Technology - Amazon

Ocado Sales Up By 15.3%, With Average Of 214,000 Orders Per Week

Ocado has published a sales increase of 15.3 per cent to £312.4 million over the 12 weeks leading to 21 February, with an average of 214,000 orders b...

Amazon Reverses Course, Encryption Returning For Fire Devices

Amazon.com Inc. will restore encryption as a security option on its tablets and other devices that use the Fire operating system, following a customer back...

Amazon's Decision To Reduce Tablet Security Comes At A Bad Time

Amazon.com Inc. is dialing back on the security built into its tablets. Bad timing. The web retailer decided late last year to remove the ability to enc...

Is Amazon About To Shake Up The UK Online Grocery Market?

With talks of an Ocado takeover, and Amazon Pantry having already planted its roots in the UK, the British retail grocery market is braced for the imminent...

Google Files Patent For Driverless Delivery System

Google has declared its interest in developing driverless delivery systems by filing a patent for what it calls its 'autonomous delivery platform'. The...

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Steps Up Spending Again To Chase Growth

Amazon.com Inc. just reminded everyone it’s perennially in investment mode. While fourth-quarter net income more than doubled to a record $482 mil...

Einhorn's Greenlight Fund Shows Bets Against Amazon, Netflix

Greenlight Capital´s David Einhorn is betting against popular growth stocks Amazon.com Inc. and Netflix Inc. The positions were disclosed to clients...

Amazon Said To Mull Leasing Planes To Control Delivery Chain

Amazon.com Inc. is considering leasing 20 Boeing Co. 767 freighter jets to help gain more control over its delivery methods and costs, according to a perso...