An unmanned spacecraft financed by Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos failed during a test flight last week. The experimental suborbital space vehicle was developed by Blue Origin, a space startup founded by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos.
During a developmental test, the spacecraft funded by the Amazon chief, Jeff Bezos, misfired and crashed at an altitude of 45,000 feet in West Texas.
A spaceship funded by Internet billionaire, Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com, crashed during a test flight in West Texas.
What do Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake and Ashton Kutcher have in common with Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Sergey Brin? Well, they are the innovative visionaries, according to Vanity Fair's New Establishment list.
Amazon is preparing to take on Apple's iPad in a head-to-head battle that promises to get interesting soon -- as soon as Amazon launches its new tablet, possibly as early as October. If you thought the discontinued TouchPad's brief success as a $99 fire sale product as the first realistic competitor to Apple's iPad was interesting, you haven't seen anything yet. Amazon has shown the company can be successful with a mass consumer tablet-like product -- the Kindle e-reader.
Amazon has come up with ways to pamper your sleek, expensive smartphones even when you drop them by creating an airbag system for smartphones. CEO Bezos applied for a patent on a mobile phone safety feature that would deploy an airbag if the device falls.
Amazon has come up with ways to pamper your sleek, expensive smartphones even when you drop them by creating an airbag system for phones.
A patent suggested that mini airbags, puffs of gas and even springs could be used to cushion a mobile devices fall.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos had a eureka moment. He dropped his phone. Then, he applied for a patent for mini airbags to protect mobile phones. Is Amazon's leader a genius like Apple's Steve Jobs?
Boeing Co (BA.N) announced plans to launch its seven-seat spaceship on a test run to the International Space Station in 2015 using Atlas 5 rockets built by its United Launch Alliance venture.
Amazon reported a fall in profit, but a surge in sales on Tuesday. The surge was mainly attributed to strong sales of Kindle e-reader, subsidized by advertising.
Amazon will release an Android-powered device with a 9-inch display but no camera by October, according to a Wall Street Journal report Wednesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Users would be able to watch videos, listen to music or read books bought from Amazon. But will it kill the Kindle sales?
Amazon has set a release date for the first ever Amazon tablet by October to run on the Android operating system.
Amazon announced its lowest price ever for its Kindle 3G with Special Offers but it comes with a catch--you may be inundated with AT&T advertisements.
Amazon is dropping the price of its Kindle 3G through a partnership with AT&T. But buyers of the digital device will get built-in AT&T ads on their Kindle 3G.
Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday to deliver a last batch of supplies to the orbiting outpost on the final flight of the U.S. shuttle program.
Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed off its seaside launch pad on Friday, rising atop a tower of smoke and flames as it left Earth on the final flight of the U.S. space shuttle program.
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has begun the massive construction of a clock that will run for 10,000 years.
Amazon.com, the largest online retailer in the United States, says it has been selling more ebooks than printed books since April 1.
Amazon.com now sells more Kindle books than print books, the company announced today. Since April 1, Amazon has sold 105 Kindle books for every 100 print books. The company does not release total sales figures for Kindle books or e-readers.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will host technology titans, including Facebook, Google and Amazon, at a summit to debate how governments can encourage innovation on the Internet, while taming its excesses.
Amazon.com could cut its partnership with affiliates in more U.S. states that require the online retailer to collect sales tax, Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said on Wednesday.
