Amazon had an extremely happy holiday season in 2016. According to reports from Slice Internet, 37 percent of all online traffic during the annual commerce crush went to Amazon. This is an impressive figure on its own, made more so by the fact that none...
With the recent announcement of details surrounding the new Amazon Go grocery stores, which will feature “Just Walk Out” technology, new reports have surfaced about the size and scale of the retail giant’s brick-and-mortar ventures. While people familiar with the matter reportedly told the Wall...
In grocery stores, those who “just walk out” typically find themselves paying for the item after a conversation with authorities. But as technology advances, the concept of the traditional checkout experience is changing — quickly. Through video announcement, Amazon has released details on how its...
Halloween is over, and that means it is time to start our Christmas shopping. Well, for some of the U.S. to start our Christmas shopping. Some data indicates that about a third of all customers are actually completely done with the holiday gift buying as...
Another day, another batch of Amazon-related rumors are a-swirling — this time, about the possibility of it making a more aggressive entry into the race for music streaming dominance. Amazon is not entirely a novice in this field. It has offered a very basic streaming...
There’s a new sheriff in town in Amazon‘s AI operations: Hassan Sawaf, who heretofore was doing the same job at eBay. Sawaf will now head Amazon’s A9 labs, and his hire away from one of Amazon’s chief rivals comes as the cap to a week’s...
Amazon‘s aggressive push to put Alexa in the homes of American consumers may soon be getting a fairly big bump. According to reports by CNET, Amazon is reportedly in negotiations with Lenovo to place Alexa on its computing (and other) devices. Lenovo is the world’s...
While there are almost no limits to what people can – and do – buy on Amazon, generally speaking automobiles aren’t on the menu. But some recent moves by Seattle’s favorite little eCommerce company suggests that it thinks it can change that – and get...
It’s no secret that Amazon likes to keep customers within its ecosystem, no matter the cost, and the voice-activated Alexa has proven perfectly suited to the task so far. With Prime Day just around the corner, Amazon is making sure that the Alexa experience is...
