Amazon (AMZN) News – Page 88 of 244

Aug 25, 2018, 6:00 AM

Smart speaker sales take off globally, but consumer appetite for novel uses is fickle

While the quarter-by-quarter battle for smart speaker market share gets all the attention, the longer-term struggle to change consumer behavior… Read More

Aug 24, 2018, 6:37 AM

Amazon pays employees to tweet about how much they like working inside fulfillment centers

Amazon is using Twitter to combat negative public sentiment about the working conditions inside its warehouses. As spotted by TechCrunch and… Read More

Aug 23, 2018, 1:14 PM

Stormy Daniels, Santa and marijuana: Amazon cleans up Alexa’s answers to certain kid questions

We know kids have always said the darndest things, but in 2018, with the growing ubiquity of voice assistants in… Read More

Aug 22, 2018, 4:32 PM

TLDR: Using drones to analyze vineyards, tech giants team up to tackle Seattle issues, Amazon leases Expedia HQ tower

Today’s featured stories Can drones make better wine? Pollen Systems launches service to analyze vineyards from the air Amazon, Zillow,… Read More

Aug 22, 2018, 3:22 PM

Amazon bump? Target reports record online sales during its Prime Day rival event

Target had its best non-holiday digital sales day ever in July, and the retailer might have its rival Amazon to… Read More

Aug 22, 2018, 9:46 AM

From Amazon to Zillow, new coalition of tech titans will rally their workers around city’s tough problems

Seattle’s tech industry and the rest of this booming city are at odds like never before, and tech leaders acknowledge… Read More

Aug 21, 2018, 10:46 AM

Amazon and Kohl’s expand partnership to 100 stores in Chicago, L.A. and Milwaukee

Amazon and Kohl’s are expanding a pilot program to allow customers to return Amazon items for free at its stores,… Read More

Aug 21, 2018, 9:28 AM

Amazon leases entire Expedia HQ tower as travel giant prepares for move to Seattle

Amazon has scooped up the Bellevue, Wash., Expedia headquarters building that the travel giant will soon vacate as it prepares… Read More

Aug 20, 2018, 3:14 PM

Amazon ends 20% video game pre-order discounts for Prime members, cuts back Twitch Prime benefits

Amazon is changing the terms of its Prime benefits for video game pre-orders, replacing the 20 percent discount with a… Read More

Aug 20, 2018, 10:41 AM

Amazon and startups bet big on checkout-free grocery tech, but widespread adoption is unclear

Food samples, loyalty programs, magazine subscriptions and, of course, Girl Scout cookies are among the items typically featured at promotional… Read More

Aug 17, 2018, 3:33 PM

Amazon is said to work on a new device to record and stream live TV, challenging TiVo

Amazon is working on a new type of device that can record live TV and stream it on demand, encroaching… Read More

Aug 17, 2018, 7:20 AM

First impressions: Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana are friendly acquaintances, not best friends

“Cortana, open Alexa. … Play Jeopardy!” Just like that, we heard the famous theme song and voices of announcer Johnny… Read More

Aug 16, 2018, 5:25 PM

Amazon exec explains the meaning of company’s newest leadership principle and how to avoid ‘Day 2’

Building a successful company is hard enough. Being able to avoid becoming a large bureaucratic organization that stops innovating in… Read More

Aug 16, 2018, 5:15 PM

TLDR: Amazon wants to expand presence in movie biz, Boring Co. plans high-speed transit under Dodger Stadium, Toronto’s innovation district

Today’s featured stories Amazon movie theaters? Tech giant vying to acquire Landmark chain, report says Elon Musk’s Boring Company takes… Read More

Aug 15, 2018, 9:48 PM

Amazon movie theaters? Tech giant vying to acquire Landmark chain, report says

Amazon wants to acquire Landmark Theatres, expanding its presence in the movie business and adding another brick-and-mortar chain to its… Read More

Aug 15, 2018, 4:47 PM

TLDR: Alexa-Cortana integrations now available, thousands block Fortune 500 companies on Twitter, T-Mobile wants to fix customer service

Today’s featured stories Microsoft and Amazon begin public rollout of first Alexa-Cortana integrations, promise more to come Cortana meets Alexa,… Read More

Aug 15, 2018, 10:31 AM

Cortana meets Alexa, Lesson No. 1: Keep your Windows 10 PC away from your Amazon Echo

I’m testing out the new integration of Microsoft Cortana and Amazon Alexa, released as a public preview for the first… Read More

Aug 15, 2018, 6:00 AM

Microsoft and Amazon begin public rollout of first Alexa-Cortana integrations, promise more to come

In a somewhat surreal moment three months ago, an Amazon executive appeared on stage at the Microsoft Build developer conference… Read More

Aug 14, 2018, 4:48 PM

TLDR: Real estate market slows, HQ2 cities that Seattleites are most interested in, Google’s massive Seattle campus

Today’s featured stories Redfin CEO warns of slowing national real estate market, as frustrated buyers are sitting out Seattleites are… Read More

Aug 14, 2018, 3:21 PM

Kroger inks deal with Alibaba to sell groceries online in China as it battles Amazon

Kroger today announced a deal with Chinese tech giant Alibaba to sell groceries online in China as the U.S. chain… Read More

Aug 13, 2018, 2:22 PM

Seattleites are most likely to move to these Amazon HQ2 cities — does that give them an edge?

In its hometown, Seattle, Amazon benefits from a well-educated, tech-savvy pool of talent. The company is looking for another city… Read More

Aug 9, 2018, 4:00 PM

TLDR: Amazon plans to open health clinics, Steve & Connie Ballmer’s $59M commitment for at-risk students, Samsung smart speaker

Today’s featured stories Report: Amazon plans internal healthcare clinics for employees at Seattle headquarters Steve and Connie Ballmer commit $59M… Read More

Aug 9, 2018, 12:21 PM