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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is expected to continue its annual tradition of offering consumers a Prime Day special after two years of tremendous success, Deutsche Bank's Lloyd Walmsley stated in a research report. While this is welcome news to Amazon's loyal customers, investors also have...

If Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) pull off a merger, it will consummate a courtship that has been developing for years. In 2015, DISH began using Amazon Home Services to sell in-home installations for large TVs, home audio systems and wireless networking. The...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly in talks with DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) to become a “foundational customer” for the satellite provider’s upcoming Internet of Things (IoT) network ━ so what’s the big deal? “The idea of Amazon partnering with DISH...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s dominance in the home assistant market with its Echo device will be challenged by a newcomer. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced Monday its new home assistant product called Invoke will join Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Home device in...

I was talking to my Uber driver, a Syrian refugee who arrived here two years ago, and we chatted about life and death and bombs until my eavesdropping Android made things weird. The phone — a Moto Z Play Droid — would not shut up. I pulled it out of my jacket pocket and realized our...

Following an expert call with Brian Roemmele, an expert and visionary in voice-internet and digital payments, Baird picked the potential winners and losers among companies operating in the voice technology space. The Winners Presenting Roemmele's view, analyst Colin Sebastian said Amazon.com,...

ILoup Ventures' Gene Munster broke down the rivalry between the smart speakers of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL), named Echo and Google Home, respectively. Based on a test, in which 800 different everyday queries were posed to Amazon Echo and Google Home...

Ken Sena, a senior analyst at Evercore ISI, was a guest on "Bloomberg Surveillance" Wednesday to offer his take on how important Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Echo device is to the company's future. According to Sena, Amazon's intelligent personal assistant was one of...

Skynet, the fictional artificial intelligence system popularized in the Terminator franchise, might come to many people's minds once they learn that Samsung's robotic vacuum can be controlled by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s artificial intelligence assistant Echo. Inter-Machine...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google unit is a lot more than just a search engine. Its status as a hardware maker will be in full display on Tuesday when it will host a presentation focusing on its lineup of various hardware products. As noted by Recode, Tuesday's event will introduce...

The New York Times reported over the weekend that Pandora Media Inc (NYSE: P) will introduce a new streaming music service that will cost just $5 per month. However, its competitive pricing point in a landscape full of $10 a month services will be short lived, as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is considering launching a streaming music service exclusively available for owners of its Echo hardware device or phone for just $4 or $5 a month. According to Recode, Amazon will also offer the same streaming service across any device for the industry-standard $10...

Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) hit a new all-time high of $684.82 on Wednesday after data showed the online retailer dominated Black Friday sales. Slice Intelligence told TechCrunch that Amazon won Black Friday as its platform accounted for 35.7 percent of e-commerce spending....

Tech website The Information recently revealed that social media giant Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is testing a virtual assistant feature for mobile devices called "Moneypenny." Michael Learmonth, editor of tech, media and culture at International Business Times, was on CNBC Tuesday to...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s foray into the Internet of Things was largely considered a flop after the company released Echo, a voice activated personal assistant. When compared to her Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) counterparts Siri and Cortana, Echo's...