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Amazon is the go-to website for millions of customers every year. It lets you view your online shopping history on your phone, desktop PC, Mac, or Chromebook. You might want to hide select Amazon orders from family members who share your account. Perhaps it's a secret birthday present or something you're embarrassed about. You can't delete an item from your order history, but Amazon lets you archive orders to keep them out of sight. This tutorial shows you how to find and archive your Amazon orders.
Amazon's overcomplicated new product star ratings are no bright idea
The e-commerce titan is testing a misleading metric
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As one of the biggest online shopping apps around, Amazon has its fair share of trouble keeping reviews authentic. Sellers use every scummy trick in the book to skew product ratings in their favor, or just fake them outright and drive more sales. However, keeping reviews and ratings authentic is as important as representing them accurately to the consumer. Amazon is testing a slight change to the way product ratings are presented, and we aren’t convinced it's a step in the right direction.
Amazon app picks up new UI with bottom bar navigation and better Whole Foods integration
It appears to be a server-side change, so you may not see it right away
If you rely on Amazon's dedicated shopping app to peruse the digital aisles, you might have noticed a change recently. The dedicated Android app for Amazon's storefront is seeing some significant tweaks, most notably a new general navigation bar on the bottom of the screen. The updated interface doesn't seem to be tied to a specific version of the app (we tried one on multiple phones), so this may be a server-side switch.
Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant is best known for being on its Echo line of speakers, but it's available on both iOS and Android. There's a dedicated Alexa app on both of those operating systems, but only iOS has Alexa built into the main Amazon app. However, that's changing very soon.
The hook for Amazon's physical Dash buttons is an easy thing to understand: hide little Wi-Fi connected buttons around your house, then press them when you're low on toilet paper in the bathroom, or dishwasher detergent in the kitchen, or imported all-natural small batch coconut oil in the bedroom, and the relevant product will automatically be bought via your Amazon account and shipped out in a couple of days. Now Amazon has made virtual Dash buttons for its website and shopping apps... so you can shop for stuff while you shop for stuff, I guess?
It's honestly kind of surprising that a company as huge and far-reaching as Amazon hasn't made a more serious effort to sell things in Mexico yet. After all, there are over a hundred million people in the country - surely a few of them want to buy some books and phones and such, and Amazon already sells to much smaller markets in Europe. The company announced today that it's expanding its online retail services to Mexico, including both conventional sales and its Marketplace program.That will make the Amazon Kindle e-readers available in Mexico, but oddly there's no mention of the Kindle Fire, Fire TV, or Fire Phone lines (you never know, someone down there might actually want one). The press release does mention that residents in Mexico are welcome to use the official Amazon Android app to shop and access what few digital services are being launched - Mexico doesn't get Amazon Instant Video or Amazon Music either. The Amazon Appstore has been active in Mexico for years (Amazon has made a steady effort to reach app users worldwide), so users can download the Amazon app from the company store or from Google Play.It seems unlikely that Amazon will resist expansion for too long, and I wouldn't be surprised to see this year's Kindle Fire hardware updates available in Mexico at some point. The Fire TV and company may take a little longer. Amazon's Mexico storefront is Amazon.com.mx.
Amazon Mobile Android App Updated To Version 2.0 - Shop By Department Added, Major Performance Enhancements
If there's one thing that's annoyed me about the Amazon app for Android, it has been the lack of a shop by department option. Sometimes you just have
If there's one thing that's annoyed me about the Amazon app for Android, it has been the lack of a shop by department option. Sometimes you just have an urge to peruse the "Everything Else" section. Today's update to Amazon's official mobile app for Android finally allows you to do just that.
Well look what we have here: it appears that the site androidnews.de has stumbled upon some (apparently accidentally) posted apps from Amazon's upcoming Android app store. What were the site's daring investigative journalistic practices that led to the discovery? According to Frank from the site, "This morning, just for funzies, I entered http://www.amazon.com/apps in the address bar and found myself on a site with a horizontal slider. 48 apps were shown there. Clicking on one of them doesn’t lead anywhere but the Amazon.com home page. It doesn’t matter, if you try it on a desktop or mobile browsers." While the links didn't take him anywhere special, the apps listed were all priced.
That new Android app store that Amazon is rumored to be working on? Yeah, SlashGear just landed a copy of the Terms & Conditions for it, and it confirms just about everything we'd heard earlier: