Tag: Amazon

November 9, 2020

Amazon is rolling out a new rewards program that gives its Flex delivery drivers easier access to shifts based on the amount of work they’ve done for the company. A spokesperson from Amazon confirmed to CNBC that the Flex Rewards […]

October 13, 2020

Amazon Prime Day 2020 is here, and the retailer has slashed the prices across a slew of items and categories, including Amazon’s own devices. Whether you are looking for a Fire tablet to read ebooks, a Ring device to protect […]

October 7, 2020

Amazon has already issued a number of price drops on Apple hardware, from MacBook Pros to AirPods and Apple Watches. Here are our top five picks leading up to Prime Day 2020. Today’s best Apple deals at Amazon 1. Up […]

August 6, 2020

Amazon’s long-awaited Big Summer Sale is here, and while we still have to wait for Prime Day 2020, shoppers can save up to 75% off back-to-school supplies, tech accessories and more. Amazon’s Big Summer Sale From wireless Qi chargers to […]

July 10, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon on Friday asked its employees to delete the Chinese-owned video app TikTok from their cellphones, putting the tech giant at the center of growing suspicion and paranoia about the app. Almost five hours later, Amazon reversed […]

June 13, 2020

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee this week sent letters to Apple, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook asking whether their CEOs plan to participate in a series of antitrust hearings slated for July. With the correspondence, antitrust investigators are pressing executives to […]

April 24, 2020

Amazon is extending its increase in the hourly pay rate of warehouse workers through May 16th, according to a report from CNBC. The company originally announced in March that, as part of its hiring increase to contend with the huge […]

December 12, 2019

If anything is certain, it’s that e-commerce doesn’t look the same today as it did in 1995. A company called “eBay” burst onto the scene that year, and Jeff Bezos shipped Amazon’s first book order. That unleashed a flood of […]

October 21, 2019

German organization Security Research Labs has demonstrated both that malicious apps can be created for Alexa and Google Home, and that they can pass security vetting. The company successfully created eight such apps that they called “Smart Spies.” Each was […]

October 16, 2019

As part of the investigation, launched in the end of the summer, the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has asked for a great deal of data. The committee has announced that the data has started to come in, but is […]

July 19, 2019

This week has seen Twitter launch it’s new design for desktop users, with the jury still being out on how it is being received. Amazon is set to face a probe to see if it is using third-party seller data […]

July 18, 2019

We all want to be rich and successful, but if it was easy, we’d all have it. When it comes to Amazon, however, finding success isn’t impossible. All it takes is focus and determination. To start, business owners need to […]

July 17, 2019

The EU’s Competition Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon to investigate whether the company is using sales data to gain an unfair advantage over smaller sellers on the Marketplace platform. The Commission says it will look into […]

May 17, 2019

Google has released a new feature that lets you tell it to automatically delete the data it keeps about you, but it’s not complete. It’s very specifically about your web and app use, and there is much else that Google […]

May 2, 2019

It’s now more than six months since Bloomberg made the startling and seemingly nonsense claim that Chinese spy chips have been secretly planted into motherboards used in servers owned by Apple, Amazon and others. The motherboards were made by server […]

October 22, 2018

Ecommerce marketers at US brands are struggling to keep pace with where and how consumers browse and purchase online, according to new research published today. An ecommerce-focused study by Search Engine Watch and ClickZ, produced in partnership with Catalyst, part […]

August 10, 2018

Google’s continued dominance as a search giant was evident in its third quarter earnings call, as it grew advertising revenue 18% year over year to $19.8 billion (Alphabet, as a total company, wasn’t too bad either, up 20% in total). […]

August 2, 2018

The trillion-dollar watch has been underway for several months now, as stock observers have watched whether Apple or Amazon would become the first company in history to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion. Apple’s strong third-quarter earnings have been […]

March 30, 2018

Technology: First we held it, then we wore it. And now? We don’t even need to touch it. Voice-activated technology is here, and it’s influencing every facet of our lives. Gone are the days of wishing that life came with […]

March 29, 2018

WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated his attack on Amazon on Thursday, saying that the online behemoth does not pay enough taxes — and strongly suggesting that he may try to rein in the e-commerce business. The president’s commentary was made […]