Amazon in smartphone 'testing' phase; Can it tempt the enterprise?If the retail giant can build a business case for the anticipated smartphone, could it take the coveted third-place market share slot and challenge the Apple and Google duopoly?July 11, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Amazon
Amazon cloud down; Reddit, Github, other major sites affectedMajor sites are experiencing trouble as Amazon's infrastructure fails on the East Coast. Reddit, Github, Airbnb, and others are suffering as a result -- many have simply fallen offline.October 22, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Amazon
Amazon developing smartphone with 3D display: WSJRumors that the retail giant is building a smartphone first surfaced more than a year ago. A new report suggests a smartphone with a 3D screen may be on deck.May 9, 2013 by Zack Whittaker in Amazon
Amazon Web Services suffers outage, takes down Vine, Instagram, others with itThe cloud giant suffered an outage for about an hour on Sunday, showing once again the perils of an outsourced cloud service, as many AWS customers went down with it.August 26, 2013 by Zack Whittaker in Amazon
Amazon.com sites suffer 25 minute outage, cause unclearThe retail giant's website suffered an outage mid-afternoon on the U.S. east coast for an unspecified, unknown reason. The company's cloud infrastructure was mostly unaffected, however.August 19, 2013 by Zack Whittaker in Amazon
Amazon drops AWS prices on notifications, messagesThe retail turned cloud giant has once again cut the prices of its Amazon Web Services features in a bid to remain competitive ahead of rivals.March 1, 2013 by Zack Whittaker in Amazon
Amazon fighting IRS over $234m international tax bill in courtAmazon is fighting the Internal Revenue Service over a $234 million unpaid tax bill in a Washington court. The online retail giant contests the bill. January 17, 2013 by Zack Whittaker in Amazon
Windows Phone exec. joins Amazon as smartphone rumors swirlA former Microsoft Windows Phone director has joined Amazon ahead of rumors that the retail giant is pushing for a smartphone debut later this year.July 12, 2012 by Zack Whittaker in Amazon
Amazon lowers AWS pricing again; M3 instances roll out globallyThe retail turned cloud giant has cut the pricing of its EC2 instances for the 25th time since it launched, and rolled out its M3 family of EC2 instances to all regions.February 1, 2013 by Zack Whittaker in Amazon
Amazon fires back at IBM over $600M CIA cloud contract with court complaintAmazon has filed a complaint in court in a bid to prevent Big Blue from snapping up a lucrative $600 million contract with one of the world's most elusive intelligence agencies.August 2, 2013 by Zack Whittaker in Amazon