Tag: Amazon
Chasing SpaceX, Amazon Seeks to Launch 3,236 Internet Satellites
(Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. asked for U.S. permission to launch 3,236 communications satellites, joining a new space race to offer internet service from low orbits...
Is Alexa Always Listening?
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Amazon’s patent application for an always-on feature for Alexa, its popular voice-activated personal assistant, has raised a lot of concern. “If...
Sorry, Amazon. Instagram Is Now a Store
(Bloomberg Opinion) - Luxury fashion is getting ready for its selfie. If it likes what it sees, the global apparel market could become a battle...
Bezos Taunts Retailers With a $16 Wage Challenge: ‘Do It!’
(Bloomberg) -- US retail giants woke up Thursday to yet another challenge from Amazon.com Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, this time with a call to...
Thousands of Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa
(Bloomberg) -- Tens of millions of people use smart speakers and their voice software to play games, find music or trawl for trivia. Millions more...
Bezoses’ Divorce Terms Ease Concern Over Who Controls Amazon
Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos will retain 75 percent of his stock in the company following his divorce from MacKenzie Bezos, the...
How Bezos Lost Out to Billionaire Ambani in Poll-Bound India
Amazon.com and Walmart Inc.’s plans to dominate India’s online retail landscape have been ambushed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political priorities heading into a...
Netflix says ‘Fortnite’ is bigger competition than HBO
Netflix is losing customers, to Fortnite and not to HBO.
The company said in a letter to investors Thursday that “Fortnite,” the popular video game,...
Inside India’s E-Commerce Battle Royale
Hello there. This is Saritha Rai from India.
It was a high-octane, multiday, multicity blowout of the kind that India has never seen — and...
Microsoft overtakes Amazon as second most valuable US Company
Microsoft overtakes Amazon and becomes the second most valuable company in the US. The Amazon report that came out on Friday was quite disappointing...