So, what are the ads doing for Amazon? Some people think they’re degrading the experience – certainly, it’s hard to shop without wading though them. But you could also ask whether this is ‘advertising’ or ‘marketing’ – indeed, you could … Read more
Together, Amazon and One Medical will help more people get better care, when and how they need it For a limited time, One Medical membership is available to new U.S. customers for $144 (28% discount) for the first year—the equivalent … Read more
WASHINGTON— Amazon.com Inc. will be able to close its purchase of 1Life Healthcare Inc., the operator of the One Medical line of primary-care clinics, without a legal challenge by antitrust enforcers. The Federal Trade Commission won’t sue in time to … Read more
For the last couple of years, each quarter I’ve been posting a quick analysis of Amazon’s quarterly business results in a Twitter thread. I don’t use Twitter much any more, and Mastodon doesn’t make it easy to post threads, so … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. is selling a vacant Bay Area office complex purchased about 16 months ago, the company’s latest effort to unwind a pandemic-era expansion that left it with a surfeit of warehouses and employees. Most Read from Bloomberg … Read more
Amazon appears to be considering a massive technology complex that could contain more than 30 buildings on property it is buying near the Intel site in Licking County. The Amazon development would be included in a technology park that would … Read more
Reuters/Rick Wilking/File Photo Amazon has radically transformed small businesses in both the U.S. and China, making them dependent on the e-commerce giant while also obscuring their existence, according to a new report published Wednesday by Data & Society. The foundation-supported … Read more
Amazon on Wednesday commenced the latest wave of job cuts in its corporate workforce in what’s poised to be the largest round of layoffs in the company’s history. Employees were notified of the cuts in emails sent by Doug Herrington, … Read more
Today we started sending the below email to AmazonSmile customers, and we want to share it here, too: Dear customer, In 2013, we launched AmazonSmile to make it easier for customers to support their favorite charities. However, after almost a … Read more
Josh Hendrickson / Review Geek If you see a 16 terabyte portable SSD on Amazon for $100 or less, don’t buy it. Such a drive would cost thousands of dollars. These are nothing more than a scam, and don’t work … Read more