Electronic commerce
Amazon’s new show might mark a new era in how you watch TV
Amazon’s highly regarded new show, “Transparent,” follows in the footsteps of binge-friendly releases from Netflix. But the giant company is releasing it alongside a new offer that packages broadband Internet with access to streaming services — and it might be a look into TV’s post-cable future.
New York could move Bitcoins out of the shadows and into broad acceptance
Bitcoins have been in the limelight a lot lately, with their skyrocketing value that made some people wealthy overnight and their link to financial improprieties and criminal schemes. Now a New York regulator is holding hearings that could help Bitcoin soar or sink as a virtual currency.
For many Amazon pickers, you may have a job one day, but be out of work the next
Millions of us are shopping online. That’s creating thousands of new jobs, like those in the giant warehouses used by industry leaders like Amazon. Amazon calls these places ‘fulfillment centers.’ But apparently there isn’t much fulfillment for the workers they employ.
Congress Investigates The Digital Currency Bitcoin
It’s been a huge month for the virtual currency Bitcoin, which is a form of cryptocurrency. Bitcoins are digital coins you can send through the Internet. They can be transferred from person to person without going through a bank or intermediate financial authority. They can be used in every country, and shared through any computer […]
Washington Post Sale: The End of a Family Dynasty?
Is it the end of one of America’s greatest newspaper families? The Washington Post, one of the country’s oldest newspapers and bastions of investigative journalism, announced on Monday that is selling ownership of the paper to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for $250 million. It seems that Bezos, a man whose business has conquered Washington State, […]