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Amazon acquires connected security camera, doorbell maker Blink

Hamilton is not on Amazon's short list of cities for its second headquarters. David Ryder/Getty Images

Amazon has bought an Andover, Massachusetts-based company that makes internet-connected doorbells and security cameras.

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Blink announced on its website Friday it was being acquired by the Seattle e-commerce giant. Terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed.

The move could help Amazon compete in the fast-growing home security camera market and against similar devices made by Nest, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet.

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Amazon unveiled its own Cloud Cam security camera in the fall. It also launched a new Amazon Key service for people in some U.S. cities to allow a door to be unlocked when they’re not home so packages can be left inside.

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Blink tells customers “nothing changes for now” as it continues to sell its own recently launched products under the Amazon umbrella.

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