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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The Internet of Things will revolutionize everything! Manufacturing? Dog walking? Coffee bean refilling? Car driving? Food eating? Put a sensor in it! The marketing makes it pretty clear that there’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Germany isn't having it with Amazon's ultra-convenient Dash buttons. These, which lets users easily place orders at the push of a button, have been ruled as illegal by German court. Apparently, these ...

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 ...