Amazon have introduced a new 1 hour delivery service for tens of thousands of items, including household items and electronics, for certain areas in Manhattan and, they say it will be be “coming soon to a city near you”. I don’t think we’ll be seeing Amazon Prime Now in Tullamore anytime soon, or Dublin for that […]
#455597934 / gettyimages.com Shares in Amazon Inc fell 11% in after-hours trading last night after the company reported a net loss of $437 million or 95c per share for the third quarter of 2014, up from $41 million or 9c per share for the same period last year. Net sales continued to grow, increasing 20% to $20.58 billion […]
A lot of retailers take on extra staff for Christmas. However in the case of Amazon’s US operations the number of staff involved is huge. The online retail giant has announced that they’ll be hiring more than 70 thousand full-time seasonal staff this year! That’s a 40% increase compared to 2012. The company will retain […]
Several people have been reporting issues accessing Amazon.com At the moment the US site is not loading, but the UK one is working fine. When a site like Amazon goes offline it makes headlines.. Whether the site is under attack or suffering some other kind of technical issue is not clear. UPDATE 20:08 It looks […]
Online giant Amazon is reporting a 22% increase in sales for the first quarter of 2013. In a report published yesterday the company reported sales increased to $16.07 billion. They also gave a breakdown of the company’s activities over the last quarter which is worth a quick read. Related articles Amazon beats earnings target as […]
Last Friday Amazon debuted the pilots for several TV shows on their video streaming service. The 14 pilots include 8 sitcoms and 6 kids animated shows. Based on the viewers’ feedback Amazon will then decide which shows to actually order. In a release earlier today they announced that the pilots had been the most watched […]
Michele is en route to Beijing this morning for ICANN 46, and Conn phoned him last night at a Dublin hotel for this week’s podcast. We had a snigger at the annual crop of April Fool stories. The mobile phone is 40 years old – where did you first see yours? Twitter expands “cards”. Amazon expands […]
All the big tech companies are making announcements at the moment. The next big one to do so is Amazon, who are holding a press conference later today. Some suspect that the announcement will be about new Kindle Fire models. The company announced last week that the Kindle Fire had been their number 1 seller […]
From the “not available in Europe” department .. Amazon have announced a deal with EPIX that will allow them to add even more new releases to their Amazon Prime Instant Video selection. So if you’re in the US you’ll be able to get all sorts of “shiny” streamed to you almost instantly including new releases […]
As one of the largest shops in the world Amazon has access to a lot of consumer data. They know what people are reading, so if you’re tracking the US elections their latest service should be of interest. The Amazon Election Heat Map 2012 updates daily with the latest political book sales across the US […]
