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Jun 7, 2018, 4:16 PM

TLDR: Google AdWords won’t run campaign ads in WA state, LinkedIn adds commute times to job postings, Amazon to stream U.K. soccer matches

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Jun 7, 2018, 8:36 AM

Amazon lands exclusive rights to stream 20 Premier League soccer matches next year

Amazon has secured exclusive rights to stream matches from the top soccer league in the U.K. starting next year, a… Read More

Jun 7, 2018, 8:19 AM

Amazon’s new Fire TV Cube aims to make Alexa the ultimate remote control

The latest addition to Amazon’s Fire TV lineup is also the latest expansion of its Alexa voice assistant. Fire TV… Read More

Jun 6, 2018, 4:02 PM

TLDR: Elon Musk gets emotional at Tesla’s shareholder meeting, Microsoft’s underwater data center, Amazon’s $200 Echo Look

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Jun 6, 2018, 8:58 AM

Fashionably late: Amazon’s $200 Echo Look widely released more than a year after unveiling

Amazon made its $200 Echo Look generally available for purchase in the U.S. starting Wednesday morning, more than a year after… Read More

Jun 5, 2018, 4:32 PM

TLDR: Howard Schultz steps down as Starbucks chair, the state of bike share, new White House app uses Amazon Rekognition

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Jun 5, 2018, 2:34 PM

Secretive group within Amazon reportedly conducting cancer research, launching health data venture

Amazon seems primed for a bold expansion into healthcare, after speculation in recent months that the Seattle-based company was interested… Read More

Jun 5, 2018, 12:00 PM

Amazon Web Services now fully supports Kubernetes with the general release of Amazon EKS

Amazon Web Services was the last of the major cloud vendors to go all-in with the Kubernetes container-orchestration project that… Read More

Jun 5, 2018, 10:42 AM

Siri Shortcuts vs. Alexa Skills: How Apple is tapping apps to compete with Amazon’s voice assistant

One of Alexa’s biggest competitive advantages is its catalog of more than 40,000 skills, leveraging third-party services to provide additional… Read More

Jun 4, 2018, 4:11 PM

TLDR: Microsoft agrees to buy GitHub, tech for women’s safety, Alexa & Google Assistant coming to Xbox

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

Jun 4, 2018, 10:37 AM

Walmart takes on Amazon in Seattle, starts offering grocery delivery in rival’s backyard

Walmart is set to launch grocery delivery in the Seattle area as it continues to expand the new service across… Read More

Jun 4, 2018, 8:55 AM

Alexa and the Google Assistant are reportedly coming soon to Microsoft’s Xbox

Alexa is moving even deeper into Microsoft territory. Amazon’s digital brain and the Google Assistant appear bound for Xbox to… Read More

Jun 2, 2018, 10:04 AM

Alexa Inside: What it’s really like to use Amazon’s voice assistant on a new Windows 10 laptop

Alexa is all over the place these days, from the fridge to the bathroom mirror, and now on Windows 10… Read More

Jun 1, 2018, 10:32 AM

In cities competing for Amazon HQ2, reaction to tech giant’s Seattle tax battle is all over the map

Three days after the Seattle City Council passed a head tax on large businesses, the editorial board of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,… Read More

Jun 1, 2018, 8:15 AM

Jeff Bezos on Amazon Web Services and lock-in: ‘You never want your customers to be trapped’

Enterprise tech buyers have worried about the prospect of “lock-in” — in which their vendors make it nearly impossible to… Read More

May 31, 2018, 4:39 PM

TLDR: Microsoft’s Ability Summit, Amazon’s 4th pillar, testing out Getaround

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

May 31, 2018, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Inspired by mother’s cooking, ex-Amazon engineer creates Indian food delivery startup

The unique workplace culture at Amazon provided Mitra Raman both the motivation to quit the technology giant and the engineering… Read More

May 31, 2018, 3:26 PM

Amazon targets small businesses, takes aim at Tableau and Microsoft Power BI with new QuickSight pricing model

Amazon Web Services said Thursday that it will offer QuickSight, its data analytics and visualization software, to companies and organizations on… Read More

May 31, 2018, 11:46 AM

What will be the next big driver of Amazon’s business? Jeff Bezos points to 3 possibilities

There were billboard trucks circling the block, a giant Bezos Bot looming over the crowd and, new to the show… Read More

May 30, 2018, 4:15 PM

TLDR: Amazon shareholders meeting, Valve removes school shooting game, new Pokemon products

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

May 30, 2018, 3:13 PM

Amazon Web Services’ newest database, Amazon Neptune, is now generally available

After showing it off last year at AWS re:Invent 2017, Amazon Web Services announced Wednesday that its new cloud graph… Read More

May 30, 2018, 1:27 PM

Amazon’s impact on e-commerce, smart speakers and streaming quantified in Mary Meeker’s massive tech report

Amazon showed up all over tech expert Mary Meeker’s massive annual Internet Trends report this year, demonstrating how much the… Read More

May 30, 2018, 1:16 PM

Amazon’s board diversity policy stirs debate at annual shareholder meeting

Earlier this month, after Amazon’s board initially opposed a shareholder proposal requiring the company to consider women and minorities for… Read More

May 30, 2018, 10:55 AM

Jeff Bezos: Amazon deserves to be scrutinized as a giant company, aims to ‘pass with flying colors’

It sometimes feels that the “enemy hordes are at the gates,” in a way that Amazon hasn’t seen in years… Read More

May 30, 2018, 10:53 AM

Best Buy unveils new Amazon Fire-powered smart TV as part of partnership between oft-rival retailers

Best Buy showed off the first byproduct of its unusual partnership with Amazon, a new Toshiba 4K TV coming next… Read More

May 30, 2018, 9:39 AM

‘Bezos needs a boss’: Protesters ask for CEO oversight outside Amazon’s shareholders meeting

Protestors made their return to Amazon’s shareholders meeting in Seattle, this year asking the tech giant to create more oversight… Read More

May 30, 2018, 5:00 AM

Travel giant Sabre bets big on multicloud, signing deal with Microsoft Azure weeks after a new deal with Amazon Web Services

Thanks to investments in container technology and microservices, Sabre is ready to embark on a multicloud infrastructure strategy, signing a… Read More

May 29, 2018, 9:34 PM

TLDR: Google AdWords won’t run campaign ads in WA state, LinkedIn adds commute times to job postings, Amazon to stream U.K. soccer matches

Amazon lands exclusive rights to stream 20 Premier League soccer matches next year

Amazon’s new Fire TV Cube aims to make Alexa the ultimate remote control

Fashionably late: Amazon’s $200 Echo Look widely released more than a year after unveiling

TLDR: Howard Schultz steps down as Starbucks chair, the state of bike share, new White House app uses Amazon Rekognition

Secretive group within Amazon reportedly conducting cancer research, launching health data venture

Amazon Web Services now fully supports Kubernetes with the general release of Amazon EKS

Siri Shortcuts vs. Alexa Skills: How Apple is tapping apps to compete with Amazon’s voice assistant

TLDR: Microsoft agrees to buy GitHub, tech for women’s safety, Alexa & Google Assistant coming to Xbox

Walmart takes on Amazon in Seattle, starts offering grocery delivery in rival’s backyard

Alexa and the Google Assistant are reportedly coming soon to Microsoft’s Xbox

Alexa Inside: What it’s really like to use Amazon’s voice assistant on a new Windows 10 laptop

In cities competing for Amazon HQ2, reaction to tech giant’s Seattle tax battle is all over the map

Jeff Bezos on Amazon Web Services and lock-in: ‘You never want your customers to be trapped’

TLDR: Microsoft’s Ability Summit, Amazon’s 4th pillar, testing out Getaround

Startup Spotlight: Inspired by mother’s cooking, ex-Amazon engineer creates Indian food delivery startup

Amazon targets small businesses, takes aim at Tableau and Microsoft Power BI with new QuickSight pricing model

What will be the next big driver of Amazon’s business? Jeff Bezos points to 3 possibilities

TLDR: Amazon shareholders meeting, Valve removes school shooting game, new Pokemon products

Amazon Web Services’ newest database, Amazon Neptune, is now generally available

Amazon’s impact on e-commerce, smart speakers and streaming quantified in Mary Meeker’s massive tech report

Amazon’s board diversity policy stirs debate at annual shareholder meeting

Jeff Bezos: Amazon deserves to be scrutinized as a giant company, aims to ‘pass with flying colors’

Best Buy unveils new Amazon Fire-powered smart TV as part of partnership between oft-rival retailers

‘Bezos needs a boss’: Protesters ask for CEO oversight outside Amazon’s shareholders meeting

Travel giant Sabre bets big on multicloud, signing deal with Microsoft Azure weeks after a new deal with Amazon Web Services

Amazon expands 10% off discount deal at Whole Foods for Prime members to 12 additional states

Amazon shareholder meeting preview: Tech giant to face protests and proposals at annual event

TLDR: Starbucks stores close for racial bias training