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Daimler AG sues Amazon over replica Mercedes wheels, in new test of liability for knockoff goods
Daimler AG is suing Amazon for patent and trademark infringement, alleging that the e-commerce giant illegally sold and distributed...
Amazon takes on podcasting with Audible Channels, featuring original audio content
Audible, the Amazon-owned company that built its business selling audiobooks, is now officially moving into original audio storytelling with Audible Channels.
Podcasts have been on the rise in recent years, with Serial, a spinout from This American Life, capturing the Reddit zeitgeist and getting plenty of...
Box to enable regional enterprise storage via Amazon Web Services, IBM Cloud
Box wants enterprise users to make better use of the cloud, but regulations and security concerns make it hard for companies outside the U.S. to take advantage of its cloud storage software in many day-to-day operations.
Today, the cloud storage provider unveiled Box Zones, which leverages...
Amazon now has three CEOs: Tech powerhouse promotes Andy Jassy and Jeff Wilke to CEO roles of respective divisions
Amazon.com is changing the titles for the top bosses who run two of the company’s most lucrative business units.
The company today announced that longtime...
Report: Amazon acquired the artificial intelligence image analysis startup Orbeus
Amazon’s artificial intelligence ambitions are growing, with rumors surfacing today that it purchased an AI startup focusing on image processing.
Amazon acquired Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Orbeus in the fall of 2015, according to an anonymous source that spoke with...
In annual letter, Jeff Bezos says Amazon is an ‘invention machine’ defined by failure
Amazon’s culture has been in the media spotlight since last summer, when The New York Times published a widely read article about the company’s “bruising” workplace environment.
Jeff Bezos addressed that reputation, indirectly, in his annual...
Amazon cuts off affiliate program in Louisiana over new sales tax law
Amazon is ending its affiliate program in Louisiana after legislators passed a law allowing the state to tax businesses without a physical presence...
Flirtey makes first urban drone delivery in FAA test, beating Amazon to the punch
A startup named Flirtey says it’s executed the first FAA-approved urban drone delivery in the United States, in a test that could blaze a trail...
Amazon starts selling Comcast Xfinity packages in first-of-its-kind relationship with cable giant
Amazon has quietly rolled out the Amazon Cable Store in a bid to make cable TV, internet and home phone service much easier to compare and buy. Right now, the only cable company offering services through...