Investor buys $2 billion of MSFT, says Microsoft ‘will win out’ as stock jumps 4%

April 23, 2013 7:24 AM John Koetsier

Microsoft stock, which is down a penny today, jumped from under $30 to over $31 almost immediately overnight, and has climbed almost 11 percent over the last month. That's part of a fairly steady rise over the last three months which has added over $30 billion in value to the company.

Amazon original pilots see big viewing stats over the weekend

April 22, 2013 11:52 AM Tom Cheredar

Tom Cheredar

If you're a fan of original TV shows that are exclusively available online, you had quite a bit to watch over the weekend, and according to Amazon you really liked what you saw, too.

Amazon posts 14 original pilots ‘for you to decide which shows become series’

April 20, 2013 11:00 AM Rebecca Grant

Rebecca Grant

Amazon is giving you the power to decide what TV shows are made. The company has posted pilots for six kids shows and eight sitcoms, prompting the audience to choose which should become full-fledged original series on Amazon Instant Prime Video.

Amazon flexes its cloud muscle: Now storing 2 trillion objects in S3

April 18, 2013 12:04 PM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Last June, Amazon announced that S3 had hit one trillion objects stored. That was a big milestone at the time. And now it has doubled that amount in less than a year.

Amazon snaps up Siri-esque Evi — but why?

April 17, 2013 1:41 PM Devindra Hardawar

Devindra Hardawar

At this point, Amazon's plans are still a mystery. But making its apps more fun and engaging makes a lot more sense then spewing out another Android phone.

Amazon is bringing Android apps to 200 more countries

April 17, 2013 9:21 AM Jolie O'Dell

Jolie O'Dell

Why choose the Appstore? First, Kindles are still selling like hotcakes. Second, everyone with an Amazon account can buy apps in a single click. Third, globalization is now a relatively easy option.

Microsoft releases cheaper cloud service to take on Amazon, Rackspace

April 16, 2013 9:03 AM Meghan Kelly

Meghan Kelly

Microsoft announced that it is opening up Windows Azure Infrastructure Services to general availability today -- and is offering it cheaper than before.

Former Amazon exec wants to give free e-books ‘to every child on the planet’

April 9, 2013 11:27 AM Rebecca Grant

Rebecca Grant

Worldreader launches a new mobile program that makes thousands of books available to people in the developing world through their low-end feature phones.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos leads Business Insider’s $5M funding round (seriously!)

April 5, 2013 7:26 AM Ricardo Bilton

Ricardo Bilton

Here's something you probably didn't know: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reads Business Insider. And likes it.

Look out, Amazon: Google opens Compute Engine to more devs & lowers prices

April 4, 2013 3:08 PM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Google has opened up cloud infrastructure service Compute Engine to more customers while also lowering prices and adding several new features.

Amazon adds AutoRip music perk for all vinyl record purchases

April 3, 2013 8:15 AM Tom Cheredar

Tom Cheredar

While the majority of people still buying music on vinyl records are doing so because of the sound quality, it's nice to know that Amazon is at least stretching that purchase to the digital side.

Wal-Mart dabbles with ‘sharing economy’ to implement same-day delivery

March 28, 2013 12:20 PM Rebecca Grant

Rebecca Grant

Wal-Mart experiments with a new crowdsourced delivery system where Walmart in-store customers deliver to online shoppers.

Amazon infuses TV Shows on Kindle Fire with data from IMDb

March 27, 2013 10:39 AM Tom Cheredar

Tom Cheredar

Can't remember the names of the guest star on the episode of Doctor Who you're watching via Kindle Fire? Well, Amazon has you covered.

Speed bump: load times at top 2,000 e-commerce sites down 22% in one year (infographic)

March 26, 2013 9:24 AM John Koetsier

John Koetsier

Apparently, if you run a top e-commerce website, it pays to be slow. Unless you're Amazon.

Amazon Prime is getting an original Zombieland TV show

March 25, 2013 7:07 AM Tom Cheredar

Tom Cheredar

The latest original program to get a greenlight by Amazon is a TV show based on hit movie Zombieland, the company announced today.

Samsung’s looking to dump its e-ink company on Amazon (because e-reader sales stink)

March 22, 2013 7:40 AM Ricardo Bilton

Ricardo Bilton

Amazon's rumored purchase of Samsung's Liquavista unit could be the key to that full-color Kindle you've always wanted.

Amazon rolls out ‘Send to Kindle’ button for news sites & WordPress blogs

March 20, 2013 7:21 AM Tom Cheredar

Tom Cheredar

In what's surely a win for lovers of long-form journalism (or needlessly long rant-filled blog posts), Amazon has just rolled out a new "Send to Kindle" button for online publications to embed into their websites.