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Report: Amazon Eyes Buying Startup Wondery As Entry To Podcasts
December 02, 2020

Amazon is in talks to purchase of podcast maker Wondery, a startup that could help the tech giant push more into the burgeoning podcast sector, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Dec. 2). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Amazon Expands Call Center Business Technology With Voice Recognition
December 01, 2020

As Amazon sees new demand for cloud services because of the pandemic, the company has announced voice recognition as part of its new services suite for call center businesses, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Amazon Sellers Cash In With $4.8 Billion Holiday Sales Worldwide
December 01, 2020

Amazon merchants rang up over $4.8 billion in global sales Black Friday through Cyber Monday, a 60 percent increase over 2019 sales for the same period. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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AWS Outage Interrupts Web Service for Spotify, Square And Others
November 25, 2020

An Amazon Web Services outage affected the digital presence and operations of dozens of companies Wednesday (Nov 25) as one of the subsystems of the massive web operations platform failed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Smart Glasses: Amazon Introduces 2nd Gen Echo Frames Powered By Alexa
November 19, 2020

Amazon is releasing its second generation of Echo Frames smart glasses to the general public, after offering the Alexa-powered eyeglasses by invitation only last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Amazon Claims Insider Trading In Latest Bid To Halt Reliance’s Deal For Future Group
November 11, 2020

Amazon is upping the ante in its bid to thwart the $3.4 billion acquisition of Future Retail by the U.S. tech company’s major Indian eCommerce rival, Reliance Industries, owned by Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in Asia. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Amazon Teams With Barclaycard Germany On Installment Financing
November 11, 2020

Barclaycard Germany is teaming up with Amazon to offer a new installment financing plan to customers of the online retail giant. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Amazon Faces EU Antitrust Charges Over Seller Data
November 10, 2020

Formal antitrust charges against Amazon will be announced by EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager over how the eCommerce giant handles data from the merchants on its platform, according to a Financial Times (FT) report citing sources. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Amazon Opens Three More Brazilian Logistics Hubs
November 09, 2020

The eCommerce surge generated from the COVID-9 pandemic has prompted Amazon to open three additional logistics hubs in Brazil, according to a report in Reuters on Monday (Nov. 8). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...