Amazon’s Alexa just got a taste of Twitter power. Twitter has rolled out an app that they’re calling Twitter Reader, which lets people have their Amazon Echo smart phone speakers or other Alexa-enabled device recite their Twitter feeds.  This app, which seems to be the first Alexa app from a big social network like Twitter, […]

There are e-commerce sites, and then there’s Amazon.  Sure, Amazon is an e-commerce site, but I think it’s easy to say that they are in a league of they’re own.  Amazon announced the creation of their very own air cargo delivery network, which utilizes 40 Boeing 767’s that Amazon will lease from two air transport companies. […]

It was in the earlier part of the week when Hulu updated their privacy policy, which now states that the digital video service is ignoring Do Not Track requests sent by people’s browsers that, if enabled to do so, ask that their browsing behavior not be tracked by a company, typically when not on that company’s […]

As of this posting, we sit on the cusp of Amazon’s second “Prime Day.”  You can think of this as a Black Friday for Prime Members.  According to the data released by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), Amazon Prime now has 63 million members in the US. In the analysis, it says that each Prime […]

Does Facebook’s latest News Feed change mean the end of visibility for brand Pages? In this week’s show, the folks at Marketing Land we talk about the continued shift towards “pay to play” for brands on Facebook. We also discuss a busy week for Amazon news, including the upcoming July 12 Prime Day sales event. And […]

A feature that a number of Amazon Echo users were looking forward to (probably!) has finally arrived.  Those who are Amazon Prime members can now talk to the device and order any Prime-eligible product that Amazon is selling.  Previously, any shopping done via Echo was limited to reordering items from pas Amazon purchases. Those who want […]

Amazon has further expanded their current collection of Dash Buttons., adding over 50 new brand to the Dash program.  Some of the new brands that are already participating in the program includes Dial Liquid Hand Soap, Campbell’s Soup and Quilted Northern.  Some of the new brands that have been added to the program are Play-Doh, Nerf […]

One of the great things about products found on Amazon’s shopping web site is the unbiased reviews that were provided by users for users.  But, it seems that some sellers have done something a little naughty.  They’ve taken it upon themselves to feed fake reviews to potential customers.  Asking for fake reviews isn’t a good idea, as […]

We know Amazon is a leading, if not the leading digital shopping destinations.  Not only is Amazon extremely popular with online shoppers, but it also has become a major search engine for product-related searches.  There was an article written for Marketing Land entitled, “The Future of Search for CPG Companies,” where Benjamin Spiegel wrote about the shift in […]

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