Press Play with Madeleine Brand
With $1 billion buy of smart doorbell 'Ring,' Amazon expands its empire
Amazon yesterday bought the Santa Monica-based company Ring for $1 billion. Ring makes high tech doorbells. When someone comes to your home, you can see who it is on your smartphone or computer.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readAmazon yesterday bought the Santa Monica-based company Ring for $1 billion. Ring makes high tech doorbells. When someone comes to your home, you can see who it is on your smartphone or computer. Ring’s founder Jamie Siminoff pitched the idea on Shark Tank five years ago, but judges rejected it. What does this purchase mean for Amazon’s empire, and consumer privacy?
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2 of 5Oscar-nominated 'Heroin(e)' follows women fighting opioid addiction- 0:00What can we expect from Brad Parscale as Trump's 2020 campaign manager?
- 8:42With $1 billion buy of smart doorbell 'Ring,' Amazon expands its empireYou’re reading this
- 14:28'Heroin(e)' profiles the first responders who tackle the opioid crisis
- 29:01How the American way of life created the opioid epidemic
- 40:09Art show depicts the Caribbean as more than an 'island paradise'