When Amazon swooped in to purchase Whole Foods for .7 billion earlier this year, it seemed possible that the retail giant’s plan to introduce heavy technology into the stores would make the 365 by Whole Foods locations obsolete. However, a company spokesperson told GeekWire that the Amazon deal was not a factor in the decision to close the store.
What: Vulcan Real Estate has signed a purchase and sale agreement with Amazon for 11 buildings comprising 1.8 million square feet in the heart of Seattle’s burgeoning South Lake Union neighborhood.? The buildings are currently leased by Amazon as part of its corporate headquarters and Amazon plans to acquire them from Vulcan for .16 billion.? The deal is expected to close in Q4 2012.
When Amazon eventually starts delivering items via drone, the company wants the option to land its unmanned aircrafts on trucks or buses for a portion of the journey, a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office shows.
Western automotive industry observers were quoted by Chinese media saying it could be a game changer, while domestic industry insiders hoped that it would convey the nation's ability in independent innovation.
What to do if hairdressing services are too costly? For one college student in Central China's Anqing city, the answer is to pick up the clippers himself. [Photo/VCG]
We’ve also seen the arrival in recent months of other services which provide deliveries to homes — most recently with Postmates?setting up shop. It partners with bike messengers and delivery drivers with the promise of delivering restaurant meals, groceries and other items to one’s home in under an hour.
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Well, none other than Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has a solution for us: Airbags for phones and other portable devices. Or springs … or a propulsion system.
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What they’re saying: Asked by CNBC if New Yorkers made the wrong call by pushing back on the deal, Dimon said, “Of course they made a mistake.” He noted that the 25,000 jobs Amazon promised would result in “another 75,000 outside of that,” such as “people who prepare meals and clean floors, to engineers, to marketing people, to lawyers, to accountants to service that whole ecosystem.” Dimon’s company, J.P. Morgan, has partnered with Amazon on a new healthcare venture called Haven.
What is hard to judge from this report is how Bezos’ involvement in the development of the Fire Phone contrasts?to any other major experiment at the company.?Often times, Bezos has his fingerprints on everything, regularly chiming in everything?from?hardware to apparel.?Product managers often find themselves tweaking designs, rewriting marketing materials, or worse, depending on his opinions.