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Walmart’s Cyber Monday Starts On Sunday

Walmart is starting its Cyber Monday deals on Sunday, November 29, at 8 p.m. ET. Walmart.com CEO Fernando Madeira also said the company’s “quadrupling the number of Cyber Monday specials.” As the name...

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Amazon’s Flying Drone Delivery Service Gives Us Closest Look Yet

Amazon on Sunday showed us the best “Prime Air” drone delivery service footage yet. The online retail giant first introduced its upcoming drone delivery service in 2013 with a teaser that many thought...

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Barnes & Noble Losses Continue To Mount As Customers Use It As Amazon’s Showroom

If its most recent sales figures are any indications, Barnes & Noble has become nothing more than a showroom for Amazon. The book and music retailer on Friday announced another decline in sales,...

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Amazon Now Has A Fleet Of Branded ‘Prime’ Trucks

Amazon.com has unveiled a new fleet of branded truck trailers that will be responsible for hauling packages from the company’s massive fulfillment centers. The e-commerce giant said Friday it purchased...

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Amazon removes most ‘Hoverboards’ because they can burst into flames

Amazon has pulled almost every version of “hoverboards” from its website. By Friday night 97% of all hoverboard listings were removed from the site according to manufacturer, Swagway. Hoverboards have...

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Amazon Prime sold 3 million subscriptions right before Christmas

Christmas shoppers waited until the last minute to buy gifts in 2015 and that was great news for Amazon. The e-commerce giant said it sold 3 million Prime memberships in the week before Christmas....

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Amazon is expanding Prime Video to more military members serving overseas

Amazon on Thursday announced that it is expanding access to Amazon Prime Video for military members and families serving overseas. The company says its decision is part of its efforts to deliver...

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Amazon Prime cut to $73 this weekend

Amazon is cutting the price of its $99 Amazon Prime membership to $73 for a little over a day this weekend. The company is slashing prices in celebration of the two Golden Globes won by “Mozart in the...

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Amazon will refund any hoverboard purchase

Amazon is now offering full refunds on any hoverboards sold on the site, including in the US and Canada. The retail giant made its decision after a series of fires were caused by various brands of the...

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Amazon Just Posted Its Most Profitable Quarter Ever

Amazon on Thursday announced record profits in the fourth quarter of 2015 but its share price still fell 13 percent in after hours trading, to $551.50. The online retailer saw profits of $482 million...

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Amazon is making a big play to surpass Fedex and UPS

Leaked documents from Amazon show that the company is about to make a big play at surpassing Fedex and UPS as America’s largest shipping company. Analysts have known for a while that Amazon has big...

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Amazon’s new TOS has a zombie attack clause

Amazon’s new game developers software, Lumberyard, has some very specific terms of service stipulations. Under no circumstances are programmers supposed to use the tools provided for “life-critical or...

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Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft have pledged to support Apple in FBI fight

The biggest names in tech have pledged their support to Apple as the company faces off in a court battle against the FBI. Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and dozens of other tech companies are...

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Anti-business candidate Donald Trump strikes again this time promising to...

If you haven’t figured it out yet, Donald Trump is anti-business, or at least anti-any-business-he-doesn’t-own. First, the Donald called for a ban on Apple after the company refused to give the FBI a...

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Amazon is leasing 20 Boeing 767 cargo planes

Forget drones, Amazon is leasing 20 Boeing 767 cargo planes. The world’s largest e-commerce provider has signed a lease with Air Transport Services Group. The lease will last between five and seven...

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Steve Wozniak thinks Amazon’s new gadget is revolutionary

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak thinks the Amazon Echo is the “next big platform for the near future.” In an interview with CNBC Wozniak said the device is delivering a new level of freedom. “It’s...

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Amazon is looking to replace passwords with selfies

Amazon could soon let shoppers replace their passwords with a selfie. The online retailer filed a patent application for the technology with the explanation that a selfie would be more secure and less...

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Amazon starts selling Comcast service on newly launched ‘Amazon Cable Store’

Amazon is reselling Comcast’s Internet and television service on its site through a new portal called “Amazon Cable Store.” The branding on the new store suggests that Amazon may soon start offering...

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Amazon bans cheap USB-C cables that don’t meet standards

USB-C cables are the future of the standard but for now Amazon is making sure that only the best-of-the-best cables are allowed on its retailer platform. Low-quality cables can cause laptops, tablets,...

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Amazon debuts 100 Dash buttons. Anyone need a condom?

Amazon on Monday announced a new slate of over 100 branded Dash buttons that will help speed up the delivery of everything from laundry detergent and Vitamin water, to condoms. Trojan was quick to...

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