Amazon expands its food delivery service across Bangalore – TechCrunch

Amazon expands its food delivery service across Bangalore – TechCrunch

Amazon announced Monday that it had expanded its grocery delivery service called Amazon Food to 62 postcodes in Bangalore. This is the first public update since entering the new category in India last May. The American e-commerce group said Amazon Food is now reaching key locations in Bangalore such as Whitefield, HSR, Sarjapur, Koramangala, Indiranagar, … Read more

Tech meme wars: Shopify takes a shot at Amazon over alleged copycat products

Tech meme wars: Shopify takes a shot at Amazon over alleged copycat products

GeekWire illustration. The battle between Amazon and Shopify is a little juicier now. Shopify’s cheeky social media team – or, if you will, SaaSy – fired up some pointy tweets this week asking Amazon in subtle and not-so-subtle ways to supposedly make copycat products. The tweets appear to be in response to a video posted … Read more

Amazon Echo Buying Guide: There’s a smart speaker for everyone

Amazon Echo Buying Guide: There's a smart speaker for everyone

(CNN) – Die Echo-Produktreihe von Amazon, die die Kategorie der intelligenten Lautsprecher ins Leben gerufen hat, ist voll von Geräten, die in verschiedenen Formen und Größen erhältlich sind. Einige von ihnen haben sogar riesige Bildschirme, die Ihnen durch den Raum folgen. Woher wissen Sie, welches für Sie das richtige ist? Es ist eine schwierige Frage, … Read more

Seattle startup Downstream, which helps brands with their Amazon ads, acquired by Jungle Scout

Seattle startup Downstream, which helps brands with their Amazon ads, acquired by Jungle Scout

Downstream co-founders Salim Hamed (left, CTO) and Connor Folley (CEO). (Downstream photo) Jungle Scout raised $ 110 million and today announced it has acquired Downstream, a Seattle startup helping brands with their Amazon advertising strategies. The terms of the contract were not disclosed. Downstream will add its 11-person team to Jungle Scout, a 200-person company … Read more

Amazon takes 3 Golden Globes, including big ‘Borat’ win, as annual event goes mostly virtual

Amazon takes 3 Golden Globes, including big ‘Borat’ win, as annual event goes mostly virtual

(Amazon Image via Twitter) Amazon won three more Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night when the annual film and television celebration gave the appearance of a long-running Zoom meeting from the homes of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Amazon Studios won two awards for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, including Best Visual Musical or Best Comedy – … Read more

Amazon Web Services posts record $13.5B in *profits* for 2020 in Andy Jassy’s AWS swan song

Amazon Web Services posts record $13.5B in *profits* for 2020 in Andy Jassy’s AWS swan song

It turned out that Andy Jassy already ran most of Amazon. Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing giant led by the future CEO of Amazon, ended 2020 with more than $ 13.5 billion in annual operating profit, accounting for more than 63% of the company’s operating profit accounted for $ 45.3 billion year over year, … Read more

Amazon says government demands for user data spiked by 800% in 2020 – TechCrunch

Amazon says government demands for user data spiked by 800% in 2020 – TechCrunch

New transparency figures from Amazon show that the company has responded to a record number of government data requests in the last six months of 2020. The new numbers land in the company’s semi-annual transparency report, which was posted on the Amazon website over the weekend. Amazon said it processed 27,664 government requests for user … Read more