It’s been months since the news about Amazon Dash was announced. In fact, if you recall, the news came out just before April Fool’s Day, and some publications thought it was a joke. Well, it wasn’t. And now, it’s heading to market for everyone to...
Just days after Amazon announced that Amazon Echo, its voice-controlled smart speakers, are now available for everyone to purchase, the eCommerce giant rolled out another big piece of news for voice technology innovation. Yesterday (June 25), Amazon announced the Alexa Fund, which consists of up...
The news that Amazon might be getting into the delivery service industry — by way of consumers over carriers — didn’t seem to phase the top execs at FedEx. At least that’s the perspective of Mike Glenn, Executive VP of FedEx, who spoke in a...
The newest Amazon drone may get about by way of two legs, not a propeller. The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the effort, reported Tuesday (June 16) that the eCommerce giant has a mobile app in the works that would “in some cases” pay...
Last month Amazon began quietly working with a select group of its third-party merchants to bring more of their products to one of its strongest customer bases — Amazon Prime. And late last week (June 12) those efforts seemed to hit the next stage as Amazon has...
“Shark Tank,” ABC’s hit reality show, has made a name for itself for being the first stop for emerging small business owners to get their big break into turning their little home enterprises into the next million (or possibly billion) dollar business. For those who...
An Amazon patent filed with the U.S. Patent Office has details of just how the eCommerce company’s delivery drones may work, which involves a tracking system that uses smartphone data. BBC News reported Friday (May 8) about the details of the patent and proposed delivery...
The head of Amazon Local Register, which hoped to rival Square’s payments business, has left the company for the competition, sources close to the companies said Wednesday (May 6). Mary Kay Bowman is now Square’s head of payments partnerships and operations, a Square spokeswoman confirmed to Re/code....
