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Our coverage on all things Amazon. Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos, Amazon is the largest online retailer in the US. Based in Seattle, Washington. Originally an online bookstore, it now sells everything from consumer electronics to food to apparel.
The latest articles around Amazon
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Report: Alibaba finally overtakes Amazon in the race for ecommerce supremacy
The data in our new 2018 Q2 Digital Statshot show that Alibaba has overtaken Amazon as the world’s most popular ecommerce ...
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Why did Amazon just launch an Android web browser?
There's no shortage of Android-based web browsing apps on Google Play, and today, Amazon's added one of its own to the list ...
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It's time to boycott Amazon
Jeff Bezos has built an empire based on exploitation
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Amazon now lets you use your Echo like a one-way intercom
Amazon is rolling out a new feature to the Echo today called Alexa Announcements. It's pretty much what it sounds like: you'll be able to use your Echo to make announcements to other Echos in your household It's basically a one-way intercom. Say you want to tell your kids dinner ...
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Amazon's Spyro leak is the highlight of my week
Earlier today, an Amazon leak hinted at the HD remake of the original Spyro trilogy, a remaster long whispered of the in the rumor mill. A page for Spyro Reignited Trilogy first surfaced on Amazon this morning, with little fanfare. I wanted to believe it, but held myself back. ...
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Trump's obsession with Amazon should worry you
The writing is on the wall; winter is coming for the world's largest tech companies. But if you thought Facebook would be first on the chopping block, you're mistaken. According to a report by Axios today, Trump is out for blood, and that blood, reportedly, belongs to Jeff Bezos ...
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How blockchain will disrupt Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook
In the eyes of “experts,” when it comes to blockchain, there is often no middle ground — it will either be boom or ...
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Amazon Echo users can now snag a free book from Audible
Amazon is introducing a neat little offer for Echo users who've been considering listening to audiobooks. Starting this week, people new to Audible can listen to an entire book for free via their Echo devices. All you need to do is ask "Alexa, read me ____" and the assistant will ...
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Bezos says he'll spend 'Amazon lottery winnings' on space travel
(Bloomberg) -- Jeff Bezos wants to make space travel as dynamic and entrepreneurial as the internet. “The price of admission to space is very high,” Bezos said Saturday night in New York, accepting the Buzz Aldrin Space Exploration Award at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner. ...
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Amazon now lets you talk to Alexa without saying 'Hey Alexa' EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
Amazon is today giving Alexa perhaps its most useful update since its inception: You can now speak to the assistant without saying "Hey Alexa" for every single command. The feature, called Follow-Up Mode, simply allows Alexa to listen for another command for five seconds after ...
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Amazon is fixing a bug that causes Alexa to literally LOL at random
As if it isn't creepy enough to have an internet-connected microphone listening in on everything that goes on in your living ...
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Opening a bank is a genius move for Amazon
Amazon is set to make bank. (sorry)
