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Can Amazon Prime Fresh Deliver The Jetsons’ Kitchen?

I’m still waiting for online grocery delivery to get it all right, along with vacuuming robots and flying cars a la George Jetson. But by taking a free 30-day tryout of Amazon Prime Fresh, the grocery delivery service that Amazon.com (AMZN) offers in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, and plans to expand to about 20 more cities this year, I felt a little closer to living in the future — 7 a.m. the next morning, to be exact. For me, the best

Splunk Q1 Earnings Are Not Enough For Investors

Data analytics software maker Splunk late Thursday posted fiscal Q1 results that beat views, as did its Q2 revenue forecast. But its full-year revenue outlook was just light and the beat wasn’t enough to appease skittish investors. Splunk (SPLK) stock tumbled 9% after hours, after it posted results for the quarter ended April 30. High-growth enterprise software companies ServiceNow (NOW) and Tableau Software (DATA) also saw their stocks fall after

Nintendo Pins Wii U Hopes On ‘Mario Kart 8’ Game

Mario has saved many a princess, but now the fleet-footed Italian plumber is being tasked with saving Nintendo’s struggling Wii U video game console. On Friday, Nintendo (NTDOY) is set to release its highly anticipated family-friendly go-kart racing game “Mario Kart 8,” the latest in the Japanese company’s long-running franchise. “Mario Kart 8” is exclusive to Wii U, although eventually the game will likely be available on Nintendo’s portable