Amazon Episodes

Amazon news and rumors, including the latest on Alexa, AWS, and Echo devices.
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 f…
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, an…
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 t…
Guest: Jason Del Rey
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. Spons…
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…
Guest: Matt Simon
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 longrea…
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. Sponsors: Tech…
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 noteworth…
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: Metal…
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: Imagekit.io/r…
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 m…
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: Tiny.website DataDogHQ.com/rideh…
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: Data…
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: FlatironSchool.com/techmeme Metalab.co Links…
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, @Alex…