Dec 13
In an apparent effort to win back some headlines after Beyoncé’s new album broke iTunes last night
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Dec 13
One of the things I really hate doing is going to the grocery store. It’s not only that it’s inconvenient, but it seems like every time I go I end up with a bucket full of stuff I really didn’t want. If you live in San Francisco, Amazon just launched its grocery delivery service in your town and you won’t ever have to go to the grocery store again.
The service is called AmazonFresh and it was previously only available in LA and Seattle. The AmazonFresh service requires a yearly subscription similar to what Amazon Prime requires, though this service costs a rather hefty $299 per year. You do get the benefits of Amazon Prime as well for the money, and that fee covers all of your grocery deliveries for the year – assuming you order at least $35 worth at a time.
Once you subscribe you can get all sorts of fresh produce, meat, dairy, and dry goods delivered to your door. The deliveries can come the same day when booked by 10am, and the next morning before breakfast when booked by 10pm. You can choose a 3-hour time slot if you’d like your groceries to be left on your doorstep in insulated bags, or a one-hour timeslot for attended delivery. Amazon will even bring the groceries into your kitchen and take away the bags or shipping supplies used for delivery.
[via TechCrunch]
Dec 13
USA Today is reporting that Amazon is planning to launch a wholesale store in 2014, which will take on warehouse store businesses like Costco and Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club.
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Dec 12
Earlier this month we mentioned that Amazon was believed to be getting ready to launch its grocery delivery service in the San Francisco area. The rumor of the launch started up when AmazonFresh trucks were seen in San Francisco. The AmazonFresh service was originally available in Seattle and then moved to LA. The service has […]
Dec 11
We reported last week that it was possible for AmazonFresh to be launched in San Francisco on Tuesday, December 10th. Granted that the expected launch date didn’t hit the bullseye, but today Amazon finally expanded its grocery delivery service to San Francisco. This service was initially launched in Amazon’s home base Seattle, and six months after its initial launch, Los Angeles was added to the list. AmazonFresh is now live in three cities in the U.S., so its still quite far from becoming a mainstream service.
The service offers same-day delivery for items that are ordered by 10 a.m., any orders placed after that will be delivered in the following morning. Through AmazonFresh, customers can order fresh produce, dairy products, fish and even toys and electronics that are available in its warehouses. Initially customers will be given a 30-day free trial of the service, that doesn’t mean that they won’t be charged for groceries. After the trial is over, customers will be required to pay $299 annually to become a member of Prime Fresh, the membership also gets them Amazon Prime’s two-day free shipping benefits. Once again, paying the membership fees doesn’t mean that the price of the products you order will be waived, you will have to pay for what you purchase through the service, though it will be much easier to get groceries now if you live in San Francisco.
AmazonFresh Launched In San Francisco original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Dec 10
Amazon Cloud Drive Photos iOS App Gets Native iPad And Video Upload Support
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Amazon Cloud Drive Photos app is one of the most widely used apps out there for backing up photos to the company’s cloud servers. Today, an updated version of the app for iOS has been released. The new Cloud Drive Photos iOS app brings native support for iPads as well as support for video uploading. Amazon initially launched this feature on Android over a year and a half ago, iOS users have certainly been waiting for a long time to be allowed to upload their videos to Amazon’s Cloud Drive Photos service.
Native support for the iPad means that both the full-fledged tablet and the iPad mini are now natively compatible with the app, users won’t have to run it in 2x magnified mode. Videos of up to 20 minutes in length can be uploaded, file size is limited to 2GB. While that might not seem much if you are looking to store professional videos in the cloud, the time and size limit is enough to accommodate most personal videos. The app also has an auto-upload feature, which when turned on, will upload the existing content in camera roll to the cloud. The company offers 5GB of free cloud storage to new users, the app itself is available as a free download from the App Store.
Amazon Cloud Drive Photos iOS App Gets Native iPad And Video Upload Support original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Dec 10
Recently Amazon CEO announced a rather ambitious project that the company has been working on for quite some time. It is called Amazon Prime Air, the aim is to deliver packages of up to five pounds within 30 minutes, to do that, the company plans on using drones. When the project was announced, the company released a video of a drone making a delivery, it was promo that offered a glimpse of what Amazon plans to achieve. However due to FAA regulations, Amazon couldn’t even shoot the video in the U.S. Both the company and the FAA have confirmed to the Washington Post that the Seattle based outfit had to shoot the video outside the United States.
Despite confirming that the video was shot at an international location, it hasn’t been revealed exactly which country Amazon opted for. While rules and regulations regarding commercial and public use of drones are much relaxed in other countries such as Canada, FAA isn’t due to issue its regulations on the matter until 2015. An exception exists for hobbyists who can receive a special certificate from the FAA. Full commercial drones aren’t likely to receive the agency’s blessing until after 2015. So even if its an American company that’s putting in a lot of time, money and resources into a commercial drone delivery project, the absence of a regulatory framework is bound to create a few hurdles for it.
Amazon Prime Air Video Wasn’t Shot In The U.S. original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Dec 10
Amazon announced a new upgrade is coming to the Kindle FreeTime software ahead of Christmas. The Kindle FreeTime software is something that Amazon offers that allows parents to control how much time their child can spend on their Kindle tablet doing specific things. The FreeTime software can limit the overall time spent on the tablet, […]
Dec 09
Amazon’s drone delivery program, “PrimeAir”, has been dismissed as fantasy by eBay’s CEO, with the outspoken exec arguing that the online retail giant’s aim to have micro-deliveries airborne isn’t practical. “We’re not really focusing on long-term fantasies,” John Donahue told Bloomberg TV when asked about Amazon’s moonshot scheme, which according to CEO Jeff Bezos has […]
Dec 09
Amazon recently announced a rather ambitious project that its R&D division has been working on. Called Amazon Prime Air, the company plans to employ drones to deliver packages of up to five pounds in 30 minutes. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said that the company hopes to make this project a reality by 2015, despite the fact that there are several challenges and hurdles in the way that Amazon Prime Air will have to clear first before it takes off. Speaking with Bloomberg TV, eBay CEO John Donahue said that his company isn’t focused on “long-term fantasies” such as Amazon’s drone project, instead he said that eBay is focusing on things “that will change consumers’ experience today.”
In select markets, eBay already offers a service called eBay Now. These markets include New York City, Dallas, Chicago and the San Francisco Peninsula region, eBay Now will also be launched in London soon. Users can opt for this service if they want items delivered within an hour after they have placed the order. The company’s personal shoppers handle the pickup from retail partners and delivery, all within 60 minutes. Despite the fact that its roll out has been rather slow, eBay Now is only expected to cover 25 markets by the end of next year, the fact remains that its already being offered to consumers. Amazon Prime Air, no matter how ambitious, still exists only on paper. However, Donahue agress that “bold innovation is important,” and that’s what Amazon’s delivery drones are at this moment, bold innovation. The CEO says that eBay’s bold innovation is focused around commerce.
eBay CEO Believes Amazon’s Delivery Drones Are A ‘Long-Term Fantasy’ original content from Ubergizmo. 
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