One day, your hospital room — yes, the whole room — might be brought to you by Amazon. The eCommerce operator, continuing its push into healthcare, has begun selling MedModular pre-made “smart” hospital rooms via its marketplace. Price? As of Friday (Jan. 25), a new...
Some Amazon shareholders have sent a letter to the company, according to CNBC, demanding that it stop selling its facial recognition software to government agencies. The investors want the eCommerce giant to stop selling Rekognition — technology from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that can identify and...
Amazon posted two job openings mentioning its HQ2 office in New York City. Both positions — posted within the last few days — are for engineering jobs for Intelligent Cloud Control (ICC), which helps connect the company’s properties, including Kindle, Amazon Video and Alexa. There are plans to hire...
There’s good news for Amazon Pay users in India: Amazon is giving customers in the region cashback of up to Rs 1,000 ($14) when they load in Rs 5,000 ($71) or more, according to reports. The service, which the retail giant introduced in January of...
Amazon has signed a seven-year deal with French robotics company Balyo, which has a navigation system that turns forklifts into self-driving vehicles. The deal stipulates that Amazon will receive stock warrants representing up to 29 percent of Balyo’s capital. The eCommerce giant will receive the...
A court in Germany handed down a harsh ruling about Amazon’s Dash buttons on Thursday (Jan. 10), according to a report from Reuters. The court said the Dash buttons, which are small, Wi-Fi-connected devices that reorder items like laundry detergent and coffee, breaks consumer protection...
Online giant Amazon is reportedly developing a video game streaming service that wouldn’t involve a peripheral and would solely exist on the internet, according to reports. The video game industry has been steadily changing from a physical disc business into a download-type service, with the...
Online giant Amazon has hired Disney Senior Vice President Kyle Laughlin to run its Alexa Gadgets division, TechCrunch reported on Wednesday (Jan. 9). Laughlin worked with Disney for eight years, as a general manager of Games, Apps and Connected Experience as part of Disney’s Consumer...
While Alexa is a huge presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Amazon has been using the popular gathering for another purpose – an opportunity to meet with third-party sellers and promote a new seller support service called marketplace growth. The...