Launched in 2015, the gadgets allowed customers to order particular items at the touch of a button. Dozens of brands offered one.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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’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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...