Tag: amazon
Searches for ‘Cancel Amazon Prime’ surge 500% after announcement
Following Amazon’s announcement that it is increasing the price of its Prime subscription by £1 a month, searches for ‘Cancel Amazon Prime’ increased 537% on the 26th of July. A […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Amazon takes legal action against Facebook groups
Amazon is taking legal action against the administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups, the BBC has learned. It says the groups are generating fake reviews on Amazon marketplaces in […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Shaking head and Afro comb added to Emoji list
A shaking head, pair of high-fiving hands and an afro comb are all set to head to smartphones over the next year as the draft list for Emoji 15.0 is […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Amazon investigated by CMA for ‘distorting competition’
Amazon is being investigated by Britain’s antitrust watchdog over concerns that some of its practices in the UK may be anticompetitive and result in a worse deal for customers. The […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Amazon to start drone deliveries in US
Amazon says it will begin delivering parcels to shoppers by drone for the first time later this year, pending final regulatory approval. Users in the Californian town of Lockeford will […]
Parkopedia launches voice-assisted parking for US drivers
Connected vehicle services provider, Parkopedia, has launched a new Amazon Alexa Skill for voice-assisted parking in the US. According to the American Automobile Association, a record-breaking 43.6 million Americans were […]
Trustpilot removed nearly 2 million fake reviews in 2021
Trustpilot claims it removed nearly 2 million fake reviews in 2021, out of around 46.7 million which were left on its platform during the period. The consumer website claims to […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Amazon removes option to buy Kindle books on Android Amazon app
It felt like a sneaky hack because, for years, you could buy a Kindle book on the Amazon app on an Android device when you couldn’t do the exact same […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Facebook pulls out of podcasts
Facebook is pulling out of podcasts and plans to remove them altogether from the social-media service starting June 3. Part of Meta Platforms Inc., Facebook will stop letting people add podcasts […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Amazon suffers slowest growth in two decades
Amazon has suffered its slowest growth for two decades, knocking $150bn (£120bn) off its value on Thursday, as the pandemic internet shopping boom ground to a halt. The online retail giant […]
