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August 17, 2018 at 1:12 pm

Amazon is planning live TV recorder, challenging TiVo

The DVR device, dubbed “Frank” inside Amazon, will allow users to record live TV and stream the video to a smartphone so it can be...

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A runner cruises down the waterfront trail at Stanley Park in Vancouver, B. C. Tuesday, March 14, 2017. The Vancouver skyline is at top of frame.

August 17, 2018 at 7:54 am

The Amazon era is making Vancouver, B.C., the world’s hottest warehouse market

The Canadian city had the biggest surge globally in lease rates. IKEA, BMW and Amazon are among companies that have snapped up the biggest industrial...

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August 16, 2018 at 7:36 am

Amazon reportedly in the running to acquire Landmark movie chain

The company is vying with other suitors to acquire the Landmark Theaters business, according to people familiar with the situation. Some see it as a...

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Caption: Alexa and Cortana, Amazon’s and Microsoft’s digital assistants, will now work on each other’s devices by letting one assistant summon the other.
Credit: Microsoft

August 15, 2018 at 6:00 am

Alexa and Cortana start tag teaming as digital assistants on smart devices

Alexa will be able to summon Cortana and vice versa using the new integration from Microsoft and Amazon.

The Amazon Spheres rest beneath Day One, the dominant building owned by the company downtown, on Thursday, August 17, 2017 in downtown.

August 9, 2018 at 3:33 pm

Amazon considering opening Seattle health clinics for employees, report says

CNBC reported that Amazon is considering opening a pilot clinic, staffed by a small number of doctors, later this year at its Seattle headquarters

Mike Cooper, a Coast Guard veteran and new Amazon employee, at a ceremony for graduates of an apprenticeship program that trains military veterans for technology jobs at Amazon. Seated are Jennifer Carlson, of the Washington Technology Industry Association, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Ardine Williams, an Amazon vice president.

August 8, 2018 at 5:20 pm

Amazon welcomes first graduates of program to turn veterans into technologists

Amazon on Wednesday held a graduation ceremony for its first five graduates of a pilot program to train veterans for technology jobs at the retail...

August 7, 2018 at 9:00 pm

Whole Foods launches one-hour, 30-minute grocery pickup options

The Amazon-owned organic grocer says it will offer members of the Prime membership program quick delivery options, the latest effort to give consumers an option...