Amazon and the parent company of its top Indian seller Cloudtail have decided not to continue their joint venture after May 2022, the two companies said in a statement on Monday, hours after India’s highest court ruled that the American e-commerce company and Walmarts Flipkart must be subject to antitrust investigations. Billionaire NR Narayana Murthy’s … Read more
Upcoming Amazon CEO Andy Jassy will replace Jeff Bezos on July 5th (GeekWIre Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services chief Andy Jassy will join the company’s board of directors as he takes over Jeff Bezos as Amazon’s new CEO on July 5, the company said in a new filing on Friday. Jassy, who joined … Read more
Invest May 31, 2021 By: Rex Moore Amazon’s Jeff Bezos recently surprised investors when he revealed that new technology is key to Amazon’s future success. In fact, Bezos argues that “it is difficult to overestimate the impact of this breakthrough technology”. The CEO of ARK Investments continues Bezos: “We think [it] could approach a market … Read more
(Amazon photo) Washington state regulators punished and admonished Amazon for relentlessly pressuring workers at its Dupont, Washington fulfillment center to result in workplace injuries. In addition, the company was cited for failing to implement its own ergonomic plans. According to the state Department of Labor and Industry quote, Amazon managers at the DuPont warehouse “have … Read more
A depiction of the Throne bathroom interior for mobile workers. (Image above throne) Amazon recently got caught in an unexpected PR mess when company officials claimed its employees would never have to resort to bottle urination. The absurdity of the situation came to a head last week after it was quickly discovered that Amazon delivery … Read more
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During a hilarious game by Hey Robot on The Tonight Show earlier this week, comedian John Oliver posed a few timely and less funny questions on Amazon’s Alexa. Oliver, host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” played with “Tonight” host Jimmy Fallon (above). The two giggled as they tried to get Alexa to say words like … Read more
Amazon’s anti-union drives were made public in the NYT report
Last year, Walmart sold its mostly video-on-demand video service Vudu to Fandango, and now, after not working on Amazon’s Fire TV platform for many years, the app has finally reached one of the few devices it still runs on not true. Vudu has always specialized in delivering high quality movies and TV shows, even if … Read more
A delivery driver loads packages at an Amazon distribution facility. (Amazon photo) What happens when Amazon becomes an integral part of a community’s economy and culture? And what does the result say about the tech giant’s larger impact on the world? This week, on the GeekWire podcast, we’re exploring the double-edged sword of the company’s … Read more