Cloud Computing
Amazon seeks US exemption to test delivery drones
Amazon.com has asked the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration permission to test drones outdoors for use in its Prime Air package...
Read moreAmazon says $9.99 e-books will boost revenue, including for Hachette
Amazon.com believes that pricing ebooks at US$9.99 will boost sales by over 74 percent as the books are highly price-elastic.If...
Read moreAmazon investing $2 billion more in India as online retail booms
Amazon.com is investing US$2 billion more in India, which is witnessing an online retail boom.The online retailer has been expanding...
Read moreReport: Amazon building ad system to compete with Google’s
Amazon plans to expand its small online ad delivery business enough to take on Google’s AdWords, according to a Wall...
Read moreTwitter testing a ‘buy button’
Twitter is testing a way for its users to purchase digital music and other products through the social networking application,...
Read moreFTC warns of using big data to exclude consumers
The collection and analysis of big data holds great promise, but may also lead some companies to create profiles of...
Read moreMicrosoft adds IoT, Big Data orchestration services to Azure
Microsoft added three new big data services to its Azure cloud platform yesterday as part of its ongoing efforts to...
Read moreStudy: Internet sales tax would cost consumers billions
A proposed Internet sales tax that could see new life in Congress in coming weeks would cost U.S. online shoppers...
Read moreSan Francisco DA pushes for chip payment cards in tech’s backyard
Chip-and-PIN payment cards have a strong supporter in the hotbed of payment technologies, with San Francisco’s district attorney promoting the...
Read moreComputer vision, robots bolster Amazon warehouses for holiday rush
Amazon has added some additional robotic muscle and computer-vision chops to its warehouses ahead of the tide of holiday shopping...
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