Product Announcements, Smart Home
Amazon Blog – 5.1.24
Ring has announced the newest member of its product line: Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam. This innovative indoor camera builds on the features customers love from previous Ring cameras and adds new pan and tilt functionality for increasing visibility inside your home. Here’s what to expect with the Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam.
Source: Introducing the new Ring Pan-Tilt Indoor Cam, which offers 360 degrees of coverage and is available for preorder
AI, Company News / General Interest
Amazon Blog – 4.30.24
AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon Q, the most capable generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant for accelerating software development and leveraging companies’ internal data.
Source: Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant for businesses and developers, is now generally available
Company News / General Interest
Amazon Blog – 4.29.24
After delivering at our fastest speeds ever in 2023, Amazon set new records for Prime delivery speeds in the first three months of 2024, with more than two billion items arriving the same or next day to Prime members around the world. In March, nearly 60% of Prime member orders arrived the same or next day across the top 60 largest U.S. metro areas, and we delivered three out of four items the same or next day in London, Tokyo, and Toronto. Amazon also continues to grow its selection while speeding up deliveries, providing even more value to Prime members.
Source: Amazon’s Prime delivery speeds are faster than ever so far in 2024
Company News / General Interest
Amazon Blog – 4.17.24
You can now tour Amazon’s Puget Sound headquarters campus. The new, self-guided experience shares information about the company and its history as you walk through its urban Seattle campus and landmarks.
Source: How to tour Seattle offices at Amazon’s headquarters
Company News / General Interest
Amazon Blog – 4.12.24
Chances are, your latest Amazon package arrived on your doorstep via delivery van. But not every order is delivered this way. At Amazon, we’re never satisfied with the status quo and are always looking innovative ways to improve deliveries.
Source: 9 unique ways Amazon packages are delivered around the world, from e-bikes to mules