
‘Matter’ will have a limited impact on the smart-home sector
The new Matter standard for smart homes could potentially end the fragmentation and incompatibility plaguing the sector. Here’s why that probably won’t happen. Read more…
The new Matter standard for smart homes could potentially end the fragmentation and incompatibility plaguing the sector. Here’s why that probably won’t happen. Read more…
Amazon wants to give customers the chance to make Alexa, the company’s voice assistant, sound just like their grandmother – or anyone else. Read more…
Amazon will pull its its Kindle e-bookstore from China in the middle of next year, though its other business lines in China would continue. Read more…
Amazon has declined to describe its product-search system to Australian competition regulator (ACCC) that has heard complaints. Read more…
Amazon is betting big on India’s social commerce market and has acquired GlowRoad, an Indian social commerce startup, in an all-cash deal. Read more…
Here’s why Amazon and Future may soon resolve their long dispute over whether Future can sell assets to Reliance, and how we got here. Read more…
Hedge fund Third Point says certain technology stocks often referred to as “old” tech like Intel “deserve a second look.” Read more…
A major outage disrupts Amazon’s cloud services, temporarily knocking out its e-commerce site, as well as Netflix, Disney+ and Robinhood. Read more…
The global ad industry will notch higher than expected growth this year as firms go digital to reach customers during the pandemic. Read more…
Amazon’s latest spat with Visa shows big retailers are gaining the upper hand in their power struggle with card providers. Read more…
Spoiler: it’s a lot. Amazon customer files reveal the company’s ability to amass strikingly intimate portraits of individual consumers. Read more…
Amazon released a series of products and services in what looks like an experiment to see how much privacy users are willing to surrender. Read more…
Amazon has made a foray into India’s wealth management market with its maiden investment in startup, smallcase Technologies. Read more…
India’s antitrust reg accuses Amazon of concealing facts and making false submissions when it sought approval for Future Group investment. Read more…
Australian antitrust regulator has began an inquiry into the local units of Amazon, eBay and other online markets to ensure fairness. Read more…
Walmart’s Flipkart should not be treated the same as rival Amazon in an Indian antitrust probe as the evidence was “qualitatively different”. Read more…
India’s antitrust watchdog plans speed up a probe into allegations of anti-competitive behaviour at Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart. Read more…
Indian court has dismissed pleas by Amazon.com and Flipkart to quash an antitrust investigation into the business practices of the US firms. Read more…
US officials rushed to defend Amazon’s business practices in India after report in February showed that the company had bypassed local laws. Read more…
Amazon’s 2020 Brand Protection Report which provides a comprehensive view of how it ensures customers buy authentic products in its stores. Read more…
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