Since last we turned our lens toward Amazon, the online retail and cloud computing behemoth’s stock has slipped down some from the all-time high seen in the third week of February. While values remained relatively flat through the first few days of March, this week AMZN...
With NASA interested again in returning to the moon, several startups have been looking to benefit from that, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his space company, Blue Origin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Amazon is extending its push to have third-party developers work on Alexa skills in the classroom. The online retail giant recently told Reuters about the launch of a new program to encourage university students to research, develop and build skills for its voice-activated AI assistant as...
Sometimes a small issue can have big, big ripples — a fact that the web-using population of the Eastern United States learned yesterday when a technical failure at Amazon Web Services managed to ding hundreds of thousands of websites. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Time sure does fly. Last June, consumers’ minds were blown when Alexa reached 1,000 unique skills. If they could see us now… because just the other day, Amazon’s voice-activated AI assistant hit a new skill milestone: 10,000. That’s right: Alexa’s got 10,000 skills. Get the...
After managing to break out of the post-earnings hole mid-last week, AMZN kept on climbing to hit record high values above $850 during trading on Tuesday and Wednesday. By late afternoon, the price had dipped down somewhat, though still rode high overall. At the time...
Every now and then retailers give what Southerners call a lagniappe (an extra bonus or gift) to its customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
Shortly after a similar move retailer Walmart made a few weeks ago, eCommerce giant Amazon announced it is also lowering the threshold for free shipping to $35. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Amazon stock (AMZN) spent the past two weeks recovering from an over $30 slip in value following the retail giant’s Q4 earnings announcement on Feb. 2. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
