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From Commerce To Streaming: Inside Amazon’s ‘Golden’ 2016 Start
Amazon // January 11, 2016

Times are changing and Amazon wants a piece of it all — from commerce, to media and everything in between. That’s why it should have been no shock when Jeff Bezos got a shout out at another major awards show as Amazon picked up two...

Why Streaming The State Of The Union Is Good For Amazon’s Bottom Line
Amazon // January 11, 2016

Amazon is not kidding around in its competition with Netflix for streaming dominance. Though it has been in the original content business for less time, it is quickly making a big impact. Amazon had a big night at the Golden Globes Jan. 10 – taking...

Is The Fire Stick Every Media Pirate’s Favorite Christmas Present?
Amazon // December 30, 2015

Like many of Amazon’s devices this holiday season, the Fire Stick — the little gadget that can plug-and-play any TV into a smart TV — had a good year. However, recent reports out of the U.K. indicate Amazon’s Fire Stick may just be having a...

Amazon’s Streaming Device Power Play
Amazon // October 03, 2015

Apple TV and Chromecast enthusiasts need not apply. That was the message out of Amazon this week – when the eCommerce (and delivery, and video streaming, and Web services, and grocery, and on-demand, and IoT) company announced that going forward it will no longer be...

Quick Reads
Amazon Falls Back In Love With Encryption Support

March 07, 2016
Encryption has become one of the hottest debated subjects in the tech industry lately, and even Amazon has had its name thrown into the mix of stories. Just last week, Amazon found itself at the forefront of an encryption discussion following the news that it had dropped encryption from its Fire operating system. But soon after that […]

Amazon Nixes Apple/Google Video Streaming Device Sales

October 02, 2015
If a device does not “interact well” with Prime Video, it is no longer welcome in Amazon’s marketplace. At least that’s what the online retailer said in an email alerting...

Amazon Slices Consumer Electronics Division

August 27, 2015
A little over a year after Amazon released the Fire Phone and saw its fortunes fall as consumers just couldn’t be made to take an interest, Amazon is rethinking its...