There were the things everyone expected to see at Amazon’s hardware event on Thursday (Sept. 24), like new Echo devices and Fire TV upgrades. And then there were the things no one was expecting that showed up anyway, like a flying drone designed to robotically...
Amazon.com Inc.’s Handmade, the platform for artists to sell handcrafted goods online, is celebrating its fifth birthday. Based on selection and crafters, the world’s largest eCommerce website has been a success, according to Amazon’s blog. In the five years since Handmade’s debut, selection has seen...
In a move that lets users place and get phone calls through their Alexa gadgets, Amazon is launching a new collaboration with AT&T that will enable consumers to connect their phone numbers with their Alexa accounts, The Verge reported. Users can connect their AT&T accounts to...
Amazon.com Inc.’s 100 million registered customers in India now have access to more financial services. In a bid to attract new customers and sell $13 annual subscriptions to Amazon Prime, the paid service that gives users access to extra services, the eCommerce giant has added...
“How do I pay for it, without having to touch anything?” is a question almost everyone is asking themselves in the COVID-19 era. And as of Tuesday (Sept. 1), a new touchless mechanism for making real-world purchases is hitting the streets. Amazon Pay has teamed...
Amazon’s long-planned fleet of delivery drones has been cleared for takeoff. The online retail and tech giant has won a green light from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to start using its Prime Air delivery drones to deliver packages and other items, CNBC reported. The...
Jeff Bezos’ wingman is planning to quit next year. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Jeff Wilke, the 53-year-old confidant of the Amazon founder, told staff in a memo Friday (Aug. 21) he will retire in the first quarter of 2021. His replacement as CEO of...
Amazon has put some hiring on hold in its Alexa operation amid the pandemic, Bloomberg reported, citing two unnamed sources. The change reportedly started just past the time that COVID-19 severely impacted the country at the beginning of spring, according to the unnamed sources in...
Amazon plans to expand its “tech hubs” in six cities and fill “3,500 new tech and corporate jobs” across the U.S., the company said Tuesday (Aug. 18). The six targeted cities — Dallas, Detroit, Denver, New York, Phoenix, and San Diego — will be part...
