Jul 26, 2018, 5:16 PM TLDR: Amazon crushes profit expectations, Trump targets Twitter in a tweet, Lego Hogwarts Castle Today’s featured stories Amazon’s record quarter: $2.5B in profits is biggest ever as tech giant comes up just short on… Read More
Jul 26, 2018, 2:36 PM Amazon hiring slows in favor of internal reshuffling as headcount hits 575K Amazon’s headcount jumped to 575,700 people worldwide in the second quarter, but that figure isn’t rising as fast as it… Read More
Jul 26, 2018, 1:21 PM Amazon Web Services crosses the $6 billion mark in quarterly revenue, up 49 percent The world’s leading cloud infrastructure service continues to grow at a solid clip, with Amazon Web Services recording $6.1 billion… Read More
Jul 26, 2018, 1:19 PM Amazon’s record quarter: $2.5B in profits is biggest ever as tech giant comes up just short on sales Amazon came up a hair short on revenue expectations in the second quarter, but posted record profits, doubling Wall Street’s… Read More
Jul 26, 2018, 10:25 AM Amazon aims to make it easier to play music on Echo speakers with new Alexa Cast feature Amazon is out with a new feature that makes it easier to control music on Echo smart speakers and other… Read More
Jul 26, 2018, 10:22 AM One of Amazon’s earliest investors has this advice for winning HQ2 city Nick Hanauer was the first outside investor in Amazon and he has watched the company transform its hometown, Seattle, over… Read More
Jul 25, 2018, 10:59 AM Amazon pays $1.5M to fund more public bus service around its Seattle HQ Amazon is paying $1.5 million to fund increased public bus service around its Seattle headquarters in South Lake Union. The… Read More
Jul 25, 2018, 10:49 AM The case for Amazon HQ2 in Toronto gets stronger amid Trump attacks and tech boom Amid a steady drumbeat of attacks from President Trump that probably don’t make Amazon feel particularly loyal to the leader… Read More
Jul 24, 2018, 9:32 AM Why Forbes took down that controversial op-ed calling for Amazon to replace public libraries Forbes has taken down a head-scratching opinion piece that makes the case for Amazon to take over public libraries after… Read More
Jul 23, 2018, 5:11 PM TLDR: Trump’s false claim about Amazon, teleporting holograms & Imagine Cup, balloon-powered internet service Today’s featured stories Trump falsely claims Amazon lost Supreme Court tax case in ongoing Washington Post tirade Teleporting holograms, a… Read More
Jul 23, 2018, 2:55 PM Google CEO confirms Target as big cloud customer, continuing retail moves toward AWS competitors Target is one of Google Cloud’s newest big customers, furthering a trend of major retailers opting to join up with… Read More
Jul 23, 2018, 12:00 PM With new equalizer feature, Amazon Echo devices get bass and treble control Amazon is giving users more control over their Echo smart speakers with a series of new commands to adjust bass,… Read More
Jul 23, 2018, 9:45 AM Amazon introduces new ‘Tap to Alexa’ accessibility feature for Echo Show Amazon has added a new accessibility feature to the touchscreen smart speaker Echo Show to help customers who are deaf… Read More
Jul 23, 2018, 9:07 AM Trump falsely claims Amazon lost Supreme Court tax case in ongoing Washington Post tirade President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on the “Amazon Washington Post” Monday morning, this time with a peculiar twist. Trump once… Read More
Jul 23, 2018, 8:50 AM Amazon and Techstars unveil 9 voice tech startups in the second Alexa accelerator cohort The Amazon Alexa accelerator today unveiled the nine companies in its second cohort. The startups hail from Seattle to Tel… Read More
Jul 20, 2018, 12:13 PM Amazon opening 1st distribution center in Eastern Washington, 4th overall in home state Amazon said it will open a fulfillment center in Spokane, Wash., the state’s second largest city. The 600,000-square-foot facility, which… Read More
Jul 20, 2018, 8:18 AM ‘It’s actually my favorite holiday’: Singer Demi Lovato plays to Amazon’s Prime crowd in Seattle Amazon’s latest Prime Day is in the books, and now so is the celebration for employees in Seattle. The tech… Read More
Jul 19, 2018, 12:51 PM Report: Amazon underestimated traffic demands for Prime Day, scrambled to add servers in hopes of fixing widespread glitches Even though it has the world’s leading cloud-computing service within the corporate family, Amazon engineers have to configure its retail… Read More
Jul 18, 2018, 5:38 PM Heads up! Amazon wins a patent for robotic arms that toss warehouse items Robots are nothing new for Amazon’s fulfillment centers, but a newly issued Amazon patent envisions robots that could toss items… Read More
Jul 18, 2018, 5:00 PM TLDR on location: Prime Day breaks record, Bill Gates invests in Alzheimer’s initiative, Wanderlust Society Today’s featured stories Prime Day tops 100M products sold, becomes ‘biggest shopping event in Amazon history,’ despite glitches Investors including… Read More
Jul 18, 2018, 4:02 PM According to Cisco, Amazon Web Services isn’t making a “commercial” networking switch. It still could be making a switch A week after a report that Amazon Web Services was building its own bare-bones networking switch in a potential threat… Read More
Jul 18, 2018, 3:44 PM Peak performance: At 11,500 feet, this town in India is Amazon’s most extreme delivery location If you thought the steps up to your home’s front porch presented a significant challenge for anyone delivering you an… Read More
Jul 18, 2018, 7:09 AM Prime Day tops 100M products sold — ‘biggest shopping event in Amazon history’ despite glitches Apparently this Amazon Prime Day didn’t go to the dogs after all. Amazon Prime members purchased more than 100 million… Read More
Jul 17, 2018, 3:58 PM TLDR: MLB commentary with robots, flying cars, facial recognition in schools Today’s featured stories MLB partners with Amazon Web Services to predict pitches and analyze live games with robots Agent 007… Read More
Jul 17, 2018, 12:29 PM Why Amazon’s Prime Day glitches shouldn’t hurt future Amazon Web Services sales If you overcook the roast, it’s not the oven’s fault. That’s one way to think about Amazon Web Services’ connection… Read More
Jul 17, 2018, 10:02 AM MLB partners with Amazon Web Services to predict pitches and analyze live games with robots Deeper stats, predicted pitches, and live commentary produced by robots in the voice of iconic announcers — it could all… Read More
Jul 16, 2018, 10:58 PM Walmart signs sweeping cloud deal with Microsoft, joining forces against Amazon Last year’s acquisition of Whole Foods raised tensions between Amazon and the retail community to new heights, and Walmart, the… Read More
Jul 16, 2018, 4:20 PM TLDR: Prime Day problems & protests, regulating bikeshare in Seattle, Microsoft asks government to regulate facial recognition Today’s featured stories Updated: Amazon Prime Day off to a rocky start as users report issues with e-commerce website Prime… Read More
Jul 16, 2018, 10:47 AM Primed for competition: Amazon’s manufactured shopping holiday is boosting its retail rivals Amazon Prime Day has surpassed Black Friday as the tech giant’s biggest shopping event of the year, but by creating… Read More
Jul 16, 2018, 10:35 AM Prime Day protests call for Amazon boycott, but avoiding the tech giant’s reach won’t be easy It’s Black Friday in July. Amazon’s banner Prime Day event is back for its fourth year, and is more extensive… Read More
