Amazon Episodes

Amazon news and rumors, including the latest on Alexa, AWS, and Echo devices.
April 9, 2021

Fri. 04/09 – Amazon Wins The Union Battle

The counting is finally happening, and not to be all Nate Silver, but it’s looking fairly certain that Amazon won its big union battle. Apple and Epic Games are making their first arguments in that big lawsuit. A big new scr…
Feb. 9, 2021

Tue. 02/09 – Amazon To Release An Alexa ‘Command Center?’

Amazon is ginning up a new Echo device that’s like a dashboard for your household. Big changes to Android leaked to the internet. Reddit raises a big round. Mark Cuban is gunning for Clubhouse. And I’ve been warning y’all of…
Feb. 3, 2021

Wed. 02/03 – Bezos Drops Mic

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO, to be replaced by Andy Jassy. Google is losing a ton of money on its Cloud, but YouTube is finally hitting its stride. Apple might formally do an Apple Car-related tie-up with Kia i…
Dec. 1, 2020

Tue. 12/01 - Amazon Launches EC2 Mac Instances

Amazon launches EC2 Mac instances. Don’t call it Libra. At least, not the Libra Association. Is Samsung thinking about discontinuing the Galaxy Note line? Why DeepMind solving the protein folding problem is such a big deal. …
Nov. 17, 2020

Tue. 11/17 – Amazon Pharmacy Aims To Conquer Another Huge Retail Sector

Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy. Twitter launches Fleets, but the real news is they’re testing a Clubhouse clone with audio rooms. Airbnb finally files to go public. And running through the flood of reviews for the new Macs …
Sept. 29, 2020

Tue. 09/29 - With Amazon One, Amazon Wants You To Pay With Your Palm

With Amazon One, Amazon wants you to pay with your palm. Google is trying the carrot and the stick approach with its App Store controversies. What if Zoom was redesigned specifically for remote learning? The world’s first fo…
Sept. 25, 2020

Fri. 09/25 – Amazon Announces The Luna Cloud Gaming Service

All the headlines from Amazon’s hardware event. New Echo devices. Amazon is getting into cloud gaming with Luna. And ring has a literal drone that will fly around the inside of your house for the purposes of sentry duty. Int…
Aug. 27, 2020

Thu. 08/27 – Halo, Amazon’s New Fitness Wearable

Amazon announces Halo, a weird and ambitious new fitness wearable. Facebook warns of an ad-apocalypse. TikTok’s CEO abruptly resigns, for: reasons. The reMarkable 2 e-ink tablet. Intel is causing the US to fall behind in sup…
Aug. 10, 2020

Mon. 08/10 – Amazon to Turn Malls Into Fulfillment Centers?

Amazon wants to literally take over Malls. How exposed to China is Apple at the moment? Apple is literally doing legal battle with a pear. An app to help guide you on your psychedelic trips. And why I would personally be in …
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…
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: TinyC…
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: …
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 bac…
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 thi…
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 Amazo…