Twitch will offer giveaways and a live-streamed shopping show for Prime Day
No surprise, the Twitch game streaming site owned by Amazon has a number of plans in store for this year’s Prime Day event, plans that …
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eBay promises a ‘Crash Sale’ on Amazon Prime Day if Amazon’s website crashes
By now, word is out that this year’s version of Black Friday in July for Amazon — its annual Prime Day deals event — will …
Prime Day 2019 starts on July 15th and lasts for 48 hours
Amazon’s Black Friday in July event is back for another year, and Prime Day 2019 will be bigger than ever. The retailer will offer Amazon …
No, it’s not just you: Half of the internet is down, including Google, Amazon, and Reddit
What better way to start off the week than by not being able to use virtually any online service or access half of the internet’s …
Your next smart speaker might save your life
The typical consumer who owns at least one smart speaker in their home might use it for helpful tasks that make the mundanity of daily …
Target expands same-day delivery to basically everyone in order to combat Amazon
Time was, Amazon led the way in pushing the e-commerce industry towards a consumer expectation that delivery should be free. Then came the push for …
Amazon is being sued over claims that Alexa ‘routinely records’ children
Anyone who opens YouTube can find countless videos of children reacting with glee and amusement when conversing with Alexa, the digital voice assistant that powers …
Amazon just released a credit card for customers with bad credit
Amazon has a brand new product that ties into its Amazon Prime membership program, but caters to a specific segment of the market: Those who …
Amazon’s new Prime Air delivery drone will start dropping off packages ‘within months’
One of Amazon’s most ambitious, if not downright crazy, initiatives appears to be on the cusp of becoming a reality. Amazon earlier today announced a …
Reuters: Amazon wants to buy Boost after the T-Mobile-Sprint merger
Amazon seems to be interested in operating its own cellular network, a report claims, as the giant retailer is looking at a potential Boost purchase. …
Amazon Echo users can now ask Alexa to delete stored voice recordings
Thanks to a seemingly endless number of privacy scandals involving Facebook and other entities, tech users across the board have recently become much more privacy-minded. …
MacKenzie Bezos promises to donate half of her $37 billion fortune to charity
The saga involving Jeff Bezos earlier this year almost reads like a script for an upcoming Netflix drama. All the ingredients are there: a famous …
Amazon reportedly developing a wearable that recognizes human emotions
In its latest effort to be involved in every aspect of our lives, Amazon is reportedly working on a new voice-activated wearable device that is …
Key ‘Game of Thrones’ scriptwriter now working on Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series
Now begins the creative diaspora of the Game of Thrones cast and crew as they decide on the projects with which they’ll begin the post-Thrones …
Amazon is reportedly working on a new high-def music streaming service
Just days after Amazon launched a free music streaming tier for Alexa-enabled devices, Music Business Worldwide has come forward with a report claiming that the …
Amazon Music’s free ad-supported tier is now available for all Alexa users
Amazon on Thursday announced that everyone with an Alexa-enabled device can now listen to music for free. The free tier is ad-supported, as Billboard’s report …
Amazon finally accepts that it’s 2019 and allows YouTube back on the Fire TV
If Amazon’s Fire TV platform is your streaming medium of choice, you won’t have to use a web browser to watch YouTube videos for much …
Amazon is reportedly preparing to launch a free music streaming service
The streaming music landscape is about to get a little more fractured, with yet another deep-pocketed tech giant set to enter the field. Amazon, sources …
Thousands of Amazon employees hear what you say to Alexa
Amazon has thousands of employees across the globe who actively listen to Alexa recordings from Echo devices as part of a broad effort to improve …
Amazon reportedly working on AirPods rival that will let you talk to Alexa
Amazon’s secretive Lab126 hardware division has reportedly been told to prioritize work toward the development of a new piece of consumer hardware that could help …
AI researchers scold Amazon for selling flawed face-recognition tech to the police
Amazon has come under fire before for Rekognition, the facial recognition technology that the company has allowed police to use and which has led to …
Amazon is bringing video ads to its mobile app
Amazon shoppers, get ready to start being hit with video ads, as the company has apparently decided they represent a potentially lucrative new revenue opportunity. …
Amazon just unveiled an all-new Kindle
Amazon on Wednesday rolled out an updated version of its Kindle e-reader, giving the entry-level version of the tablet a small price bump and adding …
If you’re a pop culture junkie, you should be using Amazon’s X-Ray feature
Unless you’re a super nerdy pop culture junkie who loves going down rabbit holes and consuming all the quirkiest, tiniest details of every movie and …
How Amazon beat out Netflix and HBO to land ‘The Lord of the Rings’ prequel
In a media landscape where binge-worthy content is king, a popular TV series not only has the potential to put a streaming service on the …
Amazon’s Alexa just got a new skill that enables control of your Roku devices
Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa can already perform a number of tasks and execute a variety of commands, the list of which keeps getting longer thanks …
Amazon plans to open dozens of its own grocery stores in the coming years
Two years after making a surprise acquisition of Whole Foods, Amazon is about to go even deeper into the grocery business by launching a completely …
Amazon Prime users can now choose which day to have packages delivered
Free two-day shipping is one of the best reasons to sign up for Amazon Prime, but on some rare occasions, it isn’t all that beneficial. …
Amazon begins teasing its upcoming ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV series
With Game of Thrones entering its eighth and final season this spring, many of us are curious to see if anything can possibly take its …
Lawsuit claims Verizon promised subscribers free Echo devices, but failed to deliver
Verizon was recently hit with a new lawsuit from the Pennsylvania attorney general over allegations that it promised but failed to deliver Amazon Echo devices …
