Amazon Prime has arrived in India. Amazon today launched its membership program to customers across more than 100 cities in India, offering free one- and two-day shipping. Introductory prices start at about $7.50… Read More
Amazon plans to spend approximately $300 million to fund original movies and series in India, as part of its $3 billion push in the world’s second most populous country. According to… Read More
Part of the $3 billion that Amazon earlier this week pledged to invest in India will go toward building an AWS data center for the region, according to a published report. Amazon… Read More
Amazon is doubling down — even more than that, actually — in India. Reuters reported Tuesday evening that Amazon will invest an additional $3 billion in its India operations, which is… Read More
India’s space agency says it put its winged space shuttle prototype, known as the RLV-TD, through a successful first test flight today. In a congratulatory tweet, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed… Read More
Nandini Ramani is vice president of engineering at Twitter, but despite her high-ranking position, she says it hasn’t gotten easier to be a woman in technology. “People say, ‘Oh it must be… Read More
Consumers in India trust Amazon’s brand more than any other web retailer, according to a survey of 2,500 people there. When it came to trust, Amazon inspired more of it… Read More
Death by meteorite is a common theme in science-fiction movies, but in real life, the chances of being done in by a falling space rock are virtually nil. That’s what makes the reports… Read More
India’s government has banned Facebook’s Free Basics plan, saying it violated the country’s view of Net Neutrality, according to the BBC. Free Basics offered users access to a specific group… Read More
India is becoming a key market for U.S.-based technology companies, while at the same time, Indian companies are investing more cash into the U.S. economy. Helping nurture and grow the… Read More
View image | gettyimages.com Silicon Valley tech leaders rolled out the red carpet for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this weekend, the latest sign of how U.S. tech titans are increasingly… Read More
Snapdeal reportedly has raised $500 million to take on one of the fastest growing e-commerce markets in the world. The company, which raised money from a consortium of investors, including Alibaba, Foxconn and… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show: A conversation with Kentaro Toyama, the author of “Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology.” The former Microsoft researcher contends… Read More
Amazon has finished its first round of acquisition talks with Jabong, an Indian online lifestyle retail site, according to a report by VCCircle. The deal could be worth up to… Read More
Here’s something you don’t see everyday: Jeff Bezos dressed in full Indian attire, riding around on a truck and waving a $2 billion check in his hand.… Read More
Cray announced today that it will provide the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research in Mumbai with one of its XC30 supercomputers – the first of its kind in India. The… Read More
Six new grantees from India have joined the ranks of people who the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation believes could change the future of toilets, the Seattle-based non-profit announced today.… Read More
While a tax dispute in India over Nokia’s manufacturing plant in Chennai continues to rage, the company says it won’t cause any problems for closing the sale of its Devices… Read More
Amazon recently stepped into the e-commerce arena in India, and now one of its biggest rivals is raising more cash. Flipkart, the current dominant player in India’s e-commerce market, just… Read More
People in India searching for books and movies online have a new option available to them. Amazon has quietly launched amazon.in, a new online marketplace for India. Because of India’s… Read More
Amazon.com is expanding aggressively overseas, and the latest example comes via Reuters which reports that the giant Seattle online retailer is planning to establish its first fulfillment center in Mumbai,… Read More
One of the overlooked tidbits in Amazon.com’s recent quarterly earnings report is that North American sales continue to grow at a robust pace, equalling the growth rate in international markets.… Read More
