Category: Amazon News
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Amazon’s New Home Internet Service Is Ready to Start Testing Internet From Space
After multiple delays, Amazon, on October 6, 2023, successfully launched two satellites into space. Now Amazon says both satellites are working properly and are ready to start testing the internet from space. “There’s plenty of work ahead, but at this point in the mission, I’m thrilled to report that KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 are operating nominally,”…
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Amazon Makes it Easier to Verify Real Products and Weed Out Counterfeits
Amazon on Monday introduced a new program to get more products onto “Amazon Transparency,” a verification program that weeds out counterfeits so customers aren’t duped into buy a fake device or gadget. The company said that Amazon Transparency would work with the individual product serialization systems, a level of interoperability that means more products can…
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Prime Video’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ Ratings Surge as Taylor Swift Boosts Surging Live Sports Streaming
Amazon’s latest Thursday Night Football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos saw the largest year-over-year gain in viewership — a boost likely helped by the Taylor Swift effect. The TNF broadcast on Prime Video averaged 13.8 million viewers, up 57% over a year ago’s Commanders vs. Bears game. It’s the third most-watched…
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Amazon Wants to Be Your One-Stop Shop For All Streaming Channels, But is That an Impossible Goal?
With the proliferation of subscription streaming channels, user-generated platforms and free ad-supported services, there’s a strong likelihood you’re jumping from app to app on your TV. Amazon wants to eventually be the single place where you can go to access all of these services. “Our mission is to be a place where customers can find…
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Amazon Prime Video Could Make Billions When It Adds Commercials Next Year
Wondering why Amazon is rolling out ads to its Prime Video service? One analyst can offer at least 3 billion reasons. Amazon stands to generate a lot of revenue based on the number of ads it decides to play. In an interview with Yahoo! Finance, UBS internet analyst Lloyd Walmsley predicted “conservatively it could add…
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The Recap: DIRECTV Price Hikes, Amazon in Space, Mint Mobile in Trouble, and More
It was another busy week in the world of cord cutting. Between another shutdown of an IPTV service to the umpteenth price cut from a TV provider, there was a lot going on. You can’t be blamed for missing out on some of the biggest headlines. That’s why The Recap exists, to sum up the…
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Amazon Successfully Launches First Satellites For its Internet Service
Amazon’s satellite-based internet service, Project Kuiper, has officially lifted off with a successful launch on Friday following multiple delays. The test satellites, which were aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, lifted off at 2:06 p.m. ET. Within five minutes a ULA official confirmed the successful completion of the first phase of the flight. Project…
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Amazon’s Internet Service Will Send Its First Satellite Up Soon. Here’s How to Watch the Launch
Amazon’s Kuiper internet service will lift off later today. The online retailer’s first test satellite will hitch a ride aboard the Atlas V rocket and takes off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Interested in watching the feed of the launch? You can catch it on United Launch Alliance’s YouTube site here. United Launch Alliance…
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Amazon is Adding Games From Ubisoft To The Fire TV & Fire Tablets With Luna
Did you know you can use your Fire TV as a gaming system? With Amazon’s Luna gaming service you can use your Fire TV or Fire Tablet to play games on your TV. To make it even better Amazon today announced that Ubisoft games like Assassin’s Creed Mirage are now available on the FIre TV…
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Grubhub Offers Free Year-Long Membership on Prime Big Deal Days
Starting next week, Amazon Prime members can get access to savings and special perks as part of Prime Big Deal Days, including deals for Grubhub members. On October 10 and 11, Grubhub will offer a food promo for Grubhub+ members that gives them 25% off eight Grubhub deliveries using the code GRUBPRIME. The offer is…