The Smart Home Arms Race Between Amazon and Google Is Heating Up
IoT developers, grab the popcorn. AI developers, bring the salt and butter. Get some good seats, because there’s a smart home battle brewing. Amazon, Google, and some of the other big names in tech are competing for their share of the smart home market. Regardless of who you’re rooting for, you won’t want to miss […]
Amazon Sheds Profits to Fuel Its Incredible Expansion
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos got the opportunity to be the richest man in the world for a brief period of time this Thursday. As Amazon shares hit a record high of $1,083.31 yesterday, he pushed ahead of Bill Gates for a little while, before the shares took a 3.2% tumble in after hours […]
Amazon Moves to Conquer Groceries with Whole Foods Purchase
The big business news rolling into the weekend was Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods, a move that seemed to take the retail world by surprise. Industry analyst Charlie O’Shea calls the $13.4 billion deal “a transformative transaction, not just for food retail, but for retail in general.” Soon, Amazon will have 460 Whole Foods stores […]