When Amazon launched Prime Now delivery for groceries out of its Whole Foods Marketpalce subsidiary, the company turned some heads — and heard some minor complaints, since the service was only initially only available in four markets: Virginia Beach, Austin, Dallas and Cincinnati. Consumers wanted...
Amazon’s founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, said on Tuesday (April 24) that large companies should expect to face scrutiny and be examined by regulators. Reuters reported that when speaking in Berlin, Bezos responded to a question about President Donald Trump’s criticism of the eCommerce giant. “All large institutions...
Amazon is expanding its grocery offerings in India, as the company anticipates that the market will account for over half of its business in India in the next five years. Amit Agarwal, the head of Amazon India, said in an interview that groceries and items...
Amazon Web Services has announced the launch of its blockchain templates, which will make it easier for developers to create blockchain-based projects. “AWS Blockchain Templates provide a fast and easy way to create and deploy secure blockchain networks using open source frameworks,” the company said...
In 2012, American internet entrepreneur, angel investor, author and blogger Jason Calacanis gave a pretty bold prediction about Amazon Prime — then in its seventh year of existence. “There are two types of people in the world: those with Amazon Prime and those without,” Calacanis wrote. “How...
Amazon Prime has reached a milestone number of subscribers: CEO Jeff Bezos says the service now has more than 100 million members. The announcement came in Amazon’s annual shareholder letter, which was published on Wednesday (April 18), Bloomberg reported. Traditionally, Amazon does not release its Prime...
Whole Foods Market has informed customers that it is shutting down its rewards program, which will most likely be folded into the Amazon Prime program. According to Market Watch, the national grocer sent an email to members stating that the loyalty program will end, and...
Russia is making good on its threat to ban Telegram by blocking IP addresses owned by Google and Amazon, saying they were being used by the messaging service. On Monday (April 16), a Russian court made it easier for the government to block Telegram after...
Amazon has been awarded a patent for a streaming data marketplace offering real-time cryptocurrency transaction data. The patent, which was granted to Amazon Technologies on Tuesday (April 17), is for a marketplace where individuals and organizations can put streaming data feeds up for sale, and...
