Posted on · After social media lit up with tales of creepy laughter, we now know why: The Echo's virtual assistant has been spontaneously laughing at its users. Now, the company says it is working on the issue
Posted on · The layoffs come while Amazon is also seeking to build a second major headquarters in the United States
Posted on · Amazon.com Inc. said deliveries started Thursday in Austin, Texas
Posted on · The online retailer has been opening new physical locations in the Bayou City
Posted on · The new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints" as it tries to find ways to cut costs and improve health care plan satisfaction for employees
Posted on · Some cities fighting to house Amazon's coveted second headquarters have offered up billion-dollar financial incentives. If a Texas city lands the headquarters, experts don't expect incentives to be the main reason
Posted on · The store, which has been open only to Amazon employees for the past year, uses a smartphone app and a network of cameras to track a customer's purchases
Posted on · City business leaders say the failure to make the cut of 20 finalists should be a wake-up call about the need to diversify the local economy
Posted on · Dallas and Austin made the list of finalists. Ed Egan from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy gives us his take on why Houston did not.
Posted on · And let's not forget the requirement for 8.1 million square feet of office space. It would take the five tallest buildings in Houston to satisfy that request
Posted on · It may not be the North Pole, but lots of Christmas wishes are getting fulfilled from a warehouse in northwest Houston
Posted on · As more people shop online, law enforcement say they're receiving more reports of package theft. A survey found nearly 20 percent of homeowners reported a package stolen in the last year
Posted on · Amazon says it will email Prime members a coupon starting Wednesday to buy organic or antibiotic-free turkeys for about 50 cents a pound cheaper than other customers.
Posted on · "I don't see how I can return," said the star of the hit show. As Amazon investigates the two allegations, both of which he denies, no official decision has been made by either Tambor or the network
Posted on · The Sandow plant was one of three Texas plants the energy company Luminant announced it was closing. The region is expected to lose about 450 jobs from the closures