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Hulu’s redesigned app and live TV service are now available on Amazon Fire TV
Back in May, Hulu launched a newly redesigned app alongside a beta for its new live TV service for Apple TV, Xbox … More
Amazon UK opens preorders for SNES Classic
Photo: Nintendo Nintendo’s SNES Classic mini console, which comes with a more vibrant system and controller color scheme in Europe, … More
Amazon granted a patent that prevents in-store shoppers from online price checking
Amazon’s long been a go-to for people to online price compare while shopping at brick-and-mortars. Now, a new patent granted … More
Groceries are the last hurdle in Amazon’s quest to sell you everything
Amazon announced what is by far its largest acquisition ever today: a $13.7 billion deal to buy Whole Foods, the … More
Amazon is launching its own $5-a-month anime streaming service
Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga Amazon is launching a new on-demand video service dedicated to anime. A subscription to the newly … More
LG’s Amazon Echo lookalike now has built-in Alexa
LG’s SmartThinQ Hub, a speaker with smart home control, certainly looks a lot like an Amazon Echo, a similarity that … More
Amazon is experimenting with a 30-hour work week for certain teams
Amazon is launching a program that would give a specific team of employees a 30-hour work week, The Washington Post reports. … More
Amazon wants to sell a cheaper music subscription service that will only work on its Echo player
Amazon is going to launch a music subscription service that would work the same way services from Apple, Spotify and … More
Amazon, once a big spender, is now a profit machine
Until last year, Amazon was known as much for its ubiquity in online retail as it was for the … More
Amazon is expanding drone delivery testing in the UK
Amazon is partnering with the British government to expand its testing of delivery drones, paving the way for commercial air deliveries … More
Amazon is bringing some of the best non-fiction classics to Kindle
Amazon wants Kindle to be a destination for all types of writing, and that now includes older non-fiction and short-form … More
Why I’m a Prime Day Grinch: I hate deals
I hate deals. I always feel like I’m being tricked into doing something I had no intention of doing previously. … More
Amazon reportedly planning a physical bookstore in New York City
Amazon may open a brick-and-mortar bookstore and cafe in the Hudson Yards development on the west side of Manhattan, reports … More
Amazon Prime Video adds Space Jam and other Warner Bros. movies to its stable of exclusives
Amazon just inked a pact with Warner Bros. to become the exclusive streaming home for 33 of the studio’s movies.Variety … More
A security developer wrote such a scathing Amazon review that the product disappeared
Matthew Garrett is a security developer at CoreOS who also buys Internet of Things devices on Amazon and writes security … More
FAA proposes $350,000 fine against Amazon for shipping ‘Liquid Fire’
The FAA wants to fine Amazon $350,000 for mishandling the shipment of something called “Amazing! Liquid Fire,” Reuters reports. The FAA … More
Amazon is reportedly working on a Spotify competitor, and it’s almost here
The rumor mill is once again pointing to Amazon rolling out a proper competitor to Spotify. Reuters is today claiming … More
Alexa’s lead over Google Home includes 1,000 third-party skills
Amazon’s intelligent assistant Alexa seems to be getting smarter every day, and has just hit an impressive milestone. The retail … More
Jeff Bezos thinks trying to get revenge on Gawker is a waste of time
Speaking today at the Code Conference, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke out against Peter Thiel’s crusade against Gawker Media. Bezos … More
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