JPMorgan Chase & Co. has announced a partnership with Amazon that allows its institutional clients to get stock information from Alexa. According to news from Bloomberg, Alexa can now send analysts’ reports and answer any Wall Street-related questions. In addition, other features, such as providing prices...
Amazon was just awarded a patent for a drone that will use recognition of human gestures and voice commands to deliver packages. The patent for “Human Interaction with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on July 18, 2016....
Amazon has overtaken Alphabet — Google’s owner — as the company with the second-highest market value in America, as Google’s stock fell for the third consecutive day on Tuesday (March 20). The eCommerce retailer’s market value has risen to close to $765 billion, which is about $3 billion...
Amazon has been meeting with AARP about sharing research and working together on technology for older consumers. According to CNBC, the eCommerce giant has been talking to AARP, an interest group focusing on people over 50, since 2015. Without going into too much detail, Amazon’s...
In an effort to boost security, Amazon has added fingerprint ID to its new Key app for Android users, as reported by TechCruch. Launched in November, Amazon Key is a service for Amazon Prime subscribers that facilitates unattended in-home deliveries. “Amazon Key gives customers peace...
It looks like consumers who try Amazon Go like it enough to keep coming back, particularly if the cashier-free shops are in proximity to where they live or work. “The ones who work very close, like in the building up above, will come down even...
Amazon has added another high-profile healthcare executive to its roster, with reports that the eCommerce giant has recruited a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration head. Citing a source with knowledge of the hire, CNBC reported that Taha Kass-Hout, the former chief health information officer...
A job posting has revealed that Amazon’s next move for Whole Foods is a service that will enable customers to not only order items from the organic grocery, but also from select retailers. According to Business Insider, Whole Foods said in a job listing that...
Three years after its launch, Amazon announced it is shutting down its Vendor Express program. According to CNBC, Vendor Express was designed to make it easier for smaller merchants to get their inventory onto the site without going through Amazon’s invite-only Vendor Central portal. But...
