Nov 6, 2018, 1:17 PM Zillow Group shares dip 20% after Q3 earnings; company reveals revenue from new home-buying business; hires CFO from Amazon Zillow Group for the first time revealed revenue from its new home-buying and selling business as part of its third… Read More
Nov 6, 2018, 8:48 AM Seattle mayor celebrates reports that Amazon may split HQ2: ‘I’d call those branch offices’ Amazon’s desire to see other cities — revealed by its search for a second headquarters home — hasn’t always cast… Read More
Nov 5, 2018, 6:07 PM Report: Amazon will split HQ2 between Long Island City in Queens, and Crystal City in DC The latest update in Amazon’s HQ2 sweepstakes came Monday evening from The New York Times, which reported that Amazon is… Read More
Nov 5, 2018, 3:17 PM For the first time, Amazon is hiring its own drivers as seasonal employees to help deliver packages Amazon has used drivers from UPS, FedEx, USPS, third-party couriers, and other services — including its Uber-like platform Amazon Flex… Read More
Nov 5, 2018, 2:24 PM Dual Amazon HQ2s would depart from original promise of ‘full equal’ second headquarters When Jeff Bezos revealed his plans to open a second Amazon headquarters last September, he said, “we expect HQ2 to… Read More
Nov 5, 2018, 12:06 PM Two HQ2s? Amazon reportedly plans to divide its second headquarters between two cities Amazon plans to split its second headquarters evenly between two cities, an anonymous source familiar with the matter told The… Read More
Nov 5, 2018, 9:29 AM Unhappy with Washington Post’s Khashoggi coverage, some Saudis seek Amazon boycott A campaign to boycott Amazon is picking up steam in Saudi Arabia on Twitter among people unhappy with The Washington… Read More
Nov 5, 2018, 7:36 AM Hundreds of international booksellers go ‘on vacation’ to protest move by Amazon’s AbeBooks Book lovers trying to find rare volumes on Amazon-owned AbeBooks may see fewer choices, as hundreds of international booksellers have… Read More
Nov 5, 2018, 12:01 AM Amazon to offer free holiday shipping, temporarily ending $25 minimum for non-Prime members Amazon says it will offer free holiday shipping to all of its customers on hundreds of millions of items, a… Read More
Nov 4, 2018, 11:20 PM Amazon reportedly in ‘late-stage’ discussions with HQ2 finalists New York, Dallas and Northern Va. For more than a year, few details about the selection process for Amazon’s second North American headquarters — beyond the… Read More
Nov 4, 2018, 6:53 AM Tornado causes wall collapse at Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, two dead Two men died at an Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore after a tornado struck the region on Friday, causing a… Read More
Nov 3, 2018, 3:07 PM Amazon exec slams HQ2 leaker: ‘You’re not doing Crystal City, VA any favors’ Amazon officials are notoriously private, declining to give interviews or comments to the press without express consent from the Seattle… Read More
Nov 3, 2018, 8:14 AM Amazon reportedly in advanced talks to place HQ2 at site in Northern Virginia It’s often said that Virginia is for lovers. And one very large tech company appears to be falling in love… Read More
Nov 2, 2018, 3:24 PM New ‘Amazon Day’ delivery option lets customers pick which days packages will arrive Amazon has come up with another option for its customers to get packages delivered. A new concept rolling out slowly… Read More
Nov 2, 2018, 1:31 PM Amazon Web Services’ Rekognition image analysis tool can now locate objects within a photo Amazon Web Services released new capabilities for its Rekognition image and video analysis service Friday that will allow companies trying… Read More
Nov 1, 2018, 9:21 AM Amazon launches ‘Amazon Future Engineer’ program to support computer science education Amazon is officially launching a new program it calls “Amazon Future Engineer,” a broad, community-based push into schools and education… Read More
Nov 1, 2018, 12:00 AM Amazon opening second 4-star store for top-rated items in Denver suburb Amazon unveiled the second location for its new brick-and-mortar retail concept that primarily stocks the most well-reviewed items from the… Read More
Oct 31, 2018, 10:19 AM Will Amazon HQ2 mean relief for Seattle’s frenzied housing market? Redfin thinks so Seattle home prices have been soaring for years, pitting buyers against each other in fierce competition as the city’s tech… Read More
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
