Saying Amazon had a busy week, or even that Amazon had am ambitious week, isn’t much of an announcement. Given the volume of things that are usually pouring out of Amazon, saying Amazon had a busy week is just an unnecessarily long way of saying...
Amazon’s Alexa Fund invested in three new startups this week. Bamboo Learning received Alexa funding, which will be used to continue building education skills that help students learn a variety of subjects. “The goal of the Alexa Fund is to find compelling companies for its...
Amazon has opened Amazon 4-star, a new store in New York City where every product is rated 4 stars and above, is a top seller or is new and trending on Amazon’s website. The store is located in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood, on Spring...
What’s old is always new again, and what’s new is often so very old. That’s not just the pseudo-intellectual basis of some booze-fueled, impromptu seminar held in a dorm room on Tuesday night because the internet went down. It’s an anchoring principle of modern economics,...
Amazon is rolling out new commerce capabilities for its Alexa voice assistant. The company is offering in-skill purchasing with a product dubbed Consumables. By using the function, developers will be able to sell products that are “in the moment” for consumers. That is, a player...
In a continued expansion of its Prime Now delivery offering, Amazon and Whole Foods Market are bringing the service to more cites: The companies have launched PrimeNow in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Jacksonville, Milwaukee, Madison, Omaha, St. Louis, Orlando, Tampa and Tulsa as well as additional...
The Amazon Alexa Fund has invested in Plant Prefab, a leading home design and prefabrication company. The Southern California startup announced it has raised a $6.7 million Series A funding round that also included participation from Obvious Ventures. The funds will be used towards new...
Snap announced that it is testing out a new way to search for products on Amazon using the Snapchat camera. “It’s super easy to use. Simply point your Snapchat camera at a physical product or barcode, and press and hold on the camera screen to...
Amazon put on a product pageant on Thursday (Sept. 20), one centered around its Alexa voice-assistant technology, and one of the main themes that came out of that Seattle event is a reminder of how badly the eCommerce operator wants to live inside your house...
