Amazon’s Alexa is making it into the big times, with one coding bootcamp gearing up to launch a program focused on Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant. According to a report, Bellevue, Washington developer bootcamp Coding Dojo rolled out a new training program this week enabling developers...
Amazon announced Tuesday (Nov. 15) Irvine, California Prime members can take advantage of free one-hour delivery from a slew of restaurants, including Mick’s Karma Bar, Rockfire Grill, 3-Thirty-3 Waterfront, Pick Up Stix and many more. In a press release, Amazon said Prime members in Irvine...
Amazon announced Monday (Nov. 14) it has expanded its Amazon Home Services into 20 new metropolitan markets around the country. In a press release, the eCommerce giant said the new cities include Indianapolis, IN; Las Vegas, NV; San Antonio, TX; Ann Arbor, MI; Cleveland, OH; Milwaukee, WI; Boulder, CO; Raleigh, NC; Trenton, NJ; and more. Amazon...
In the wake of Donald Trump’s surprise election a week ago, the stock market has divided in half. One of those halves is soaring, the other… not so much. Tech is the not so much — and its losses have been heavy since the market’s bull...
Amazon’s cloud computing service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is growing fast — very fast. AWS essentially rents computing power to a variety of startups, government agencies and other corporations. Year over year, AWS continues to see a 55 percent growth rate. Some say, soon, AWS may subsidize Amazon’s...
Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos may have been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, but now, the executive is trying to play nice. On Thursday (Nov. 10), Bezos tweeted his congratulations to Trump, saying: “I for one give him my most open mind and wish...
Shopping for Alexa skills, or capabilities that enable customers to interact with devices in a more intuitive fashion, has been made easier to do now that Amazon has given the skills marketplace an overhaul. Examples of skills for those who aren’t familiar include getting your Alexa-enabled...
Saying the holiday season is Amazon’s busy season is a bit of a misnomer. Like any retailer, the holiday season is big. But as the most successful e-tailer in the U.S. with millions of highly loyal and big-spending Prime customers at the ready, the holiday...
The results are in. According to intelligence company Feedvisor, which just released its Amazon User Study for 2016, 92 percent of shoppers surveyed claimed they would not purchase a product with less than a three-star rating. This comes with other findings by Feedvisor, which surveyed over 1,500 Amazon users in...
