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|2003 ||October || Product || Amazon launches [[w:A9.com|A9.com]], a subsidiary of Amazon.com based in Palo Alto, California that develops search and advertising technology.<ref name="MyUser_Macworld.com_January_17_2016c">{{cite web |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/1039079/a9.html |title=Amazon releases A9 search engine |newspaper=Macworld.com |date= |author= |accessdate= January 17, 2016}}</ref>
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|2004 || August 19 || International || Amazon acquires Joyo, an online bookstore in China, for $75 million, which then becomes the 7th regional website of Amazon.com. joyo later becomes [[w:Amazon China|Amazon China]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tech.163.com/11/1027/11/7HCCBB17000915BF.html|title=Joyo Amazon was renamed to Amazon China|publisher=[[w:NetEase|NetEase]]|date=October 27, 2011|accessdate=October 27, 2011|language=Chinese}}</ref>
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|2005 || February || Product || Amazon launches [[w:Amazon Prime|Amazon Prime]], a membership offering free two-day shipping within the contiguous United States on all eligible purchases for a flat annual fee of $79.<ref name=everything></ref>
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|2005 || November || Product || Amazon launches [[w:Amazon Mechanical Turk|Amazon Mechanical Turk]], an application programming interface (API) allowing any Internet user to perform "human-intelligence" tasks such as transcribing podcasts, often at very low wages.<ref name=everything></ref>
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|2006 || August 25 || Product || Amazon launches [[w:Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud|Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud]] (Amazon EC2), a virtual site farm allowing users to use the Amazon infrastructure to run applications ranging from running simulations to web hosting.<ref>{{cite web
| 2017 || July 19 || Products || Amazon launches Spark, a shoppable product feed with an Instagram-like feel, for Amazon Prime subscribers. The product is compared with {{w|Instagram}} and {{w|Pinterest}}.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/18/amazon-launches-spark-a-shoppable-feed-of-stories-and-photos-aimed-at-prime-members/|title = Amazon launches Spark, a shoppable feed of stories and photos aimed at Prime members|last = Perez|first = Sarah|date = July 19, 2017|accessdate = July 19, 2017|publisher = ''TechCrunch''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-launches-spark-a-social-network-for-its-shoppers/|title = Amazon launches Spark, a social network for its shoppers. Spark encourages users to tag images, stories and ideas about products they like -- with links, of course.|last = Musli|first = Steven|date = July 19, 2017|accessdate = July 19, 2017|publisher = CNET}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-socialmedia-idUSKBN1A42HQ|title = Amazon launches shopping social network Spark for iOS|last = Moon|first = Angela|date = July 19, 2017|accessdate = July 19, 2017|publisher = Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.businessinsider.com/how-amazon-spark-social-network-works-2017-7/|title = Amazon has launched a shoppable social network called Spark — here's how it works|last = Ghosh|first = Shona|date = July 19, 2017|accessdate = July 19, 2017|publisher = ''Business Insider''}}</ref>
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| 2017 || August 2 || Personnel || Amazon conducts massive recruitment for 50,000 empty vacancies by hosting job fairs in a number of cities in the United States and offering full-time and part-time jobs in their fulfilment centers. To be hired, individuals are asked to show up in person at one of these centers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Looking for a Job? Amazon Is Hiring 50,000 People Today|url=http://fortune.com/2017/08/02/amazon-jobs-day-hiring-50000/|website=fortune.com|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hundreds of hopeful applicants turn out for Amazon Jobs day|url=http://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/hundreds-of-hopeful-applicants-turn-out-for-amazon-jobs-day_20180314090929680/1042758667|website=wivb.com|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon Wants to Hire 50,000 People on Wednesday. Here's How to Apply and Get Hired (Instantly)|url=https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/amazon-50000-jobs-apply-expires-wednesday.html|website=inc.com|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref>
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| 2017 || August 27 || Competition || Amazon spends its first day as the owner of a brick-and-mortar grocery chain cutting prices at Whole Foods Market as much as 43 percent for some products.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon Quickly Employs Its Ruthless Playbook on Whole Foods|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-08-24/amazon-quickly-uses-its-ruthless-playbook-on-whole-foods|website=bloomberg.com|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bye to 'Whole Paycheck'? New owner Amazon slashes Whole Foods prices|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-amazon-whole-foods-20170828-story.html|website=latimes.com|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon is already heating up Charlotte’s grocery competition|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/whats-in-store/article169777257.html|website=charlotteobserver.com|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref>
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| 2017 || October 25 || Service || Amazon launches Amazon Key, allowing delivery drivers leave packages inside customers' front doors. Available for Prime members, the new device unlocks the front door for package delivery and other trusted services, and is paired with the Amazon Cloud Cam, a $120 internet-connected security camera built by the company.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon Key is a new service that lets couriers unlock your front door|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/25/16538834/amazon-key-in-home-delivery-unlock-door-prime-cloud-cam-smart-lock|website=theverge.com|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New service gives Amazon a Key to your house for deliveries|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-adds-in-home-delivery-option-with-key-service-and-security-camera/|website=seattletimes.com|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon will start delivering packages into the homes of Prime members|url=https://www.recode.net/2017/10/25/16538828/amazon-key-in-home-delivery-prime-camera-lock|website=recode.net|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref>
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| 2017 || October 25 || Personnel || Amazon reveals having 541,900 employees in the third quarter, up from a little more than 300,000 in the same period a year earlier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amazon now has more than 500,000 employees|url=http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/26/technology/business/amazon-earnings/index.html|website=money.cnn.com|accessdate=28 April 2018}}</ref>
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