Articles about Jeff Bezos – Page 28 of 35

Amazon’s Bezos hosts Campfire: A top secret literary retreat in Santa Fe

Amazon.com is warring with publishing giant Hachette, placing the Seattle online retailer in the crosshairs of hundreds of well-known authors… Read More

Blast-off for Bezos: Blue Origin wins deal to develop new U.S. rocket engine for Boeing joint venture

Boeing and SpaceX were the big winners of the nearly $7 billion NASA contract to take U.S. astronauts to the… Read More

Boeing wins $4.2B NASA contract to fly astronauts to Space Station; SpaceX lands $2.6B deal

Update: The bulk of the contract, $4.2 billion, was awarded to Boeing, with a $2.6 billion portion going to SpaceX.… Read More

Apple CEO Tim Cook digs at Amazon: ‘They’re not a product company’

Apple CEO Tim Cook was on The Charlie Rose Show last night for the first of a two-part interview about… Read More

News Brief

Jeff Bezos taps Politico co-founder as new Washington Post publisher

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has tapped Politico co-founder Fred Ryan as the new publisher of The Washington Post. Ryan will… Read More

Musk vs. Bezos: SpaceX challenges Blue Origin’s rocket-landing patent

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is petitioning the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to overturn a patent awarded to Blue Origin, the space venture… Read More

Amazon Fire Phone sales estimated at 35,000 — equal to just 25% of employee base

Amazon never releases sales figures for any of the hardware it builds, but that isn’t stopping others from making their best guesses as… Read More

Washington Post adds Amazon ‘buy it now’ links to stories by accident

When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post last year for $250 million, many questioned his motivations: Would the… Read More

Video: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos takes the Ice Bucket Challenge

https://youtu.be/DFVezzjAhFY OK, this whole Ice Bucket Challenge is destined to go down as one of the most successful viral campaigns in history,… Read More

Seattle City Council asks Jeff Bezos to treat Amazon.com’s security guards better

The Seattle City Council isn’t happy with how some Amazon.com security workers are being treated. All nine councilmembers penned a… Read More

Why the Amazon Fire phone’s Kindle Reader app doesn’t have auto-scroll, yet

One of the features that Jeff Bezos showed at Amazon’s Fire phone unveiling last month was “auto-scroll” in the Kindle Reader app… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: ‘The Amazon Way’ — former insider explains how the company works

What makes Amazon tick, and where is the company headed? This week on the GeekWire radio show, we go behind-the-scenes… Read More

Fiction meets fact: Author publishes ‘Drones over Seattle’ as Amazon seeks FAA clearance

Consultant and contract engineer Richard Clark published his new work of fiction, “Drones Over Seattle,” for the Amazon Kindle just last week… Read More

Amazon at 20 years: From garage startup to global technology powerhouse

In July 1994 — 20 years ago this month — Jeff Bezos officially established the company that would come to… Read More

Amazon promotes a Hachette title that it’s not willing to provide on pre-order

Amazon calls Edan Lepucki’s new book California one of the “best books of July,” but the highly anticipated novel about a post-apocalyptic… Read More

Jeff Bezos casts such an intimidating presence that some prayed for a heart attack rather than face his wrath

Amazon.com is not known as the most lovey-dovey company. Founder Jeff Bezos has instituted a hard-charging culture, one that lacks… Read More

Why Jeff Bezos has octopus for breakfast, and what it says about his business philosophy

Jeff Bezos eats octopus like he acquires companies. At least that’s what’s apparent from a tidbit in D Magazine’s profile… Read More

Former Hulu CEO raises cash from Jeff Bezos, Benchmark and others for stealthy Vessel

Vessel, a stealthy startup led by former Hulu execs Jason Kilar and Richard Tom, has raised a new round of… Read More

Update: Amazon says delivery drones not grounded by FAA

Update: Amazon said in a statement that this will not affect their drone project because it applies to hobby aircraft,… Read More

Diapers.com co-founder to launch a new digital publication without gimmicks, stunts or click bait

Vinit Bharara is known for co-founding Diapers.com, an online retailer catering to tired moms and dads who liked the convenience of diapers, wipes… Read More

Amazon’s Fire phone is a “multi-year, multi-decade” business, Kindle exec says

Amazon’s Fire Phone won’t be a repeat of the Facebook phone, or heaven forbid, the Microsoft Kin. At least, that’s what Amazon… Read More

Amazon Fire Phone starts at $199, ships July 25

Amazon’s Fire Phone will start at a cost of $199 for a 32GB model with a two-year AT&T service agreement,… Read More

Hello, Amazon: Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood hosts mystery device unveiling

Amazon will launch its bid to upend the smartphone market from the Center of the Universe. Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, known… Read More

Amazon’s out to prove it can deliver the whole package: hardware, software and services

Amazon is good at delivering on its promises. Customers trust that when they click buy button, the item they ordered will… Read More

Map: These billionaires could buy every single home in these 10 U.S. cities

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates could buy all of the homes in Boston. Amazon.com CEO could do the same in Napa,… Read More

Election records: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos contributes often, votes rarely

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made himself a well-known figure in the world of politics with his $250 million purchase of the Washington Post… Read More

Amazon’s architect paints picture of urban campus, open to public, integrated with community

Will Amazon’s new campus in Seattle’s downtown make it a less secretive company? Probably not, but the company’s architect, Scott… Read More

Amazon’s Bezos: Suburban HQ ‘would have been the wrong decision’

Amazon was founded in the suburbs, but the company is now unusual among tech companies for making its home in the… Read More

Amazon will have 10,000 robots in its warehouses by year’s end, Bezos says

Amazon is significantly ramping up its use of warehouse robots from its Kiva Systems subsidiary — expecting to have 10,000… Read More

Sold out: Amazon’s warehouse tours booked solid until March 2015, with 14,000 sign-ups

Amazon doesn’t like it when it sells out of things, but that’s what happened after 14,000 people signed up to take… Read More