Tag: jeff bezos

• A Business With No End

  January 6, 2019

  Recently, one of my students at Stanford told me a strange story. His parents, who live in Palo Alto, Calif., had been receiving mysterious packages at their house. The packages… more ›

• Fishing boats to small stores, Amazon will stop at nothing to win in India

  November 23, 2018

  Fishing boats to small stores, Amazon will stop at nothing to win in India Before any Amazon parcel arrives at Sahiba Ashraf’s creaky wooden balcony on Havelock Island, it undertakes… more ›

• Amazon has everything it needs to make massively popular algorithm-driven fiction

  November 17, 2018

  Amazon has everything it needs to make massively popular algorithm-driven fiction Amazon is the Voldemort of book events—”our friends in Seattle,” the ominous euphemism goes. The Seattle-based company is famous… more ›

• Amazon HQ2 decision: Amazon splits prize between Crystal City and New York

  November 14, 2018

  Amazon HQ2 decision: Amazon splits prize between Crystal City and New York Amazon will open major new outposts in Northern Virginia’s Crystal City and in New York City, splitting its… more ›

• Co-Parenting With Alexa

  May 1, 2018

  Co-Parenting With Alexa » “You are going to have a chance to play with Alexa,” I told my daughter, Grace, who’s 3 years old. Pointing at the black cylindrical device,… more ›

• Jeff Bezos interview with Axel Springer CEO on…

  April 30, 2018

  Jeff Bezos interview with Axel Springer CEO on Amazon, Trump, Blue Origin, family, regulation – Business Insider more ›

• Inside Amazon's Artificial Intelligence Flywheel

  March 6, 2018

  Inside Amazon's Artificial Intelligence Flywheel » In early 2014, Srikanth Thirumalai met with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Thirumalai, a computer scientist who’d left IBM in 2005 to head Amazon’s recommendations… more ›

• How Amazon’s Ad Business Could Threaten Google and…

  January 30, 2018

  How Amazon’s Ad Business Could Threaten Google and Facebook » It’s easy to see how Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 1.11% threatens the world’s retailers. more ›

• Photos: Here’s what the new Amazon Go cashierless…

  January 22, 2018

  Photos: Here’s what the new Amazon Go cashierless convenience store looks like » Amazon is getting into more brick-and-mortar stores. While the retail giant purchased Whole Foods last year, Amazon… more ›

• Mr. Amazon Steps Out – The New York Times

  January 14, 2018

  Mr. Amazon Steps Out – The New York Times more ›