The cool Amazon Go concept store in Seattle that lets customers shop without going through a checkout line is probably not coming to your town anytime soon — though Seattle might be getting a drive-through Amazon pickup grocery, as well.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Amazon was working on multiple grocery store formats and envisioned opening more than 2,000 physical stores across the United States.
Amazon wants to squash those rumors.
“We have no plans to open 2,000
After trying to win over consumers with pricier tablets, Amazon is said to be working on a slate for the more budget-conscious.
The Internet retail giant is planning to introduce a $50 tablet with a 6-inch screen in time for the holiday shopping season, the Wall Street Journal reports. At half the price of Amazon’s current 6-inch HD Fire tablet, the new slate would be one of the least expensive tablets on the market.
The tablet would be the first of a collection Amazon is planning to release
Amazon just confirmed what the Information reported Monday morning: The online retailer—and video producer, and a hundred other things—is buying video streaming service Twitch for $970 million.
The announcement comes as a surprise, not because no one expected Twitch to be bought, but because YouTube was widely expected to be the buyer. Three months ago the sale of Twitch to Google’s video service, for a cool billion, looked all wrapped up, and the pairing seemed natural. Twitch, founded onl
Amazon launched its Fire Phone smartphone at an event in Seattle Wednesday.
Amazon entered the smartphone business Wednesday — and made a big splash doing it.
At an event in Seattle, the retail giant unveiled the Fire Phone, a high-end, 3-D smartphone. It is the first smartphone Amazon has produced on its own.
“Can we build a better phone for our most engaged customers?” asked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at the event. “Can we build a better phone for Amazon Prime members? Well, I’m excited to tell
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Amazon has yet to reveal its long-rumored smartphone, but the device may already have an exclusive carrier.
According to the Wall Street Journal, which cites “people familiar with the plans,” AT&T will exclusively carry Amazon’s smartphone, which the company is expected to announce Wednesday.
The smartphone will reportedly feature a 3-D interface made possible through four built-in cameras.
Amazon is dipping into a highly competitive smartphone market, currently domin
Amazon.com is planning to unveil a smartphone later this month, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, plunging the world’s largest online retailer deeper into the competitive mobile-device market. Adam Satariano reports on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg)
