With a net worth of US$75.6 billion, Jeff Bezos is now the world's second-richest person.

COMMENT: Amazon's robots so far seem to have been overwhelmingly positive.

The traditional TV industry is divided on whether to welcome internet streaming and video-on-demand providers onto set-top boxes.

An outage across large parts of the internet has been blamed on a simple employee mistake.

Widespread issues struck Amazon Web Service (AWS), causing websites, apps and devices to crash.

"Amazon is like every single bad job you've ever had - at once," says a former employee of the e-commerce giant.

Apple has been dethroned as the world's most valuable brand, while Lego has been named the world's most powerful.

Amazon is poised to shake up Australia's $315 billion retail industry when it sets up shop Down Under.

The massive hiring spree suggests the e-commerce company expects a run of breakneck growth.

Shocking reports of Amazon workers sleeping in tents near factories and drivers defecating in bags have emerged in the lead up to Christmas.

Amazon unveiled technology that will let shoppers grab groceries without having to scan and pay for them.

New Zealand retailers will be nervous about what Amazon's arrival in Australia will mean for them, retail commentators say.

With Amazon heading to Australia with "fulfilment centres", workers tell of their lives as "Amazombies."

Retail giant Amazon looks set to bring its Prime Video streaming service to New Zealand.

To break through the Amazon juggernaut, some in e-commerce are turning their humble delivery boxes into highly designed branding canvasses.

Amazon has revealed its first branded cargo jet as the internet retailer expands its logistics capabilities.

Amazon.com reported a big profit for the three months ending in June, its fifth straight quarter of gains.

Kiwi shoppers are seeking bargains on British online shops while the pound plunges in the wake of the Brexit vote.

COMMENT: Amazon's monthly streaming service is cheaper than Netflix and the retail offers will keep the customers.

The new crazy-expensive e-reader hints at Amazon's bigger ambitions.

A major competitive threat from Amazon to FedEx or UPS is unlikely because the online retailer would have to invest billions of dollars and years of effort to build its own delivery network, Smith says.

We live in an age of rapid technological change and disruption. But can the Big Five tech giants ever be disrupted?

Amazon might soon be joining other e-commerce pioneers and open up traditional stores in malls.

Despite being pulled from the shelves in NZ, Ian Wishart's controversial new book on the Marlborough Sounds murders has been a big seller online.

What Wall Street has taken to calling the FANG stocks - Facebook, Amazon.com, Netflix and Google - had an amazing year, with gains ranging from 34 to 178 per cent.

Not content with dominating the online-selling world, the founder of Amazon has revealed his latest ambition.

How an industry of 'Amazon entrepreneurs' pulled off the Internet's craftiest 'catfishing' scheme.

People are struggling to figure out how to fit everything into their lives. How do they manage work, families, community, and leisure?

Amazon's CEO said he would have left the company if it was as bad as described in a recent New York Times article.