After releasing its first Fire TV Cube back in 2018, Amazon has finally launched the second generation of the device in India with hands-free Alexa voice control at a price of INR 12,999. It is a line of micro consoles and digital media players developed by Amazon. The 2nd generation Fire TV Cube can be […]
Amazon on Wednesday launched an all-new Amazon Fire TV Cube in India, which combines the capabilities of Amazon’s best-selling line of Fire TV streaming media players with the Alexa features at Rs 12,999. With Fire TV Cube, customers can voice-control their entertainment system including compatible TV, Set-Top Box, Smart Home devices, A/V receivers, etc. “We […]
Amazon is opening a salon in the UK, where it says it will trial the latest industry technology, including augmented reality (AR). The AR app lets the customers see what different hairstyles and colours look like on them before they decide on a change. Unlike the company’s cashier-less Go grocery stores, which expanded to London […]
In its bid to digitize 10 million Indian small and medium businesses (SMBs) by 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Cloud arm of Amazon, on Friday launched a curated set of software solutions aimed at empowering the SMBs in the country. Called Amazon Digital Suite, the suite provides a broad selection of business software focused […]
Lord of the Rings is one of the most popular series of movies to exist to date. The famous franchise will soon be rendered into a new TV series that is expected to become the most expensive TV series ever. For the making and production of the series, Amazon will receive more taxpayer subsidies from […]
In his final letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has said that the company needs to do better at taking care of its employees. The letter comes amid ongoing reports of untenable conditions for Amazon workers. “I think we need to do a better job for our employees,” Bezos said in the letter sent […]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin is planning to conduct an “astronaut rehearsal” during the 15th launch of its New Shepard rocket, dubbed NS-15, which is targeting liftoff on Wednesday from Launch Site One in West Texas. This flight is a “verification step” for the vehicle and operations prior to flying astronauts, Blue […]
Amazon India on Sunday announced the launch of its “Mentor Connect” programme for thousands of startups and emerging brands. Introduced ahead of the company’s flagship event “Smbhav,” the Amazon Mentor Connect programme is aimed at accelerating the growth of start-ups and emerging brand owners enrolled in the “Amazon Launchpad” programme. Amazon Launchpad showcases differentiated products […]
Mozilla Firefox browser has announced to end support for Amazon Fire TV and Echo Show devices from April 30. According to the company, the users will no longer be able to install the Mozilla Firefox app on FireTV And will not receive security updates, or be able to reinstall the app if they uninstall it […]
Providing a glimpse of its growth in the Indian market, Amazon on Thursday said that it has digitized 25 lakh MSMEs, enabled cumulative exports worth $3 billion, and helped create nearly 10 lakh direct and indirect jobs in India since 2013. Since January 2020 alone, nearly 2.5 lakh new sellers have joined Amazon.in, and the […]
The National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) in the US has found that Amazon retaliated against two of its employees when the company fired them last year, The New York Times reported. The two activist employees, Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa, organised the Amazon Employees for Climate Justice group last year to protest Amazon’s links with […]
