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Which of the Following Statement Is Wrong About Amazon S3?

Amazon Simple Storage Service, S3, is a cloud object storage service offering world-class services. Data availability, security, and performance. Companies from various scales can use Amazon S3 to store and keep their data safe. Amazon S3 offers management features allowing you to optimize and organize your data. Many myths have been formulated, so which of […]

The Future of Grocery Shopping and Amazon Fresh

It has been over two years since Amazon made up its mind to change the future of grocery shopping and opened up its first Amazon Fresh store.  Now, they have shifted into high gear and opened up dozens of stores across the U.S., continually expanding into new cities.   Most recently an Amazon fresh grocery store […]

Amazon, Google Slam Microsoft's Cloud Computing Changes

Amazon and Alphabet unit Google criticised Microsoft’s cloud computing changes on Tuesday, saying they limit competition and discourage customers from switching to rival cloud service providers. The U.S. software giant on Monday announced amended licensing deals and other changes that will take effect on Oct. 1 and which they say will make it easier for […]

Amazon's Socially-Focused Shareholder Proposals Fall Short at Annual Meeting

A majority of Amazon.com Inc shareholders on Wednesday voted against each of 15 investor-led resolutions that challenged the company’s policies – including its treatment of workers and use of nondisclosure agreements, an executive said at its annual meeting. The total number of investor resolutions, including one introduced at the online meeting, was a record for […]

Amazon Accepts Visa Credit Cards in Global Truce over Fees

Amazon.com Inc has reached agreement with Visa Inc to accept its credit cards across its network, ending a standoff between the two that threatened to disrupt e-commerce payments and deal a blow to the U.S.-based payments processor. Details of the deal were not disclosed but Visa and other payments cards have faced increased pressure about […]

Amazon Resumes Hiring Spree in South Africa

E-commerce giant, Amazon, is centering its interest towards South Africa with new job listings in the country in various fields, including customer support, senior management, and more. Since 2004, the Big Tech giant has marked its robust presence in the oldest and second-largest city in South Africa, Cape Town. Then, in late 2018, it changed […]

Telenor Partners with Amazon to Modernize Systems, Offer Services

Norway’s Telenor said on Thursday it had partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to speed up the modernization of its telecoms systems, boosting the use of cloud technology to offer 5G and low-latency data services to professional customers. In collaboration with the U.S. tech giant, Telenor will develop product offerings for selected industries, including manufacturing, […]

EXPLAINER: What caused Amazon's outage? Will there be more?

Robotic vacuum cleaners wouldn’t start. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though some of those deliveries were canceled anyway. Netflix and Disney movies got interrupted and The Associated Press had trouble publishing the news. A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network on Dec. 7 severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. […]

Netflix slashes prices to compete with Disney+, Amazon

In its attempt to compete with its rivals Disney and Amazon, the famous streaming service Netflix cut on Tuesday the prices of its services in India for the first time since launching five years ago. As it aims to reach higher on the streaming ladder, Netflix slashed its prices by 60 percent to $2.62 paid […]

Amazon, OSHA promise review after tornado wrecks warehouse

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into the collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, after it was struck by a tornado on Friday, leaving six people dead and another hospitalized. OSHA inspectors, who have been at the site since Saturday, will look into whether workplace […]