one week after Google drops out of Pentagon contract

Don’t expect Amazon to follow Google’s lead when it comes to working with the U.S. Department of Defense. Amazon CEO… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 10:55 AM

Sears files for bankruptcy, vows to emerge leaner to compete in the age of Amazon and e-commerce

Sears, the department store giant that has been referred to as the “Amazon of its time” by many, declared bankruptcy… Read More