Tag Archives: Amazon

Via Mashable: We’re not exactly sure what this child is asking for when he says, “Alexa, play ‘Digger digger,'” but we’re almost positive it’s not porn. Regardless, Amazon’s personal assistant reached back through her algorithmic server banks, scanned the child’s budding language and, through the miracle of technology, determines that this child really wants to hear some porn. It only …

Five million views since yesterday. US Weekly reports: Taking grab-and-go to the next level. Amazon just opened a state-of-the art grocery store called Amazon Go in downtown Seattle that lets customers shop without ever waiting in line or going through a checkout process. In a video introducing the concept Monday, December 5, the e-commerce company refers to it as “just-walk-out …

From the Associated Press: A pocket version of the U.S. Constitution has become a best-seller on Amazon.com. The 52-page pamphlet printed by the National Center for Constitutional Studies sells for $1 and was in the Top 10 best-selling books on Amazon on Saturday afternoon. The site produces an hourly list of its best sellers. The Constitution emerged as a best-seller …

Closing in on two million views in under 48 hours. Clip recap: “Celebrity chef and Thyme Lord Alton Brown is no fan of ‘unitaskers’ — kitchen gadgets with only one purpose. But maybe these Amazon offerings aren’t so bad.”

As he does nearly every day, Donald Trump has reacted to a negative news report by declaring that the source is biased and unprofitable. Yesterday he accused Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos of running a tax dodge to benefit Amazon, which Bezos founded. Bezos, conveniently enough, is also owner of the Blue Origin rocket.

The Guardian recaps: “Mom’s good, dad’s a woman …” The Pfeffermans are back, and in this full trailer for the second season, we see more of the new family dynamics unfolding: Maura hanging out with her new friends, Sarah dropping by to see her children and a pool party that looks like it’s imploding in proper Transparent style. One of …

Two days ago Heritage Foundation spokesman Ryan Anderson declared victory over the review “trolls” at Amazon when his new anti-gay book hit #1 in a niche category nobody had ever heard of. But that victory was apparently empty boasting as today the Heritage Foundation itself published a furious reaction to those negative reviews in an article which includes screencaps of …

Via Business Wire: Amazon.com today announced its fifth annual list of the Most Well-Read Cities in America – just in time for summer reading season. The ranking was determined by compiling sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format from April 2014 to April 2015, on a per capita basis in cities with …

Via the Associated Press: The parents of an Ohio high-school student who overdosed on caffeine powder last May have filed a lawsuit against Amazon and the powder’s manufacturer, claiming they failed to provide suitable warnings. Doctors caution that people can overdose with ease. Dennis and Katie Stiner of LaGrange, Ohio claim the online retailer sold the Hard Rhino caffeine powder …

This can’t be very surprising. Via Variety: Put down that remote control, binge watchers, and get some fresh air. A new study conducted by the University of Texas at Austin discovered that viewers who gorge on multiple TV episodes in one sitting may be doing so to cope with feelings of depression and loneliness. “Even though some people argue that …

Via Yahoo News: Transparent is putting Amazon on the map for original programming in a bigger way than any of the company’s other shows have. And there are awards to prove it. Jill Solloway’s series earned two Golden Globes earlier this month. One was for best television comedy or musical; Amazon knocked off Netflix’s Orange is the New Black to …

Thirty major corporations have filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to hear AFER’s challenge of Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban. On the list: Amazon, CBS, Deutsche Bank, eBay, Intel, General Electric, Levi Strauss, Nike, Oracle, Pfizer, Staples, Target, and Viacom. In general, the brief argues that the nation’s uneven patchwork of marriage laws places an undue burden on corporations. …

Via CNET: Amazon’s original-TV-series push, overshadowed by Netflix since its beginning, is taking a couple of pages out of its bigger rival’s playbook with Amazon’s next show. Amazon said Wednesday that it will release all 10 episodes of “Transparent” on Prime Instant Video in the US and UK on September 26. Like Netflix’s programs, the dark comedy has critical buzz …

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos today unveiled his company’s first cell phone, the Fire Phone. First-look reviewers are (mostly) impressed. Via The Verve: The Fire Phone has a 4.7-inch HD display, aluminum buttons, a Qualcomm processor, Adreno 330 graphics, and 2GB of RAM. Bezos talked a lot about the phone’s build, from the injection-molded connectors to the chamfered edges. There’s a …

Linda Harvey’s “ex-gay” book returned to Amazon on Friday, along with a dozen new 5-star reviews. Ten days ago Harvey claimed to have withdrawn the book from the site because evil gay bloggers were encouraging bad reviews from people who hadn’t even read it. Amusingly, some of the new reviewers freely admit that they haven’t read the book. A sample: …

Last week Linda Harvey screamed that Amazon didn’t pull her book because it advocates the torture and brainwashing of LGBT children, SHE pulled it herself because of nasty reviews spurred by evil gay bloggers.  The Friendly Atheist has read Harvey’s book and today posted a review. An excerpt: Harvey says that “hundreds” of organizations in the U.S. can help gay …

“I saw the rotten reviews, a smear campaign by those who had not read the book, and the publisher attempted to get Amazon to pull the ad hominem reviews, but they were not immediately responsive.  So, since the book is brand new and I didn’t want it to be harmed by this uninformed and vicious campaign stimulated by ‘gay’ bloggers, …

Back2Stonewall reports that Linda Harvey’s book, Maybe He’s Not Gay, has been pulled from Amazon after complaining emails. Harvey has not promoted the book’s availability on Amazon and it remains on sale at Next Century, a small self-publishing outlet. Back in October, Amazon pulled thousands of “abuse-themed” e-books, some of which depicted rape, bestiality, and incest. That move was criticized …

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Amazon has struck a deal with the US Postal Service who will begin delivering their packages on Sundays. Starting this week, the postal service will bring Amazon packages on Sundays to shoppers’ doors in the Los Angeles and New York metropolitan areas at no extra charge. Next year, it plans to roll out year-round Sunday delivery to Dallas, New Orleans, …