Category: Amazon
Google testing Project Wing drone delivery service
Amazon is not the only company investigating the possibility of using drones to deliver goods to customers – now search giant Google is testing a drone delivery system. Google is conducting […]
LG G3 to hit 10 million sales… Amazon Fire Phone to receive patronising “good effort” award?
We’ve seen some big launches over the last year – but that doesn’t ever mean companies launching phones can expect big results. First, the good news for LG, which according […]
5 reasons why Amazon might have bought Twitch
Big news overnight from Amazon, which has bought streaming service Twitch for a cool $970m. Yes – that’s right – Amazon. Twitch had multiple suitors, but it seems that in […]
Tech industry ice-bucket challenge round-up
Today might mark peak ice bucket. The campaign to raise awareness of ALS has certainly worked, and is said to have raised several million dollars for a good cause. Perhaps […]
Amazon drops pre-orders for Disney titles
Amazon in the US has halted pre-orders of some Disney movies in what appears to be another contract dispute, according the Wall Street Journal. Copies of films such as Muppets […]
Greenpeace and Amazon in war of words over clean power
Greenpeace does not appear to be a big fan of Amazon, or its Amazon Web Services In a recent Green Internet report, Greenpeace praised companies such as Microsoft, Google and […]
Amazon Prime coming to Android at last!
A good spot from our pals at Shiny Shiny – an Amazon spokesperson has told PC Advisor that Amazon Instant Video is coming to Android “imminently”. Instant Video has been […]
Amazon appears to be testing ebook subscription service
It seems that Amazon is preparing to give readers something to get excited about – a Netflix-style digital ebook and audiobook subscription service that provides Kindle users with access to […]
Sci-fi series Extant is a streaming hit, says Amazon UK
The pilot episode of Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi mystery thriller Extant has become Amazon Prime Instant Video’s most successful launch ever – attracting three times more streams on release day than […]
Amazon hire Google Glass inventor
Babak Parviz is the man at Google who was responsible for “Google X” – the mysterious “skunkworks” division of the company that is responsible for, amongst other things, Google Glass. […]
