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Archives for September 2017

Technology
Why Amazon should buy TwitterWhy Amazon should buy Twitter
Technology

It’s not a crazy idea.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Amazon’s NFL audience beat Twitter’s — but is still much smaller than TVAmazon’s NFL audience beat Twitter’s — but is still much smaller than TV
Technology

372,000 people on average watched the Bears-Packers game on Amazon Thursday night.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
How to watch Amazon’s first NFL livestream between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay PackersHow to watch Amazon’s first NFL livestream between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers
Technology

The game is free for Prime users.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
The Echo doesn’t have one killer app, so Amazon  is creating Alexa gadgets for every use caseThe Echo doesn’t have one killer app, so Amazon  is creating Alexa gadgets for every use case
Technology

Spray and pray ... with a purpose.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
It’s time to find out if Amazon is ready for the NFLIt’s time to find out if Amazon is ready for the NFL
Technology

Pro football’s next streaming experiment starts tonight.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
This huge Kindle promotion with Alibaba shows Amazon’s shrinking ambition in ChinaThis huge Kindle promotion with Alibaba shows Amazon’s shrinking ambition in China
Technology

Amazon at one time thought it could really compete with Alibaba. No longer.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
The Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy cocktail: Amazon, Walmart and billions in debtThe Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy cocktail: Amazon, Walmart and billions in debt
Technology

A brutal concoction.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
It sounds as though the NBA may eventually set up shop on AmazonIt sounds as though the NBA may eventually set up shop on Amazon
Technology

Commissioner Adam Silver’s comments at Code Commerce hint at what may be inevitable.

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Watch as streaming TV services are increasingly winning the top EmmysWatch as streaming TV services are increasingly winning the top Emmys
Technology

Beware of a new kind of Big Three.

By Rani Molla
Technology
Full video: Williams-Sonoma CEO Laura Alber from Code CommerceFull video: Williams-Sonoma CEO Laura Alber from Code Commerce
Technology

“I certainly don’t think we’re in the midst of a retail apocalypse.”

By Meghann Farnsworth
Technology
Full transcript: Author and NYU professor Scott Galloway on Recode DecodeFull transcript: Author and NYU professor Scott Galloway on Recode Decode
Technology

Google is God. Facebook is love. Amazon is the gut. Apple is sex.

By Recode Staff
Technology
Theory doesn’t think Amazon is ‘that serious’ about fashion — yetTheory doesn’t think Amazon is ‘that serious’ about fashion — yet
Technology

“Fashion sort of looks good to them,” says Theory head Andrew Rosen.

By Theodore Schleifer
Technology
Why Ken Burns won’t leave PBS for HBOWhy Ken Burns won’t leave PBS for HBO
Technology

“I’m at the dance with them that brung me and I think I’m leavin’ with them,” the co-director of “The Vietnam War” says.

By Eric Johnson
Technology
How Nike is fighting off bots and counterfeitersHow Nike is fighting off bots and counterfeiters
Technology

Nike doesn’t want consumers to “feel like they’ve lost.”

By Theodore Schleifer
Technology
Blue Apron CEO Matt Salzberg: We’re not Amazon-Whole Foods, and we’re not trying to beBlue Apron CEO Matt Salzberg: We’re not Amazon-Whole Foods, and we’re not trying to be
Technology

Salzberg sounds an optimistic note even after Amazon’s big buy of Whole Foods.

By Tony Romm