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Over the past twenty years Amazon has grown from a company selling books out of a garage to an online retailer that dabbles in everything from streaming video to Android-based tablets/phones to web services that have become a $6 billion business for the company. Amazon has also ventured out into grocery business in recent years with AmazonFresh, which delivers — you guessed it — fresh groceries in select, urban areas around the United States (same-day and next-day delivery services are offered via AmazonFresh). However, Amazon is embarking on a new endeavor that provides yet another delivery option for busy consumers that can’t be bothered with pushing a shopping cart around grocery store aisles...
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Residents of Northern New Jersey are the newest to benefit from Amazon's local grocery delivery service. Known as AmazonFresh (one word), Amazon seems to have expanded into several new ZIP codes, including those for Hoboken, Weekawken, Jersey City, Newark, Paramus, Edison, Montclair, and New Brunswick, all of which are located in the northern part of New Jersey.It was a quiet expansion -- Amazon didn't make a big splash with a press release or any other kind of announcement. Nevertheless, checks of accompanying ZIP codes show that AmazonFresh is now available in the above mentioned locations, though it hasn't expanded all the way up north to places like Montvale and Sparta.Image Source: Flickr...
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There was a time when 2-day shipping felt like magic, and next-day shipping was pretty much wizardry. But, as it so happens, even that wasn't good enough for some. So, same-day shipping options were born, and now outfits such as Amazon and Google are testing drone-based deliveries to get more products into more hands in less time. For now, we're still using flesh and blood citizens to make super speedy deliveries happen, and if you live in Boston, instant gratification is en route. Google has announced that its Google Express service will become available this week in parts of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Somerville, Arlington, Everett, Malden, and Medford. At present, eight companies...
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Google is determined to solve the first world problems of being ever-too-busy to find time to shop local brick and mortar stores, too impatient to wait for standard delivery, and unwilling to pay the up-charge for expedited shipping. Hey, these are real concerns, folks -- that empty Oreo bag isn't going to fill itself! However, if you live in Manhattan or West Los Angeles, Google will drop off a new bag right on your doorstep within a matter of hours of ordering via its Shopping Express service. The same applies to the San Francisco Bay area, where Google first tested its local delivery service last year. Now it's being expanded into two more major locations, one each on separate ends of the...
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The Amazon Fire TV isn’t the only intriguing new tech to come out of Amazon this week. The company is also debuting a powerful new shopping tool called Amazon Dash, and it portends a future where you can order all the groceries and supplies you need as you go and as you think of them. Dash is a small handheld device that connects to your home WiFi network and can both scan barcodes on the products in your house and also receive voice commands from the user. When you run out of, say, milk, you can scan the barcode on the empty carton. Milk will show up on your AmazonFresh list, and you can check out using your PC or a mobile app. Amazon Dash By the next day, the milk will be delivered to...
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In a Monday press release, Amazon.com announced that buyers who want to get their hands on some upcoming hot games can upgrade their shipping to be assured they'll get them on release day: Gamers have been asking for it and Amazon has answered the call. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that it will offer release-date delivery for "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09," "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed," "Fable 2" and "Gears of War 2." For $5.98, Amazon customers can upgrade their shipping option for guaranteed delivery of these titles on the first day of availability to all addresses within the continental United States. Additionally, Amazon Prime customers will receive release-date delivery for...
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