Category: Amazon

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Quick Review: Amazon Fire TV Stick

From the outside, Amazon’s new fire TV stick looks cutting edge. Its sleek matte black design, and beautiful curves make it the most attractive smart-TV stick out there. Inside, things are very different. The Fire Stick’s experience bears more resemblance to the original smart TVs of 2010 than to modern devices like Google’s Chromecast or Apple’s Apple TV.  Apps are hidden away in menus....

A Chat With Brad Stone, Author of “The Everything Store”

As part of our tech book club, I’m thrilled to present an interview with seasoned journalist Brad Stone, author of “The Everything Store”, a book on the genesis of Amazon, and its vivacious founder, Jeff Bezos. The book is detailed, enthralling, and even a bit controversial, which makes it an awesome subject for an interview. Coming Up: “I was deluded enough to think Amazon...

AmazonBasics Mini Bluetooth Speaker

This Speaker Is Amazon’s Next Step Towards World Domination

A Review of The AmazonBasic Mini Bluetooth Speaker This is the Amazon’s AmazonBasics Mini Bluetooth speaker. It cost me $26  dollars, and it was shipped to me in under three days. It’s funny how much a $25 speaker can say about a $155 billion company. If this is why every retailer is so afraid of fighting Amazon, they’re in for a tough fight. AmazonBasics...

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Video: Jeff Bezos Takes On The Ice Bucket Challenge

At an Amazon all-hands, in front of thousands of employees, Jeff Bezos took on the ice bucket challenge. He was recently challenged by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. He started off with a joke: “I was going to challenge Edward Snowden, but I was afraid [the bucket] would just leak”. He then followed it up with another joke about picking the queen, the pope, and Kim...

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Have You Visited Amazon’s 3D-Printed Store?

Amazon now sells 3D printed goods, in an official section. You can customize things like wallets, bobbleheads, and jewelry, and Amazon will 3D print your item, and ship it to you for a pretty reasonable price. It’d definately novel. The gimmicks, and little plastic gobbledeegook that Amazon is offering is only attractive for the thrill of owning something 3D printed, and not for any...