Tag: Amazon

August 25, 2016

If you’re constantly on the go, there are a handful of accessories that are definitely must-haves. You need a good laptop bag, a high-quality portable charger for your smartphone and other gadgets, and you need a compact travel router for […]

August 5, 2016

No, not technically, but a new study finds that Amazon is the preferred marketplace for Chinese eTailers when they want to sell their goods internationally. That’s right, Amazon beats Alibaba’s international marketplace, AliExpress, which actually ranked third among Chinese merchants […]

July 12, 2016

Bluntly put, Amazon’s Prime Day sale disappointed many last year. Touted as an event to rival Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Prime Day 2015 was defined by discounted products that failed to enthrall would-be buyers. On top of that, the […]

June 30, 2016

Following an extended preview period, Amazon’s Elastic File System is now generally available in three geographical regions, with more on the way. Originally announced last year, EFS is a fully managed elastic file storage service for deploying and scaling durable […]

June 28, 2016

Launched in 2015 around April Fool’s Day, Dash buttons are little stick-on, push button devices with a brand logo on them such as Tide, Gillette, or Doritos. Push the button and you’ll automatically place an Amazon order for your Dash […]

May 30, 2016

With a rumored 3 million+ units sold, the Amazon Echo has been something of a sleeper hit for the online retail giant. In fact, the surprising success of the Echo has created a whirlwind of competition in the smart-home space: […]

May 23, 2016

The arrival of the age of fintech is about to shake up the financial services world as we know it. Traditional powerhouses are already trying to figure out ways to co-exist with startups that are disrupting aging models. Look no […]

May 17, 2016

Amazon released its one-click, one-purchase Dash Buttons and its voice-activated Echo just months apart in 2015, but the latter has emerged as not only the media darling of the two but the vastly more versatile form of in-home commerce for […]

April 21, 2016

The AWS Summit in Chicago this week kicks off an international tour of dozens of Summits from New York to Tokyo this year, culminating with AWS re:Invent in December. At today’s conference Amazon Web Services GM of Product Strategy Matt […]

March 15, 2016

After years of relying on the Amazon cloud to store its users’ files, Dropbox has shifted gears and begun using primarily its own technology instead. “We’re excited to announce that we’re now storing and serving over 90 percent of our […]

March 4, 2016

While Apple is fighting the FBI in court over encryption, Amazon quietly disabled the option to use encryption to protect data on its Android-powered devices. The tech giant has recently deprecated support for device encryption on the latest version of […]

March 4, 2016

Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant is turning up in more places with the Echo Dot and Amazon Tap. The Echo Dot is a $90 puck that connects with external speakers, either via Bluetooth or 3.5 mm audio cable. Once connected, users […]

March 1, 2016

Amazon, Microsoft and Google have made a steady stream of acquisitions to support their cloud efforts in recent years. These vendors are far from acquisition-happy though. Many times these vendors will use their own in-house talent to create their products […]

February 24, 2016

As Apple continues to resist FBI demands to unlock a terrorist suspect’s phone, it raises a question: What if Amazon Web Services was ordered to provide access to a customer’s cloud? Would AWS hand the data over to the feds? […]

January 29, 2016

T-Mobile’s “Binge On” program has spawned quite a debate over the past few months. No one is arguing that it’s something T-Mobile subscribers don’t appreciate, but it also unquestionably walks a fine line and may even cross the line into […]

January 27, 2016

Amazon built a smartphone, and by most reports it sucked pretty hard. Now they’ve found a new way to suck at smartphones: by shoving bloatware onto phones made by other companies. According to sources familiar with Amazon’s machinations, they’ve been […]

January 15, 2016

Pack your passport; Amazon’s cloud is going international. Actually, it’s already international. But Amazon is making it even more global in 2016. The latest stop for the AWS world tour is Montreal, Canada, the company announced today. Also on the […]

January 12, 2016

Commercial drones (as opposed to their weaponized military-grade cousins) went from being something of a punchline a few years ago to a fully anticipated part of day-to-day life as 2016 gets underway. And as two of the more primary moving […]

January 6, 2016

Amazon has a line of feature-packed tablets at various price points, but if you want just a bare-bones e-reader, the Kindle Paperwhite is your best bet. Withings is taking that same approach with its fitness trackers. At CES, the French […]

November 27, 2015

Well here’s a big Black Friday sale you might not have expected: Beginning today, Thanksgiving Day, and running straight through to the end of the day on Cyber Monday, November 30th, Amazon is offering discounts of up to 34% off […]