Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chris Walton is a former Target executive turned retail journalist. Amazon announced that it will kill its famed Dash Button, ...

R.I.P., Dash button, we hardly knew you. Or needed you, for that matter. The Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) device that allowed you to reorder individual products at the touch of a button is no more. The e ...

Thanks to the Internet, shopping has become increasingly convenient. Amazon and other Internet retailers have extended this convenience to household items, infringing on the usual territory of grocery ...

Amazon’s first foray into smart home technology, the Dash button, is officially defunct, as the company announced it would discontinue the functionality of all existing buttons later this summer.

This story is part of a collection of pieces on how we spend money today. Amazon’s Dash Buttons were either the pinnacle of gimmickry—a bunch of plastic purchase-dongles that served no use except to ...

Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show ...

Amazon has confirmed that it's pulling the plug on its ludicrous Dash buttons. The device was a small, battery-powered control that allowed you to order a specific product when you needed it. The most ...

A court ruling classifies the Dash buttons as a violation of consumer protection legislation in Germany because they don't show what price will be paid for a product at the point at which they are ...

In what feels like the first good use for an Amazon Dash Button, a programmer hacked his button to donate $5 to the ACLU whenever he wishes. In a post published to Medium, Nathan Pryor detailed the ...

Amazon Dash Buttons are finally tackling the most important human needs: toys. The online retailer has added 50 new brands to its press-to-order Amazon Prime program. The latest Dash Buttons include ...

SEATTLE, Wash. (WLS) -- Amazon is offering its Prime members a free shopping device called Dash. It's a small Wi-Fi-enabled button that you hang in your home. For example, when you need more detergent ...