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2022
Amazon launches Amp live-audio app
Amazon launched Amp, a mobile app for creating live radio-style shows with music from the Amazon Music catalog. The app was available in a limited U.S. beta.
2022
FreeCast launches SelectTV Streaming TV Kit through major retailers
FreeCast launched its SelectTV Streaming TV Kit through major big-box and online retailers. The kit packages its online service with a TV antenna.
2022
Amazon launches Amp audio app
Amazon launched Amp, a live-audio app that lets people host radio-style shows by playing music and talking to listeners. The app was in beta and invite-only at the time of the report.
2022
Amazon partners with Colorado institutions for employee tuition program
Amazon partnered with Colorado institutions, including Metropolitan State University of Denver and Colorado State University Global, through its Career Choice program, which offers eligible hourly employees fully funded college tuition.
2022
Amazon selects Clark State for Career Choice Ohio program
Amazon selected Clark State Community College as one of 10 colleges in its Career Choice Ohio Program, providing Amazon employees in Ohio access to education through local and national providers.
2022
UCF partners with Amazon to provide tuition benefits to workers
The University of Central Florida partnered with Amazon to provide free tuition to hourly, full- or part-time Amazon workers. The article says the program is available to eligible workers pursuing specified education and certification programs.
2022
Lava announces the X2 smartphone
Lava announced the X2 smartphone for the Indian market. The phone is online-exclusive and will be sold through Amazon.in.
2022
Amazon announces 10 Ohio education partners for worker tuition program
Amazon announced 10 education partners in Ohio for its free tuition program, which covers workers' tuition, books and fees. Workers become eligible after 90 days on the job.
2022
UF Online and Amazon Career Choice announce education partnership
UF Online announced an education partnership with Amazon’s Career Choice program under which Amazon will cover tuition and fees for eligible Florida hourly employees enrolling in a UF Online bachelor’s degree. The partnership is set to take effect for those employees in the fall semester.
2022
Stanislaus State joins Amazon Career Choice
Stanislaus State joined Amazon and its Career Choice program to provide Amazon employees with fully funded college tuition.
2022
Amazon partners with Fresno State on employee tuition program
Fresno State joined universities partnering with Amazon and its Career Choice program to provide employees with fully funded college tuition.
2022
Amazon announces closure of 68 physical stores
Amazon confirmed a change to its physical-store strategy, announcing the closure of 68 stores in the United States and the United Kingdom, including bookstores, Amazon 4-star stores and pop-up stores. The closure dates will vary by location.
2022
Amazon announces closure of 68 physical stores
Amazon said it was closing 68 Amazon Books, 4-Star and Pop Up stores in the United States and the United Kingdom.
2022
Amazon announces higher Luna+ and Family channel prices
Amazon announced that Luna+ and the Family channel prices would rise starting April 1, from $5.99 to $9.99 per month for Luna+ and from $2.99 to $5.99 for Family. Eligible existing early-access customers and subscribers who signed up before March 31 would retain the previous prices while their subscriptions remained current.
2022
Amazon brings Just Walk Out to a Whole Foods store
Amazon brought its Just Walk Out cashierless system to the Glover Park Whole Foods store in Washington, D.C.
2022
Whole Foods opens first store with Just Walk Out technology
Whole Foods Market opened its first store using Amazon's Just Walk Out technology in Washington, D.C.'s Glover Park neighborhood.
2022
Amazon sues alleged fake review brokers
Amazon filed lawsuits against AppSally and Rebatest, alleging that they connected third-party sellers with consumers who posted positive product reviews in exchange for free products or payments. The allegations are not presented as court findings.
2022
Amazon and Visa reach global agreement on card acceptance
Amazon and Visa reached a global agreement under which Amazon will continue accepting Visa credit cards in its stores; the agreement also includes commitments to collaborate on new product and technology initiatives.
2022
CECC urges Amazon to address supplier labor abuses
CECC leaders wrote to Amazon urging it to publicly support Chinese labor activist Tang Mingfang’s appeal and compensate him after he was imprisoned for reporting labor violations at an Amazon supplier factory. The article also reports China Labor Watch’s criticism that Amazon and Foxconn failed to meet supplier standards on grievance mechanisms and whistleblower protection; these are allegations and calls for action, not findings of guilt.
2022
Amazon starts 48-hour Alexa device promotional sale in India
Amazon kicked off a promotional sale in India offering discounts on Echo speakers, Fire TV devices, and other products. The sale was scheduled to end February 16 at 11:59 p.m. IST.