Category: Amazon News
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A Second Amazon Prime Day 2023 is Coming! Here is Everything We Know Inducing The Date
Amazon recently just finished its big summer Prime Day sale back in July. Now it has already been announced that a second big event will be coming soon. Details are still thin, but here is everything Amazon announced today. When is the second Prime Day even happen in 2023? Amazon says their next big Prime…
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Amazon is Streaming Every Taylor Swift Studio Album For Free On-Demand With Prime For a Limited Time
Great news for Taylor Swift fans or anyone looking to check out what all the talk is about. Amazon is making all of her studio albums free on-demand with Prime. Taylor Swift has been a professional songwriter since she was 14 years old. She has been topping the charts since her first album in 2006,…
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Amazon Saw Sales Grow hit 11% in The Second Quarter of 2023
Today Amazon announced their 2nd quarter 2023 earnings that saw sales grow 11% during the quarter. Revenue hit $134.4 billion as Amazon seems very pleased with its 2nd quarter numbers. Amazon also saw its advertising business hit $10.4 billion a 22% year-over-year growth. “It was another strong quarter of progress for Amazon,” said Andy Jassy,…
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Amazon Adds Recall and Alert Page to Make Shopping Safer
Amazon added a new recalls and alerts page to help customers search for product recalls and view other safety information for potential purchases. The page, which went live last week, lets customers check to see if any notices on a product are out before making a purchase. You can also verify that recent purchases haven’t…
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You Can Now Book a Doctor Through Amazon’s Virtual Health Clinic
Amazon has expanded its virtual healthcare program to the entire country, and is now available to anyone in the US with an internet connection. The program, which launched in November in limited markets, allows you to get access to a doctor via your computer to address minor or common maladies. The service could offer people…
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Amazon is Turning Your Fire TV Into a Work of Art
We all love our big-screen TVs, but they are not always what you want people to see when they are over. Now Amazon has expanded its Ambient Experience with a new Dynamic Art collection that will display personalized, always changing artwork through your Fire TV smart TVs. Amazon says their new Dynamic Art uses an…
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Amazon & iRobot Alter Takeover Deal as EU Review Puts Merger in Limbo
Amazon changed the terms of its deal to buy iRobot after the robot vacuum maker took on debt to continue operating as the two companies await the results of an EU antitrust investigation into the combination. Amazon said that it would now pay $51.75 a share, below the original $61-per-share price, to account for $200…
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Amazon Freevee Will Add 20 New Free Channels & Hundreds of New Movies & TV Episodes in August 2023
Today Amazon Freevee announced 20 new channels and dozen of movies in August 2023. Amazon Freevee is available on Fire TV, Fire Tablets, and as a free Channel within Prime Video. Freevee is also available as an app on Roku, Samsung smart TVs (2017-2021 models), Comcast’s Xfinity Flex, Xfinity X1, Chromecast with Google TV, NVIDIA…
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Amazon Will Now Let You Pay With Your Palm At Whole Foods
Yesterday, Amazon announced a convenient way to pay for people who oft forget their wallets. Amazon One lets you pay with a wave of your hand using palm recognition technology. By scanning your calm at the cash register, Amazon One provides another contactless payment option that’s free to use. The palm scanner is slowly rolling…
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FTC & Justice Department Look to Block Big Tech Mergers by Proposing New Guidelines
The Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department have outlined new rules surrounding anti-competitive mergers. The proposed merger guidelines are intended to cast a wider net to identify potential risks and crack down on possible illegal mergers between already massive companies. “We are updating our enforcement manual to reflect the realities of how firms do business…