Amazon - Hodgeblot

Three Ways To Create A Corporate Culture of 'Kindness' - Forbes

Three Ways To Create A Corporate Culture of 'Kindness' - ForbesNice little piece on kindness inside a company, with a look at Amazon’s “friendly but intense” culture.

Tech

The Real Story Behind Jeff Bezos's Fire Phone Debacle And What It Means For Amazon's Future

The Real Story Behind Jeff Bezos's Fire Phone Debacle And What It Means For Amazon's FutureInterviews with dozens of current and former employees reveal what went wrong and what it tells us about where Amazon is headed. Fascinating read. Bezos sounds like a lot of other wealthy founders, I know:

Gaming

A First Look Deep Inside Amazon Game Studios

A First Look Deep Inside Amazon Game StudiosThe e-commerce giant aspires to fuse talent, technology, and marketing muscle into a fresh, highly Twitch-able approach to gaming. Amazon’s move into gaming is interesting to me. The cloud-rendered games combined with the purchase of Twitch make me go “hmmmm.

Mobile

Amazon's Fire Phone: Not quite an iPhone or Galaxy S5 killer - CNET

Amazon's Fire Phone: Not quite an iPhone or Galaxy S5 killer - CNET All-in-all, the Fire Phone is a device designed to appeal to Amazon’s current customers, particularly those who have Prime accounts, own Kindles or Kindle Fires, and buy content and products from Amazon. The problem is

Books

Comixology cuts Apple, Google out of digital-comics kickback - CNET

Comixology cuts Apple, Google out of digital-comics kickback - CNETFollowing Amazon’s purchase of the digital-comics marketplace, Comixology updates its Comics apps to prevent Apple and Google from taking a cut. The move makes it harder to buy comics through the app. I’m sad for Comixology and comics

Gaming

Report: Amazon's Android console out this year below $300

Report: Amazon's Android console out this year below $300I wonder if this really a console, or if it’s more like an entertainment system that can play games. As Android as the Kindle Fire, so to speak. I don’t see the great unwashed masses buying gaming consoles, but maybe

Software

Amazon to add Postgres to its most-favored database list -- Tech News and Analysis

Amazon to add Postgres to its most-favored database list — Tech News and AnalysisYay! This is a good sign for Postgres. People must be asking for the database.

Content

With Alpha House, Amazon Makes Bid for Living Room Screens and Beyond

With Alpha House, Amazon Makes Bid for Living Room Screens and BeyondThe show, Amazon’s first attempt at original programming, could create additional momentum for change in the concept of television. Interesting to see the way content has become a competing grounds for online services now.

Writing

Amazon.com: Day One

Amazon.com: Day OneInteresting. Amazon does a literary journal. Who knew. (Thanks @molly_oneill for the link at work.)

Books

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Had his Top Execs Read these Three Books

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Had his Top Execs Read these Three Books […] he also hosted three all-day book clubs with Amazon’s top executives, capped by nice dinners at the end. Bezos said he used the books as frameworks for sketching out the future of the company.

Washington Post

Jeff Bezos is eager for Washington Post experiments to begin | The Verge

Jeff Bezos is eager for Washington Post experiments to begin | The VergePut the customer first. Invent. And be patient.