So Amazon filed a patent (a couple of years ago) for a floating warehouse that could help it deliver more stuff to us poor stuff-deprived consumers down here on terra firma. The surprise here is perhaps that it took so long to learn about it (top marks to CB Insights analyst Zoe Leavitt). It may…
It’s a funny old world. It used to be that journalists tapped people’s phones, spoke to people who knew them and hung around outside their houses to get information. Nowadays though, they trawl our LinkedIn and Facebook pages, especially if we work for big tech firms. So the latest social media revelation? According to Dow…
Another step forward in wearable tech. Yes, it looks like wearables are continuing to move from the crazy vision of LED jeans or mood music cardigans of two years ago to stuff we might actually want to buy. Reports today say that Amazon might be entering the headphone sector with a product that allows you…
Are we a step closer to getting our online products delivered by drone? Could be. Amazon said yesterday it’s struck a deal with the UK government to get us there faster. Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority and a cross-government team have given the e-tail giant the necessary permission to “explore the steps needed to make the…
Amazon is getting ready to spend at least an extra €500m in Italy as that country’s government plans to boost its digital commerce credentials, according to reports. Italy is lagging other developed on the broadband and e-commerce front but the Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi this spring announced a major boost to speed up broadband…
It may not have the same ring about it as Christmas, Mother’s Day or even Black Friday but Amazon Prime Day (let’s call it APD) has turned into the biggest thing to hit summertime shopping in, well, ever. The digital spending extravaganza saw some analysts estimating that Amazon saw sales close to $1bn on Tuesday,…
Another day, another robot story. And more specifically, another Wal-Mart tech story. It seems the US retail giant is now working with Five Elements Robotics to develop a robotic shopping trolley. Five Elements is the company behind Budgee, the $1,400 “friendly robot that carries your stuff,” and its CEO Wendy Roberts mentioned the new project…
Now this is interesting. Debenhams (you know, the big department store chain) has named an executive from Amazon (you know, the e-tailer currently sucking sales from big department store chains) as its next CEO.
Regular readers of this site know I’m a bit of a robot fan and will take any opportunity to publish a still from Futurama. So it interested me to see the ultimate in robot bling in Guangzhou, China, where an unnamed “tycoon” went on a shopping trip accompanied by a coterie of robotic servants. Having…
Amazon’s going all out to boost its fashion credentials at the moment with a new daily TV show and a collab with Chiara Ferragni. In the US, it aired its first live show for its streaming video service yesterday and it’s all about fashion. The half hour daily Style Code Live show will be free to…
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