It was only a few decades ago that video game culture was still a subculture so underground that high school cool kids and major retailers alike wanted nothing to do with it. Now that the industry generates billions of dollars and brings millions of enthusiasts...
The world lost “The Greatest of All Time,” boxer Muhammad Ali, over the weekend due to complications associated with his 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. Ali lived up to his famous self-appointed moniker in many ways – for his civil rights advocacy, his worldwide charitable and...
Half of the products that show up on the TV show “Shark Tank” are as useless as they are entertaining to watch crash and burn, but as for the other half, Amazon and Mark Cuban are doing what they can to get them out of...
Amazon just took a major step toward improving the accessibility of Alexa, the voice-based assistant found in Echo, by integrating its AI capabilities in the browser. The integration on Echosim.io opens up the channel for anyone one wanting to test out Alexa before making a...
A brick-and-mortar bookstore run by Amazon was a longstanding punchline as recently as last year, but then the eCommerce giant actually did it. Rather than resting on its laurels, though, Amazon and Jeff Bezos seem eager to push forward with the company’s B&M footprint. That’s...
Amazon released its one-click, one-purchase Dash Buttons and its voice-activated Echo just months apart in 2015, but the latter has emerged as not only the media darling of the two but the vastly more versatile form of in-home commerce for the online giant. In addition...
Donald Trump is calling out Amazon and its leader. Last week, when being interviewed by Fox News, the presidential candidate had some harsh words about the eCommerce giant, claiming that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is helping the company to get away with paying too little...
As Amazon has grown larger, so too have the complaints from brands that aren’t exactly happy with the way their proprietary products are sold on the eCommerce giant’s sprawling website. In a classic case of “careful what you wish for,” Amazon may have found a...
Like many of Amazon’s brand extensions or autonomous delivery projects, the company’s Handmade at Amazon endeavor was roundly met with derision. Why, the thinking went, would anyone look for authentic, handcrafted goods from one of the largest sellers in the new global economy? Well, it...
