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Report: Apple spending up to $600M on Google Cloud Platform, moving away from Amazon Web Services
Apple is stuck between two major competitors when it comes to obtaining cloud space. Historically, the iPhone maker has used Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure to store data and, while analysts have predicted it would turn away from AWS soon, heading over to Google didn’t quite...
Report: Amazon to officially launch AWS Database Migration Service on Tuesday
Amazon will officially roll out the AWS Database Migration Service on Tuesday, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
The service is designed to help simplify and speed up the often laborious and complicated task of moving corporate databases to...
Need help on Tinder? Amazon employees launch consulting service targeted at techies
If you’re single in Seattle and frustrated with your dating life, there’s a new service that wants to offer a helping hand.
Two Amazon...
Another one: Amazon inks lease for new 12-story building in Seattle
Another day, another Amazon office opening up in Seattle.
The tech giant has inked a lease for a new 12-story building just near the company’s headquarters in South Lake Union, a company spokesperson confirmed today. The building, called Urban Union and located on...
Amazon voted India’s most trusted web store as retailer readies to vie for market with Alibaba
Consumers in India trust Amazon’s brand more than any other web retailer, according to a survey of 2,500 people there.
When it came...
Signaling more ambitious retail plans, Amazon chooses San Diego for second brick-and-mortar bookstore
Just four months after opening its first physical bookstore in Seattle, Amazon.com is poised to open its second location, choosing the Westfield University Towne Center Mall in San Diego.
Amazon flip flops and will offer encryption on Fire devices come spring
Talk about a fast course correction.
Less than 48 hours after pundits and security experts began blasting Amazon for removing the option to encrypt data on Fire devices, the company...
Amazon unveils ‘Echo Dot’ and ‘Amazon Tap’ devices, expanding lineup of Alexa-enabled hardware
Amazon’s Echo, the AI-enabled Bluetooth speaker that has been a surprising hardware success, is getting two new siblings, the company announced today.The devices extend the reach of Alexa, the company’s virtual,...