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Amazon transforms data into bricks

Amazon is opening physical stores, but they are still digital

By Dave Michels

Jun 14, 20176 mins

Amazon.comInternet of Things

Articles

Amazon’s successful drone delivery test doesn’t really prove anything

Last week, Amazon successfully tested a drone delivery in the United States for the first time. But drones still won’t be delivering stuff to your house any time soon.

By Fredric Paul

Mar 29, 2017 3 mins

Amazon.comInternet

Adoption of voice-first assistants expected to skyrocket

The total projected footprint for voice-first assistants like Amazon's Alexa will be 33 million devices by the end of 2017, up from 1.7 million in 2015, analytics firm predicts

By Patrick Nelson

Mar 15, 2017 3 mins

Amazon.comConsumer ElectronicsGoogle

AWS follows Google with Reserved Instance flexibility changes

RI discounts can now be broken down into smaller VMs if needed

By Blair Frank

Mar 14, 2017 3 mins

Amazon.comCloud Computing

AWS says a typo caused the massive S3 failure this week

The cloud provider is implementing several changes to prevent similar events

By Blair Frank

Mar 2, 2017 3 mins

Amazon.comCloud Computing

The ultimate upgrade to Amazon’s Alexa

What Alexa really needs is some human assistance

By Fredric Paul

Mar 2, 2017 3 mins

Amazon.comFacebookSmall and Medium Business

8 ways to make Amazon’s Alexa even more awesome

Amazon’s voice assistant works remarkably well, but these improvements could dramatically extend its range and usefulness

By Fredric Paul

Feb 28, 2017 6 mins

Amazon.comConsumer ElectronicsSmall and Medium Business

Why Amazon is knocking $8.62 off most orders of $50-plus on Feb. 22

Amazon celebrates itself, offers discount to customers

By Bob Brown

Feb 22, 2017 1 min

Amazon.comConsumer Electronics

AWS Roundup: IoT buttons hit the enterprise, Directory launch and more

January was slow, but we still got some new functionality

By Blair Frank

Feb 15, 2017 5 mins

Amazon.comCloud Computing

Amazon Chime goes after WebEx, Skype for Business and more

The cloud provider just entered the unified communications business

By Blair Frank

Feb 14, 2017 3 mins

Amazon.comCloud ComputingUnified Communications

Coder turns AWS IoT Button into ACLU donation button

Nathan Pryor programmed the AWS IoT Button to create the ACLU Dash Button, making it easier to donate to the American Civil Liberties Union

By Deepak Puri

Feb 13, 2017 4 mins

Amazon Web ServicesAmazon.comInternet of Things

iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: Full facial recognition, wireless charging letdown & slick concept video

Apple said to be getting more serious about Siri with iPhone 8 and iOS; more details leak on plans for possible full-facial recognition

By Bob Brown

Jan 24, 2017 3 mins

Amazon.comSmall and Medium BusinessSmartphones

Stratoscale shows you how to run your own Amazon 'region'

Q&A: The CEO of Stratoscale makes the case for his company’s datacenter OS replacing VMware and OpenStack, thus transforming your servers into an AWS region

By John Gallant

Jan 19, 2017 17 mins

Amazon.comCloud ComputingOpen Source

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Articles

Amazon’s successful drone delivery test doesn’t really prove anything

Adoption of voice-first assistants expected to skyrocket

AWS follows Google with Reserved Instance flexibility changes

AWS says a typo caused the massive S3 failure this week

The ultimate upgrade to Amazon’s Alexa

8 ways to make Amazon’s Alexa even more awesome

Why Amazon is knocking $8.62 off most orders of $50-plus on Feb. 22

AWS Roundup: IoT buttons hit the enterprise, Directory launch and more

Amazon Chime goes after WebEx, Skype for Business and more

Coder turns AWS IoT Button into ACLU donation button

iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: Full facial recognition, wireless charging letdown & slick concept video

Stratoscale shows you how to run your own Amazon 'region'

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