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Amazon Prime

Amazon puts Luna gaming service inside its Prime Video app, hoping people finally notice

Amazon’s cloud gaming service will now be available in a tab inside the Prime Video app for Fire TV users in the U.S. and U.K. The company’s gaming chief says one of Luna’s biggest challenges is that Prime members don’t know it’s included with their membership. Read More

Amazon rolls out Alexa+ to all U.S. customers, making its AI assistant free for Prime members

Amazon is making Alexa+, its upgraded AI assistant, free for all U.S. Prime members starting today, including app and web-based chatbots. But with AI habits already ingrained around ChatGPT and other rivals, can Alexa+ catch up? Read More

Delivery drivers in diapers? Amazon starts ’em young with toy van for kids in new holiday catalog

The $46 rideable blue van with the Prime logo on the side includes little packages inside. Read More

Amazon’s ‘NBA on Prime’ streams will include FanDuel bet tracking, shopping integration, and more

Amazon is planning a number of interactive features and personalization for fans when it begins airing NBA games on Prime… Read More

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Amazon cuts off Prime’s shared free delivery perk for invitees outside main home address

Amazon is ending a Prime perk that let subscribers share their free delivery with one other person outside their household.… Read More

Amazon aims to reach ‘tens of millions’ more small town and rural customers with same-day delivery

Amazon plans to bring the speed of its same-day and next-day delivery to more customers in smaller U.S. cities, towns… Read More

Amazon chipping in $10M in tips for customers who thank their delivery drivers during the holidays

The season of giving should also be a season of thanking — especially for the delivery drivers making sure packages get… Read More

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How Amazon is adapting to the TikTok generation, and what it says about the state of Prime

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we dive into Amazon’s new “Haul” discount storefront — a rival to Temu, Shein,… Read More

Amazon to offer free Prime benefits to U.S. hourly warehouse workers starting next year

Hourly workers at Amazon who fulfill orders for millions of Prime members have always needed to pay if they wanted… Read More

Amazon makes Grubhub food delivery perk for Prime members an ongoing offer

Amazon is getting its grub on permanently. Extending a food delivery perk that was originally good for a year, Amazon… Read More

Amazon will stream Seattle Kraken hockey games to Prime subscribers in unique sports rights deal

Seattle Kraken fans will have a new place to root for the pro hockey team next season. The franchise announced… Read More

Amazon delivery gets faster, with 65% jump in number of same-day and overnight items in U.S.

Amazon continues to increase the speed with which it can get deliveries to customers, announcing Tuesday that it increased the… Read More

Amazon adds new Prime benefit with One Medical virtual and in-person health care service

Almost eight months after closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical, Amazon is making health care… Read More

Amazon raises free shipping minimum order amount to $35 for some non-Prime customers

Amazon is testing a new minimum order amount of $35 for non-Prime members to qualify for free shipping, raising the… Read More

Amazon: More than half of deliveries now arrive same-day or next-day in top 60 U.S. metro areas

Amazon says it has achieved its fastest delivery speeds on record after overhauling its U.S. operations to put more items… Read More

FTC sues Amazon, alleging it duped consumers into buying hard-to-cancel Prime subscriptions

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for allegedly duping customers into signing up for subscriptions to its Prime service… Read More

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Update: Amazon disputes analyst report saying Prime growth has plateaued in U.S.

Updated at 8:50 a.m. with Amazon response. The number of Amazon customers who use Amazon Prime in the United States… Read More

Trying for more smiles? Amazon rolls out quirky mix of new slogans on Prime delivery vans

Amazon is rolling out a collection of eye-catching new slogans on its Prime delivery vans, playing off what just might… Read More

Amazon adding new fees for grocery delivery

Amazon is tacking on new service fees for Prime members who get less than $150 worth of groceries via the… Read More

Amazon expands customer reviews to third-party sites in new phase of ‘Buy with Prime’ program

Amazon will give third-party merchants the ability to display Amazon customer ratings and reviews on their own e-commerce sites for… Read More

Podcast

Amazon’s new reality: Where the tech giant is doubling down and cutting back in tough times

Amazon has grown dramatically over the past decade, surpassing 1.5 million employees and extending its reach into nearly every corner… Read More

Amazon sets two-day ‘Prime Early Access Sale’ for Oct. 11-12, hoping to spark early holiday shopping

Amazon confirmed that it will hold a new online shopping event Oct. 11-12, exclusive to Prime members — seeking to… Read More

Amazon partners with Grubhub and adds new Prime food delivery perk

Three years after giving up on its own food delivery service, Amazon is trying a new tactic, partnering with delivery… Read More

Amazon sued for ending free Whole Foods delivery as Prime benefit

A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Amazon breached its contract with Prime members last year when it stopped offering… Read More

Has Amazon found its fourth pillar? Revisiting a key question for the company’s future

One year ago, the last question put to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during his final shareholder meeting as the company’s… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Netflix ads, Amazon’s shipping business, and Paul Allen’s real legacy

Does it seem like activity is picking up out there in the tech world? Big fundings may be happening less… Read More

No address, no problem: Amazon enables Prime members to send gifts via text or email in app

Amazon is making it easier for Prime members to get gifts to friends and family, even if the shopper doesn’t… Read More

Amazon experiments with removing ability to move items from ‘Saved for Later’ to Wish List

Some eagle-eyed Amazon customers have noticed a change in the options available from their “Saved for Later” lists, and we… Read More

Podcast

‘This company was invented for the pandemic’ — Scott Galloway on Amazon in a ‘Post Corona’ world

Amazon’s big move into the pharmacy business last week wasn’t a surprise at all, and it’s just part of a… Read More

Amazon now offering one-hour curbside pickup for Prime shoppers at all Whole Foods locations

Amazon is now offering free, one-hour pickup of online grocery orders for Prime members at its Whole Foods stores across… Read More

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