AWS makes another acquisition grabbing TSO Logic
AWS has been on a mini shopping spree since the first of the year. First it picked off Israeli disaster recovery startup CloudEndure last week. This week, it was TSO… Read more »
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Apple HomePod comes to China at $400 amid iPhone sales woes
Apple is finally launching HomePod in China, but the timing is tricky as the premium device will have to wrestle with local competitors and a slowing economy. The firm said over… Read more »
President Bolsonaro should boost Brazil’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Romero Rodrigues Contributor Romero Rodrigues is a managing partner at Redpoint eVentures, the Brazilian-focused arm of the Silicon Valley venture firm Redpoint. More posts by this contributor Brazil’s fintech boom… Read more »
We are entitled to freedom of speech and the right to protest — but that does not mean yelling abuse and harassing MPs
I’M a passionate believer in freedom of speech and the right to protest. Both are important and much cherished rights that have been fought for over the years. London News… Read more »
Reports raise video privacy concerns for Amazon-owned Ring
Amazon -owned smart doorbell maker Ring is facing claims that might give some smart home enthusiasts pause. Recent reports from The Intercept and The Information have accused the company of… Read more »
Amazon’s IMDb launches a free streaming service, Freedive
Amazon’s IMDb movie website today announced the launch of a free streaming service, called Freedive. The service offers viewers in the U.S. access to an ad-supported collection of TV shows… Read more »
Report: Amazon to double down on gaming with a new streaming service
Earlier this week, when Razer announced that it would integrate Amazon’s Alexa into its gaming platform, I wondered if this was a strong signal of how Amazon may be starting… Read more »
Sony adds Alexa to its noise-canceling headphones
Just imagine, a pair of noise-canceling headphones without a smart assistant on-board. What is this, 2017? Thankfully, Sony used its CES press conference today to announce that it’s finally addressing… Read more »
New e-commerce restrictions in India just ruined Christmas for Amazon and Walmart
The Indian government is playing the role of festive party pooper for Walmart and Amazon after it announced new regulations that look set to impede the U.S. duo’s efforts to… Read more »
Top Amazon boss privately advised US government on web portal worth billions to tech firm
Exclusive: Emails show how tech firm has tried to gain influence and potentially shape lucrative government contracts A top Amazon executive privately advised the Trump administration on the launch of… Read more »
LetsTransport raises $13.5M to digitize and improve last mile logistics in India
India’s B2B supply chain is slowly shifting into the digital era. Following a $23 million investment for Moglix, which helps bring business and manufacturing procurement online, LetsTransport, a startup that… Read more »
Alexa gets access to Wolfram Alpha’s knowledge engine
Knowledge base is one of the departments where Alexa has lagged Assistant. After all, it’s pretty tough to compete with Google when comes to a sheer breadth of knowledge. Wolfram… Read more »
Amazon adds toys to its growing list of private labels
Batteries. Clothing. Household goods. Supplements. Diapers. Furniture. Toys? Yes, toys. It seems Amazon’s private label business is preparing to enter the toy market next. The retailer’s initial toy listings include… Read more »
After losing half its value, Nvidia faces reckoning
Nvidia is a company that has reached the highest highs and the lowest lows, all in the span of a couple of weeks. TechCrunch is experimenting with new content forms…. Read more »
Payment service Toss becomes Korea’s newest unicorn after raising $80M
South Korea has got its third unicorn startup after Viva Republica, the company beyond popular payment app Toss, announced it has raised an $80 million round at a valuation of $1.2… Read more »
Still a year away from launch, Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Quibi keeps adding talent
Video won’t start rolling on Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new bite-sized streaming service with the billion-dollar backing until the end of 2019, but talent keeps signing up to come… Read more »
Lawmakers say Amazon’s facial recognition software may be racially biased and harm free expression
Amazon has “failed to provide sufficient answers” about its controversial facial recognition software, Rekognition — and lawmakers won’t take the company’s usual silent treatment for an answer. The letter, signed… Read more »
The Alexa-enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass is real and now for sale
In September, Amazon launched its Alexa Gadgets Toolkit into beta, allowing hardware makers to build accessories that pair with Amazon Echo over Bluetooth. Today, one of the most memorable (and quite… Read more »
Tech giants offer empty apologies because users can’t quit
A true apology consists of a sincere acknowledgement of wrong-doing, a show of empathic remorse for why you wronged and the harm it caused, and a promise of restitution by… Read more »
Amazon warehouse workers in Europe stage ‘we are not robots’ protests
Amazon warehouse workers in several countries in Europe are protesting over what they claim are inhuman working conditions which treat people like robots. It’s the latest in a series of… Read more »
Amazon reverses tax-triggered block on US shop in Australia
Amazon has reversed a decision it made six months ago to shut off its US ecommerce site to Australian shoppers. Reuters reports that the U-turn comes after a customer backlash. Since July… Read more »
Black Friday starts early! Retailers cut prices by up to 78%
BLACK Friday isn’t until tomorrow but you can still pick up a really good bargain today as many retailers have launched great deals now. The Sun has rounded up the… Read more »
Korean e-commerce firm Coupang raises $2 billion from SoftBank’s Vision Fund
Just days after a CIA report concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, SoftBank’s Vision Fund — the gargantuan investment vehicle anchored by… Read more »
Cloud stocks take a beating
It was a stormy Monday for cloud stocks today with the general trend pointing way down. Okta stock took the biggest beating, down over 15 percent to $48.67 and even… Read more »
Interest rates and fears of a mounting trade war send tech stocks lower
Shares of technology companies were battered in today’s trading as fears of an increasing trade war between the U.S. and China and rising interest rates convinced worried investors to sell…. Read more »
Cities that didn’t win HQ2 shouldn’t be counted out
Brooks Rainwater Contributor Share on Twitter Brooks Rainwater is the director of the Center for City Solutions and Applied Research at the National League of Cities. More posts by this… Read more »
Walmart passes Apple to become No. 3 online retailer in U.S.
Walmart has overtaken Apple to become the No. 3 online retailer in the U.S., according to a report this week from eMarketer. While Amazon still leads by a wide margin,… Read more »
Lies, damn lies, and HQ2
There are few things certain in our world except for the uplifting tendencies of technology. I’ve spent the past few years trying to prove this to myself, at least, by… Read more »
Report: NYC and Arlington, VA win the contest for Amazon’s split East Coast headquarters
New York City and Arlington, Virginia have reportedly won Amazon’s lengthy and highly-publicized pageant for the locations of its new headquarters, beating out 238 other contestants. According to the Wall… Read more »
In venture capital, it’s still the age of the unicorn
Howie Xu Contributor Share on Twitter Howie Xu is the vice president of artificial intelligence and machine learning at Zscaler. He previously co-founded TrustPath and served as an entrepreneur in… Read more »