On Wednesday, at a much-anticipated event in Seattle, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the "Fire Phone," surprising no one, after a series of leaks and teasers all but gave away the existence of the online retail giant's new device. Here are the details.
Ecommerce, with Amazon.com leading the charge, has already decimated lingering brick-and-mortar retail stores that sell electronics and tech widgets. Now, with its new Amazon Dash gadget, the world's largest online retailer is signaling it's serious about going after your grocery store, too.
Amazon's long rumored set-top streaming device may not be a set-top device at all. The TV hardware, rumored to launch in April, may end up looking like a Chromecast, and it may try to take on Google with a gaming feature the Chromecast doesn't have.
Walmart has cornered the market on delivering everyday household items at the lowest prices possible, but now it's looking to a particular segment of shoppers online for its next big push: Walmart is now testing an initiative to expand online grocery buying and pickup.
Just as word of the demise of one carrier-independent internet TV prospect, Intel TV, hit the internet, another promising prospect took its place: Amazon.com Inc. is reportedly in the early stages of working on its own new online pay-TV service.
