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100,000 Amazon-enabled local shops, kiranas gear up for festive season

Over 20,000 offline retailers and kiranas from 'Local Shops on Amazon' programme will participate in their first 'Great Indian Festival' sale event, to be hosted by the e-commerce giant this month

Govt breakup of Instagram, WhatsApp would be 'complete nonstarter': FB

Probes of other technology companies such as Alphabet's Google, Amazon.com and Apple are also ongoing

Amazon reports over 19,000, or 1.44%, of US frontline employees had Covid

Some staff, elected officials and unions in recent months have said Amazon put employees' health at risk by keeping warehouses open during the pandemic

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What makes social media platforms the default go-to for millions of people looking to kill time, seek validation, or distract themselves from their loneliness?

Amazon's 20,000 US workers test positive for Covid-19 in 6 months

Amazon divulged the information to highlight how its investments in testing, cleaning and other protective measures are working, yet the disclosure was met with renewed concerns about worker safety

Whale resurfaces as Facebook, Amazon see big bets in options market

Amazon.com, Facebook and Netflix were among companies that saw block trades of call contracts Thursday, representing speculation on movements in their shares through the first months of next year

Nearly 20,000 workers tested positive for coronavirus, says Amazon

Amazon said Thursday that nearly 20,000 of its front-line US workers have tested positive or been presumed positive for the virus that causes Covid-19

Amazon and Big Tech cozy up to Biden camp with cash and connections

The industry's coziness with the Democratic Party, which dates back through several elections, has critics of their market dominance worried

Financial services becomes next battleground for PhonePe, Amazon and Google

Walmart-owned PhonePe has become the fastest-growing insure-tech distributor in India within just 9 months of the insurance category going live on the digital payments app

General Atlantic to invest Rs 3,675 cr into Reliance Retail for 0.84% stake

Strategic investor to be inducted later; General Atlantic becomes third PE firm to infuse funds

Indian unicorns diversifying to newer biz segments ahead of mega-IPO plans

A slew of Indian firms, including Flipkart, Byju's and Zomato, is building a path to profitability and diversifying into newer business segments ahead of mega-IPO plans

Amazon sees broader audience for its palm recognition technology

Amazon has introduced new palm recognition technology in a pair of Seattle stores and sees a broader potential audience in stadiums, offices and elsewhere. Customers at the stores near Amazon's campus in Washington can flash a palm for entry and to buy goods. The company chose palm recognition, according to Dilip Kumar, vice president of Physical Retail & Technology, because it's more private than other biometric technology, and a person would be required to purposefully flash a palm at the Amazon One device to engage. And it's contactless, which we think customers will appreciate, especially in current times, Kumar wrote in a blog post Tuesday. The company expects to roll out Amazon One as an option in other Amazon stores in the coming months, which could mean Whole Foods Market grocery stores. But Amazon believes the technology is applicable elsewhere. In most retail environments, Amazon One could become an alternate payment or loyalty card option with a device at the checkout .

Ahead of the festive sale, Amazon pumps Rs 1,125 crore into its India unit

The infusion would help the e-commerce giant to take on its rivals including Walmart-owned Flipkart and Reliance's JioMart in the upcoming festive season

Amazon infuses Rs 1,125 crore into India unit ahead of festive sales

US-based e-commerce giant Amazon has infused fresh capital to the tune of Rs 1,125 crore into one of its India units, Amazon Seller Services, according to regulatory documents

Amazon to hold Prime Day event on Oct 13-14, aiming at holiday shoppers

The company earlier this year had postponed the two-day shopping event, which started in 2015 to drum up sales during the summer shopping lull, due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Wall Street bounces back from losing streak as tech, bank stocks gain

The S&P 500 financials index jumped 2.6 per cent and was on track for its best day in two and a half months

Amazon enters game-streaming market, set to challenge Google, Microsoft

Amazon.com Inc. is diving into the new and hotly contested market for streaming video games, the company said during a press event Thursday that also revealed a refreshed lineup of Echo smart speakers

Small apps unite to take on Apple, Google over unfair trade practices

On Thursday, the smaller companies said they had formed the Coalition for App Fairness, a nonprofit group that plans to push for changes in the app stores and "protect the app economy"

Amazon adds Echo, Echo dot to its lineup of voice-controlled gadgets

The world's largest online retailer has worked for years to popularize speakers, televisions and other devices that customers activate through speech

Amazon leads Wall Street rebound, even as economic worries deepen

Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, Alphabet Incand Facebook Inc, which together have fueled Wall Street's rally since the pandemic slammed markets in March, all rose more than 1 per cent