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Walmart and Microsoft team up to fight Amazon

Under a five-year deal announced Tuesday, Walmart will boost its use of Microsoft's cloud services and work with the tech firm on artificial intelligence and machine learning projects.

6 years, 11 months ago

Amazon opens a supermarket with no checkouts

In a move that could revolutionise the way we buy groceries, Amazon opens its first supermarket without checkouts - human or self-service - to shoppers on Monday.

7 years, 5 months ago

Amazon’s Echo, Alexa and Music Unlimited are hitting Australia and New Zealand next month

Amazon announced its intentions to launch the Echo down under during its big AWS Re:Invent show back in November. Details were pretty light on the offering at the time, but now the company’s back with specifics a few weeks ahead of availability.

7 years, 5 months ago

Nike is planning to start selling directly through Amazon

Sportswear giant Nike is planning to open a store on Amazon.com, CNN reports. Mark Parker, Nike's CEO, reportedly confirmed that the duo are currently testing out a partnership.

8 years ago

Amazon Makes Whole Foods Mecca For Millennials

Whole Foods Market has delivered on many attributes key to millennial shoppers, yet has not established itself as their grocery store of choice. Despite investment and innovation against this key demographic, Whole Foods has yet to crack their code. Acquisition by Amazon may close the gaps needed to make Whole Foods Market millennials’ retailer of choice.

8 years ago

Amazon lent $1 billion to merchants to boost sales on its marketplace

Amazon.com Inc has stepped up lending to third-party sellers on its site who are looking to grow their business, a company executive said in an interview on Wednesday.

8 years ago

Amazon invested millions in the startup Nucleus — then cloned its product for the new …

When the investment arm of Amazon’s Alexa division led a $5.6 million investment in his startup, Nucleus founder and CEO Jonathan Frankel was ecstatic.

8 years, 1 month ago

Amazon explains big AWS outage, says employee error took servers offline, promises changes

Amazon has released an explanation of the events that caused the big outage of its Simple Storage Service Tuesday, also known as S3, crippling significant portions of the web for several hours.

8 years, 4 months ago

IMDb meets Bollywood, launches 'India Spotlight'

The world’s largest movie database is finally ready to look at Bollywood.

8 years, 6 months ago

Apple lawsuit says 90 percent of 'official' chargers sold on Amazon are fake

Ever had to buy a new Apple charger from Amazon? Well beware even those labelled as the genuine article — according to a recent lawsuit filed by Apple, 90 percent of them are fake.

8 years, 8 months ago

Amazon’s restaurant delivery service launches in London to take on Uber, Deliveroo

Amazon has launched its restaurant food delivery service for Prime customers in London, its first market outside of the U.S., the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday, as it looks to take on Uber and Deliveroo.

8 years, 9 months ago

Amazon Targets YouTube With New Online Video Posting Service

Amazon.com Inc. will let people post videos to its website and earn money from advertising, royalties and other sources, putting the company in more-direct competition with Google’s YouTube.

9 years, 1 month ago

Old Kindles Will Be Disconnected From the Internet Unless You Update by Tuesday

That old Kindle sitting in your desk drawer is about to get locked out from the internet. Amazon is warning customers of older Kindle e-readers that they must update by Tuesday, March 22nd, or else they will no longer be able to access the Kindle Store or sync with the cloud.

9 years, 3 months ago

Amazon Recalls Kindle Chargers Over Electric Shock Risk

Amazon has issued a recall of chargers for the latest Kindle tablets after finding that customers were at risk of being electrocuted.

9 years, 4 months ago

The Beatles’ Music Catalog to Become Available on Streaming Services

Beatles fans around the world will be getting a big Christmas present this year, as the band’s full catalog is scheduled for release on major streaming services Thursday morning.

9 years, 6 months ago