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For retailers the buy-or-build cloud decision looms large
If you need proof that cloud deployment stories can touch off religious disputes, my recent report about @Walmartlabs deploying 100K cores of OpenStack to run the…
Read MoreJeff Bezos: Raising the price of Amazon Prime was a great decision
Raising the price of Amazon Prime to $99 from $79 was the right decision, Jeff Bezos crowed in the company’s Q4 2014…
Read MoreUMass Amherst will source textbooks from Amazon
Starting next year, students at UMass Amherst will get their text books not from a campus bookstore but from Amazon.com. The news was…
Read MoreAmazon wants you to tie your apps into Cloud Drive and now there’s an API for that
Amazon.com pushes for Cloud Drive adoption for consumer digital files with a new REST API so third-parties can tie their applications into this cloud repository.…
Read MoreAmazon’s Echo device already exists. It’s called Ubi
Amazon just showed off a new connected device that combines the skills of Siri with a speaker. It's a cool idea and looking at other products like it can tell us what Amazon needs to get right.…
Read MoreAre you an Apple family or an Amazon family?
Both Amazon and Apple have new programs that let family members share downloaded content. Which one makes more sense for your family?…
Read MoreStackdriver names Cisco vet to board, Amazon alum as advisor
With Hans Robertson and Ben Matheson, Stackdriver gets expertise in SaaS and public cloud, according to co-founder Izzy Azeri.…
Read MoreIs Amazon getting ready to launch a game console?
Amazon has reportedly shown senior game publisher executives a version of its Android-based game console, which could launch later this year.…
Read MoreAmazon CTO Werner Vogels: Cloud and SaaS are going global, fast
Amazon's cloud services helped jump start a lot of entrepreneurial activity and now its globe trotting, maverick CTO Werner Vogels believes it help global small and medium sized businesses embrace the cloud and SaaS -- which in the end is a good news for AWS.…
Read MoreAmazon’s holiday success and UPS’ holiday fail highlight the internet economy’s problems
The holidays were great for Amazon and lousy for UPS. The two are linked and are a good illustration of two problems we'll face more often as the web meets the real world.…
Read MoreThe best holiday yule logs for cord cutters
Hey cord cutters! Are you searching for a holiday yule log to brighten your Christmas morning and maybe warm up your New Year's Eve? I checked out the options and wish I could get these in 4K.…
Read MoreRdio taps former Amazon exec Anthony Bay as new CEO
Rdio named Anthony Bay as its new CEO Tuesday. Bay joins the digital music subscription service from Amazon(s amzn), where he was…
Read MoreSo why did Jeff Bezos pre-announce plans for drone-based delivery now?
Amazon is measured when it comes to revealing its future plans and is reticent to share details. And when it does, it does so with its own ends in mind. That begs the question: why did Jeff Bezos pre-announce Amazon drone delivery so early?…
Read MoreAmazon partners stake claims in AWS cloud ecosystem
A raft of AWS partners used day one of the AWS re:Invent show to blast out new products and services.…
Read MoreGearing up for AWS re:Invent
What to expect: Keynotes by Amazon Web Services bigwigs (minus Jeff Bezos); Netflix, NASA; a scrum of partner announcements; and lots of counter programming from cloud rivals.…
Read MoreKevin Kelly & the power of ideas
Kevin Kelly, is a great role model for any and every technology writer. Former editor of A Whole Earth Catalog, co-founder of The Well (an online community) and founding executive editor of Wired Magazine is a man of ideas. My reflections after meeting him last week.…
Read MoreHow Stanford’s Andreas Weigend leads by example in pursuit of data symmetry
Andreas Weigend, formerly chief scientist at Amazon, has some ideas for how businesses can do more with their customers' data. A few come from his old employer, while others stem from personal experience.…
Read MoreAmazon is down; yes, you read that right (Update: it’s back)
Folks looking to browse or buy on Amazon.com's site are getting a blank page.…
Read MoreRetail needs a reboot to survive
Although some believe the death of brick-and-mortar retail is inevitable, Mark Sigal, CPO of Unicorn Labs, thinks we all have a vested interest in seeing the industry reboot itself for the modern age. He outlines three paths for physical retail stores to avoid extinction here.…
Read MoreAmazon queues up new workflow service
Amazon says its new Simple Workflow Service (SWS) will run applications that are distributed between customer sites and Amazon cloud infrastructure, thus further blurring the line between the customer's own data center and their chosen cloud.…
Read MoreComparing Zinio, Kindle and Newsstand apps for iPad magazine reading
While the iPad has solved the problem of too many paper magazines accumulating in my office, it has created another problem -- me spending way too much on impulse magazine purchases. Here are my experiences with Zinio, the Amazon Kindle app and Apple's Newsstand.…
Read MoreData killed the HiPPO star
As the former CEO of OpenTable, Jeff Jordan can attest that most CEOs believe they intuitively know which product developments will make the biggest impact. In this article, Jordan makes a compelling case for letting data — and not the CEO — drive product development.…
Read MoreIf the shoe fits: Ozon, Russia’s Amazon, buys Sapato
In a move that echoes Amazon's purchase of Zappos back in 2009, Russian web store Ozon is buying online shoe seller Sapato.ru -- a deal that Ozon CEO Maelle Gavet says will turn it into a "powerhouse online retailer".…
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