Amazon Episodes
Amazon news and rumors, including the latest on Alexa, AWS, and Echo devices.
June 30, 2020
Tue. 06/30 – Amazon Prime Video Launches Watch Party
Lululemon wants to buy Mirror. We think Uber is thinking about buying Postmates. Amazon Prime Video launches Watch Party. Android’s AirDrop competitor is rolling out. And why cloud gaming is the impetus for a new data center ...
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June 26, 2020
Fri. 06/26 - Amazon Buys Self-Driving Startup Zoox
Amazon is officially in the self-driving car game. Microsoft is officially keeping its retail stores closed… forever. Verizon had joined the Facebook ad boycott. And of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Links: TinyCa...
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June 25, 2020
Thu. 06/25 – Amazon Has A Counterfeit Crimes Unit (Sounds Like An NBC TV Show)
Wirecard is wiped out. Amazon has its own Counterfeit Crimes Unit. Apple quietly made a change that will make things pretty tough on advertisers. Google won’t keep your data forever anymore and Hey basically wins. Sponsors: T...
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May 27, 2020
Wed. 05/27 – Amazon Joins The Self-Driving Race
Amazon joins the self-driving race, and actually, why haven’t they before? Google’s plans to get back to the office. HBO Max debuts, but with one major handicap. Facebook faces a novel whistleblower complaint and looking back...
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Dec. 17, 2019
Tue. 12/17 - Alexa Is A Hit, But Is It A Business?
More reported casualties in the Google Civil War, more strife between Amazon and FedEx, can Amazon turn Alexa into a healthy ecosystem, developers: get busy on Edge extensions, and the top apps of the decade have one big thin...
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Nov. 26, 2019
Tues. 11/26 - Amazon Prime Cuts
Google fires four workers associated with labor organizing, Amazon's ruthless quotas lead to high rates of warehouse injuries, grass-roots opponents to Amazon's power form a coalition, a report cites the public cost of Amazon...
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Sept. 25, 2019
Wed. 09/25 - It's Alexas All The Way Down!
Amazon’s hardware event gives us more Alexa in just about anything you can think of, Oculus has some news on the VR front, the 2020 iPhones might echo the iPhone 4 design, and those dog like robots from Boston Dynamics are fi...
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Sept. 16, 2019
Mon. 09/16 - Did Amazon Change its Algorithms to Make Itself More Profitable?
If Amazon wants to tip-toe past the regulators, headlines like those from today can’t help, October is going to be filthy with major tech launch events, is TikTok showing us the future of the Chinese web in worrying ways, and...
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Aug. 3, 2019
The State of Amazon With Jason Del Rey
The Vox/Recode family has a new podcast, Land of the Giants . And so we’re going to talk to Jason Del Rey, the voice behind the first season of this podcast, which focuses on Amazon. But look, I’ve wanted to get someone on to...
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July 12, 2019
Fri. 07/12 - Amazon Developing A High-End Echo Speaker
Amazon is developing a high-end Echo speaker, the PC market’s not dead yet, Postmates is having second thoughts about going public and might shop itself around instead, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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June 15, 2019
(Bonus) Among the Amazon Robots With Matt Simon
That Wired longread that I suggested yesterday, about Amazon’s warehouse robots really stuck with me for personal reasons you’ll hear in a second. I talked to the author of the piece, Matt Simon, not only cause I wanted more ...
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May 31, 2019
Fri. 05/31 - Does Amazon Want To Be A Mobile Carrier?
Might Amazon get into the cellular carrier game and thus make a Sprint/T-Mobile merger more palatable? Uber’s first quarterly report as a public company, what to expect from WWDC next week, and of course, the weekend longread...
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April 26, 2019
Fri. 04/26 - Prime Delivery Changes
Amazon wants all Prime deliveries to be one-day shipping, Slack files for its IPO and Uber sets its price range, someone with a personal vendetta to fix Gmail and of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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April 11, 2019
Thu. 04/11 - Alexa Snags Its Own "Scandal"
Yes, there are people listening in on your Alexa recordings, but it’s complicated; Jeff Bezos challenges competitors to pay their workers more, the third big unicorn IPO of the year happened today, and a rundown of noteworthy...
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April 5, 2019
Fri. 04/05 - Alexa is Coming for AirPods
Google scraps the AI ethics board, Alexa is coming for AirPods, the Bezos’ divorce is settled, Snap reminds everyone they’re pretty darned good at inventing weird stuff and the weekend longreads suggestions.
Sponsors:
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April 4, 2019
Thu. 04/04 - Amazon Joins The Internet Space Race
Facebook. Data. Exposure. Another one. Could Intel issues delay a 5G iPhone? Apple cuts the price of the HomePod, Amazon is going to launch Internet satellites, and the trouble with AI ethics boards.
Sponsors:
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Feb. 28, 2019
Thu. 02/28 - Make Any Day Amazon Day
Amazon Day gives you the ability to schedule your Prime Deliveries, Motorola teases more details about the foldable resurrection of the Razr phone, the state of the smartwatch market, and seemingly every messaging platform mi...
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Feb. 14, 2019
Thu. 02/14 - Amazon to NYC: Drop Dead!
Amazon says thank you, but no thank you, to New York City, JP Morgan has its own crypto token, Google might try to come at the iPhone on price, and the legendary Lee Clow retires.
Sponsors:
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Feb. 12, 2019
Tue. 02/12 - Amazon Buys Eero
Amazon acquires Eero, Apple is putting marketing muscle behind AR, looks like everyone was abusing Apple’s Enterprise Certificate program, and the new video game sensation giving Fortnite a run for its money.
Sponsors:
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Feb. 8, 2019
Fri. 02/08 - The Jeff Bezos Stuff
Yes, we’re gonna talk about the Bezos thing, is Amazon reconsidering HQ2, Sprint sues over 5G, maybe digital media is just fine, and the weekend longreads suggestions.
Sponsors:
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Metalab.co
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Nov. 27, 2018
Tue. 11/27 - Why Is Shopping On Amazon So Hard? (Replacement)
AWS goes the custom silicon route, Facebook Watch goes after the olds, will Microsoft leapfrog Apple and why does Amazon’s shopping experience suck so much?
Stories from: @katienotopoulos, @ShiraOvide
Tweets: @ajassy, @AlexS...
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Nov. 27, 2018
Tue. 11/27 - Why Is Shopping On Amazon So Complicated?
AWS goes the custom silicon route, Facebook Watch goes after the olds, will Microsoft leapfrog Apple and why does Amazon’s shopping experience suck so much?
Stories from: @katienotopoulos, @ShiraOvide
Tweets: @ajassy, @AlexS...
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Nov. 13, 2018
Tue. 11/13 - LeBron's "The Decision" But For Amazon HQ2
Amazon’s HQ2 officially lands in Queens and Crystal City; Waymo is launching a driverless car service in December; Apple locks down repairs on modern Macs; get ready for cloud gaming; Pandora applies its music technology to p...
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Nov. 9, 2018
Fri. 11/09 - Amazon and Apple Cut a Deal
The great winter of tech worker discontent is definitely here, Disney’s streaming service has a name, Vine might be coming back, Github hits a major milestone and, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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