Amazon is reportedly in talks to bring a music streaming service to Prime
Ever since Amazon announced it was considering raising the price of Prime subscriptions, customers of the gargantuan online marketplace have been very vocal about their …
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Apple, Amazon, Google named the world’s 3 most admired companies
Fortune has come out with its annual list of the world’s most admired companies and it looks like big tech companies are once again the …
Amazon offering traditional retailers a lifeline they can’t refuse
If you can’t beat them, join them. At least that’s what Amazon is hoping its brick-and-mortar competition will say as it extends an olive branch …
Amazon’s Apple TV rival reportedly coming in March
Apple is getting ready to launch a major refresh of its Apple TV set-top box in April but it looks like Amazon is going to …
Apple in advertising: ‘The best-looking girl at the party, forced to wear a bag over her head’
Despite ruling two giant empires when it comes to personal data they can collect and analyze, Apple and Amazon are not willing to share that …
Jacking up Amazon Prime prices could be a huge mistake
People may love Amazon Prime, but Amazon shouldn’t take that love for granted anytime soon. The Wall Street Journal points us to a new survey …
Amazon comes up with an ingenious way to get you to buy more stuff
Remember how we asked ourselves a little bit earlier how Apple, Google and Microsoft all make money? Well, we’re about to ask the same thing …
Here’s the best evidence yet that Amazon plans major move into gaming
Amazon is looking to make a major push into the video game scene with its latest acquisition. According to TechCrunch, Amazon has picked up Double …
Verizon denies reports of Netflix throttling following net neutrality’s death
Have U.S. Internet users’ worst fears just been realized? A new report from iScan Online programmer David Raphael claims to confirm that Verizon, which you might …
This is the best way to beat the Amazon Prime price increase blues
If you’re already dreading the Amazon Prime price increase and you want to vent your frustration — but maybe also accomplish something productive in the …
Amazon plans to kill brick-and-mortar stores with kindness
Amazon has been not-so-secretly trying to put brick-and-mortar stores out of business but now it looks like the company is planning to launch a charm …
Amazon Prime may soon cost $119
Amazon reported a disappointing holiday quarter on Thursday. Revenue was up 20% at $25.59 billion but analysts were expecting just over $26 billion in sales. Making …
Amazon’s Android-based game console will reportedly launch this year
After the Ouya became one of Kickstarter’s biggest success stories, other companies started scrambling to put together their own Android-based consoles. There was GameStick, GamePop, …
Amazon flat-out denies that it’s building a killer pay TV service
Amazon rarely gives the media the time of day when news sites come knocking and asking for a comment, but a recent report suggesting Amazon …
WSJ: Amazon wants to be your new cable company
Although Intel’s cable-killing TV service may be dead, that doesn’t mean tech companies are done trying to disrupt the pay TV market just yet. The …
New patent shows how Amazon plans to kill box stores once and for all
Amazon has already been doing massive amounts of damage to big box retailers and now it’s working on a new system that could be its …
Amazon wants to sell you a Kindle from a vending machine
Amazon wants to know if it can turn the Kindle into an impulse buy, and it’s using CES attendees as test subjects to find out. …
Amazon’s delivery drone dream may come true after all
The U.S. government this week approved unmanned aircraft tests for six states of the 24 that wanted to be in the program, Reuters reports, with …
Online shopping not as hot as expected this Christmas
Christmas Day online shopping results from PCs fell short of estimates, a new comScore report shows, despite having shown significant growth compared to the same holiday …
Amazon sold 426 items per second during its ‘best ever’ holiday season
As if it could have ended any other way, Amazon managed to once again set sales records this holiday season. Amazon announced on Thursday that …
Shoppers or shippers – who’s to blame for ruining Christmas?
Online shopping can be both a blessing and a curse during the holiday season. On the one hand, we can avoid all those pesky lines …
Amazon workers demand company addresses ‘demeaning’ staff conditions
A recent exposé from Bloomberg Businessweek painted a critical picture of Amazon’s work environment for executives, but a petition currently gaining momentum in the UK …
Amazon is slaying brick-and-mortar stores in holiday gadget sales
Brick-and-mortar retail chains did not seem to have a great Thanksgiving week. But the latest comScore numbers show that online shopping not only had a terrific …
Amazon’s secret weapon (no, it’s not drones)
A new report from market research firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners reveals Amazon’s not-so-secret secret weapon. The weapon itself — Amazon Prime — is hardly …
Amazon reportedly launching Kindle smartphones in early 2014
Amazon’s Kindle line of smartphones is a lot like Apple’s television set: A mythical creature that is only whispered of among analysts and supply chain …
This is why Amazon will soar in the smartphone market
According to a brand new study from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, those Amazon customers who own a Kindle spend $1,223 on Amazon products annually. Amazon customers without …
Amazon drones will face constant threats… from snipers and birds
In addition to meeting whatever requirements the Federal Aviation Administration may have in place for such projects, Amazon Prime Air drones may also have to …
Now Amazon is pulling ahead of Nintendo in handheld gaming in the U.S.
It’s no news that both iOS and Android portable devices have eclipsed Nintendo’s 3DS and DS platforms over the past couple of years. But it’s …
UK government: Avoid ‘aggressive’ tax evader Amazon this Christmas
Eight members of the U.K. parliament led by Margaret Hodge, head of the public accounts committee, joined an Ethical Consumer campaign to boycott Amazon, advising …
Google hits Amazon where it hurts with Cloud Platform
Google’s Cloud Platform just got a major enhancement that hits Amazon and other major cloud players right where it hurts. The company on Monday evening …
