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En Garde Amazon, eBay Rolling Out Same-Day Shipping Service “eBay Now”

All the speculation about Amazon’s same-day shipping service may have been wishful thinking, but it seems like eBay is really going to give it a shot. The auction service has started sending invites to the beta of “eBay Now,” which provides just that. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-same-day-delivery-might-have-been-wishful-thinki-5929414 Local to San Fransciso at the moment, eBay Now will apparently…

Commerce Eric Limer

Amazon Cloud Player Will Upgrade All the Horrible Quality MP3s You Throw at It

Amazon’s Cloud Player has always been able to take your crappy old MP3s and stream them to any device with access to the S3 cloud, but now Amazon has an added perk for users: they’ll upgrade any low bitrate files you upload to 256kbps quality. Additionally, Amazon Cloud Player can scan your music library and…

Commerce Adrian Covert

Amazon Is Expanding Locker Delivery

Good news—Amazon has expanded its locker delivery service in New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., and London. How convenient! [The Verge]

Commerce Leslie Horn

How eBay Became Relevant Again

When a website goes into tailspin common wisdom dictates that there’s no way it can make a comeback. But in recent time eBay has done just that, transforming its dismal financial state into successes resembling its glory days. How the hell did it do it? Back in 2004, eBay shares hit a peak of $58.…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

Amazon Same-Day Delivery Might Have Been Wishful Thinking

Despite some very clever speculation in Slate recently about Amazon’s same-day delivery plans, that particular dream may go unfulfilled for most of us. At least, if Amazon CFO Tom Szkutak has anything to say about. https://gizmodo.com/how-amazon-s-same-day-delivery-plan-will-kill-your-loca-5925387 Szkutzk, speaking today during Amazon’s conference call to discuss earnings, was asked directly about his company’s same-day delivery ambitions.…

Commerce Brian Barrett

Why “Five or Six” New Kindle Fires Is Really Just Two Kindle Fires

There’s a Reuters report out there this morning saying there will be “five or six” new Kindle Fire models, according Demos Parneros, president of U.S. Retail for Staples. That doesn’t mean what you think it means, exactly. Whatever you think of Mr. Parneros’s credibility, here’s why that number is dumb: It’s almost definitely based on…

Commerce Kyle Wagner

Amazon Opening TV and Movie Development Center in London

We’ve known for some time that Amazon is planning to make original TV content. But now Bezos and co have announced that Amazon is turning its back on the US, instead choosing to develop a center in London to spearhead its move into media. https://gizmodo.com/now-amazon-is-planning-to-make-original-tv-content-5907008 The Telegraph reports that the Seattle-based firm has named London…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

Is Netflix Still the Best Streaming Service?

Amazon Prime has never been better than Netflix, but it has steadily improved over the past year in the wake of Netflix’s nonsense. And when you consider it’s part of an $80 bundle that includes free Amazon shipping, the service becomes all the more attractive. Today, Amazon Prime announced a new deal with Warner Bros.…

Commerce Adrian Covert

Fringe and The West Wing Will Stream Exclusively on Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime is getting some fresh blood. It’s reached an agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to bring Fringe, The West Wing, and other Warner shows to Prime streaming. The addition beefs up Prime video, which has been steadily improving, but is still an afterthought for not just people buying streaming services, but people…

Commerce Kyle Wagner

What If Amazon Did Yesterday Shipping?

Recent news suggests that Amazon is planning to launch same-day shipping, a first for online retail and perhaps the end of local stores as we know them. But what if Amazon worked out how to bend physics and developed yesterday shipping? https://gizmodo.com/how-amazon-s-same-day-delivery-plan-will-kill-your-loca-5925387 Obviously that’s insane, but the idea of Amazon pushing the boundaries of delivery…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

Is Amazon Prime a Good Gift?

Amazon prime is pretty much the best thing in the world. Free two-day shipping. Streaming movies—including Mean Girls. It just makes life easier. But is it a good gift on its own? On one hand, Prime makes buying stuff unbelievably easy. A few clicks teleports things from the internet to your home, in just two…

Commerce Kyle Wagner

How Amazon’s Same-Day Delivery Plan Will Kill Your Local Stores

For years, Amazon has fought to avoid having to collect sales tax in order to keep its prices low. Now, though, it’s given up on that that battle and instead looks set to launch a same-day delivery service—and that could destroy local retail as we know it. Farhad Manjoo has put together a wonderfully insightful…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

WSJ: Amazon Is Testing a 4- to 5-Inch Phone

Last week Bloomberg reported that Amazon was in the process of developing a phone. Now, the Wall Street Journal is going one step further, by suggesting that the company is testing a handset, and even getting ready to go into production. According to those infamous “unnamed sources”, the Journal explains, the device’s screen is between…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

Report: Amazon’s Next Kindle Fire Will Have a Better Display

AllThingsD is reporting that the next Kindle Fire will be thinner and lighter than the current Kindle Fire with a better display, boosting the pixels to a 1280 x 800 resolution. Supposedly, Amazon is targeting the second half of the year for the release—late in the third quarter, to be a little more specific. AllThingsD…

Commerce Casey Chan

What Features Would You Want in an Amazon Phone?

The Amazon phone rumor mill is in full force right now, and regardless of whether they’re true or not, the idea of Amazon making phones is an intriguing prospect. But without an operating system of its own, Amazon would need to imbue such a device with features that make it stand out. If you were…

Commerce Adrian Covert

Bloomberg: Amazon Is Developing a Phone

Despite the fact that it could prove to be a spectacularly bad idea, rumors are once again milling that Amazon is planning to launch a phone. Now, Bloomberg reports that Bezos and co are in the process of developing an Android handset. According to Bloomberg, two people “with knowledge of the matter” have told it…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

Get Ready for Amazon Maps

Remember when Apple bought a little 3D map company called C3, and now there will be 3D maps on your iPhone? Now Amazon is doing the exact same thing. But why? You know why. The companies that make mobile gadgets are fleeing Google Maps—well, except for Google. Microsoft’s taking Nokia’s excellent mapping software for Windows…

Commerce Sam Biddle

Your Hotel Bible Is Now a Kindle

The Hotel Indigo in Newcastle, UK, is much like any other hotel: expensive mini bar, pointless shower caps, and bed sheets that take 10 minutes to get under. Until you peer into the beside table that is, becasue, in the place of a bible, there’s a Kindle waiting to be read. Claiming to be the…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

You Can Now Read DC Comics on Nook

Previously, DC Comics has had an exclusive deal with Amazon, which meant that any Nook users were left out in the cold. From today, that’s no longer the case. https://gizmodo.com/barnes-noble-might-be-ruining-comic-books-for-everyon-5851035 DC Comics has announced that more than 100 graphic novels, including Watchmen, The Sandman, and The New 52, will now be available to read on…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

Report: Kindle Fire 2 Could Show Up Next Month

Microsoft’s shown off Surface, Google just might reveal its own tablet, and according to an unnamed CNET source, Amazon is joining the party with the Kindle Fire 2, reportedly set to debut in July. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-microsoft-surface-5919428 The rebooted Fire will allegedly have a camera and volume control buttons, though other specs like onboard memory and processor…

Commerce Leslie Horn

En Garde Amazon, eBay Rolling Out Same-Day Shipping Service “eBay Now”

Amazon Cloud Player Will Upgrade All the Horrible Quality MP3s You Throw at It

Amazon Is Expanding Locker Delivery

How eBay Became Relevant Again

Amazon Same-Day Delivery Might Have Been Wishful Thinking

Why “Five or Six” New Kindle Fires Is Really Just Two Kindle Fires

Amazon Opening TV and Movie Development Center in London

Is Netflix Still the Best Streaming Service?

Fringe and The West Wing Will Stream Exclusively on Amazon Prime

What If Amazon Did Yesterday Shipping?

Is Amazon Prime a Good Gift?

How Amazon’s Same-Day Delivery Plan Will Kill Your Local Stores

WSJ: Amazon Is Testing a 4- to 5-Inch Phone

Report: Amazon’s Next Kindle Fire Will Have a Better Display

What Features Would You Want in an Amazon Phone?

Bloomberg: Amazon Is Developing a Phone

Get Ready for Amazon Maps

Your Hotel Bible Is Now a Kindle

You Can Now Read DC Comics on Nook

Report: Kindle Fire 2 Could Show Up Next Month

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