Oct 2, 2018, 12:59 PM Inside the Amazon-Ring deal: How a doorbell maker got on the tech giant’s radar before $1B acquisition Jamie Siminoff knows what it takes to be acquired by Amazon. The Ring founder appeared on stage at the GeekWire… Read More
Oct 2, 2018, 9:00 AM Bernie Sanders and other leaders laud Amazon’s $15/hour minimum wage announcement After weeks of hammering Amazon for its treatment of its warehouse workers, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders applauded Tuesday’s announcement that… Read More
Oct 2, 2018, 5:37 AM Amazon raises its minimum wage to $15/hour, vows to lead push for higher U.S. minimum wage “We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead.” With… Read More
Oct 1, 2018, 1:55 PM Amazon-owned IMDb to introduce a free, ad-supported streaming service for Fire TV Amazon-owned IMDb is planning to announce a free, ad-supported streaming service for Fire TV this week. First reported by CNBC… Read More
Sep 27, 2018, 3:27 PM TLDR: Amazon opens store selling highest-rated items Today’s featured stories Amazon unveils new brick and mortar concept — Amazon 4-star — featuring highly rated items After getting… Read More
Sep 27, 2018, 10:21 AM Spotted: Rare blue Amazon locker inside Chase Bank signals tech giant’s latest physical expansion Amazon is expanding its physical footprint again, this time installing delivery lockers inside Chase Bank locations. Acting on a reader… Read More
Sep 27, 2018, 10:07 AM Top Amazon recruiting executive: Don’t be afraid to say ‘I don’t know’ in a job interview Ardine Williams knows a lot about job interviews. She was an HR leader for years at Intel before briefly retiring… Read More
Sep 27, 2018, 6:00 AM Amazon beefs up NFL streams with new stat overlays, merchandise store, football IQ tests Amazon is adding more interactive features to its NFL game streams online, leveraging Prime Video features and its Twitch platform… Read More
Sep 26, 2018, 4:41 PM TLDR: Microsoft & Green Bay Packers win fight over domain name Today’s featured stories Green Bay Packers and Microsoft win domain name fight after family sought cash, tickets and tablets Amazon… Read More
Sep 26, 2018, 1:24 PM Amazon unveils new brick and mortar concept — Amazon 4-star — featuring highly rated items Amazon unveiled its newest brick and mortar store concept, Amazon 4-star, which stocks items with a rating above four stars… Read More
Sep 26, 2018, 10:49 AM Amazon invests in homebuilding startup, continues foray into the smart home Amazon’s march into the smart home continued this week with an investment in Plant Prefab, a Rialto, Calif.-based startup that… Read More
Sep 26, 2018, 10:25 AM Amazon warns onerous privacy regulations could hinder innovation in Senate hearing Amazon and other tech titans have accepted the reality that a federal data privacy law is on the horizon. To… Read More
Sep 25, 2018, 5:51 PM Amazon sues over malicious ads, alleging a ‘sophisticated and widespread’ scheme to deceive consumers Amazon is seeking to unmask and block the operators of what it describes as a “sophisticated and widespread” scheme to… Read More
Sep 25, 2018, 10:41 AM Amazon names first female NFL broadcasting duo for Thursday Night Football on Prime Video Amazon will help make a bit of sports broadcasting history on Thursday. The tech giant has hired Andrea Kremer and… Read More
Sep 25, 2018, 8:33 AM Amazon donates $1M to Wikipedia’s nonprofit parent organization Amazon has donated $1 million to the Wikimedia Endowment, a fund that keeps the online encyclopedia Wikipedia running. In a… Read More
Sep 24, 2018, 5:56 AM SiriusXM’s $3.5B Pandora acquisition agreement lets music service look for a better deal Who else might be interested in buying Pandora? That’s one of the questions raised by a provision in SiriusXM’s agreement… Read More
Sep 21, 2018, 12:44 PM Watch: Cooking a potato in Amazon’s microwave, plus Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff on new Stick Up Cam Amazon’s biggest device event yet delivered a dizzying array of 13 new products, nine new or updated developer tools and… Read More
Sep 21, 2018, 7:55 AM Amazon takes stake in major Indian grocery chain, signaling worldwide brick-and-mortar ambitions Whole Foods may have been just the start. Amazon and a Mumbai-based private equity firm, through an investment entity, is… Read More
Sep 21, 2018, 3:00 AM Trucking startup Convoy reaches $1B valuation after huge $185M investment led by Google VC arm After serving 14 years for the Royal Canadian Navy, Ira Lawrence was ready for a new adventure. He and his… Read More
Sep 20, 2018, 4:19 PM TLDR: Amazon unveils Alexa-enabled microwave Today’s featured stories Here’s everything Amazon announced today, from a microwave to a subwoofer to new Alexa capabilities ‘Alexa, cook… Read More
Sep 20, 2018, 3:02 PM Here’s everything Amazon announced Thursday, from microwave to subwoofer to Alexa capabilities Microwave. Subwoofer. Smart plug. In-car device. Those are just a handful of the new devices Amazon debuted on Thursday as… Read More
Sep 20, 2018, 2:51 PM Amazon’s new tools for third-party developers will put Alexa on even more screens Developers interested in building their own array of Alexa-powered devices will have some new tools to work with thanks to… Read More
Sep 20, 2018, 1:31 PM Commentary: Alexa, stop! Amazon’s smart home just sounds more and more like a lazy home I have three Amazon Echo Dot devices in my home, which is kind of an ironic admission to make at… Read More
Sep 20, 2018, 10:55 AM ‘Alexa, cook my potato’: Amazon unveils $60 WiFi-connected microwave Amazon really wants Alexa everywhere — even inside your microwave. Amazon unveiled a flurry of new devices on Thursday at… Read More
Sep 20, 2018, 9:30 AM Amazon reveals flurry of new devices as tech giant aims to get Alexa inside homes and cars Amazon today unveiled 13 brand new devices, some expected, others surprising, as the tech giant continues its quest to put… Read More
Sep 19, 2018, 8:52 PM Transcript: ‘Chief slowdown officer’ Jeff Bezos shares Amazon management tips When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke today at the Air Force Association’s 2018 Air, Space and Cyber Conference, his head… Read More
Sep 19, 2018, 4:53 PM Amazon ‘Echo Sub’ and Smart Plug images surface in latest Alexa leak Images and descriptions of two unannounced Amazon Alexa devices publicly surfaced Wednesday afternoon, providing an inadvertent sneak preview of what… Read More
Sep 19, 2018, 12:29 PM What’s not to ‘like?’ Amazon tests machine-learning driven Scout instant recommendation engine It’s a moment familiar to many Amazon shoppers: search or browse, and you’re presented with an overwhelming array of product… Read More
Sep 19, 2018, 12:13 PM EU opens antitrust probe into Amazon over how the retailer uses data from smaller sellers The European Union is looking into how Amazon handles data from smaller sellers in its marketplace. Regulators want to find out… Read More
Sep 19, 2018, 9:17 AM Amazon employees donate the most money to these political candidates and issues For hundreds of Amazon employees, blue isn’t just the color of the signature staff badges they wear to work. It’s… Read More
