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Amazon Acquires Whole Foods for close to $13.7 Billion
Amazon and Whole Foods arrived at a deal for close to $13.7 billion USD with a partnership between the two companies. The deal had been under wraps for a long period of time, and was announced last week. Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos, shared insight on the merger with Whole Foods. "Millions of people love Whole Foods Market because they offer the best natural and organic foods, and they make it fun to eat healthy." - Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO Watch over a collection of different viewpoints on this merger with a YouTube playlist. [td_block_video_youtube playlist_title="Amazon &
DISH users with Wally and Hopper Receivers can Access Hands-Free TV with Amazon Alexa
DISH TV has partnered with Amazon Inc. to bring customers hands-free television. The new voice-based service will allow users to vocally command their television with Amazon Alexa. It is important to note that users with DISH TV will first need a Wally or Hopper receiver. Second, they will need to have one of the Amazon devices including: Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap. Currently, these devices have compatibility with one another. Business Wire reported: The latest update will work on live DISH TV content, recorded, on-demand titles, as well as Netflix’s selection of TV shows and movies. Below are
AWS Online Tech Talks features Artificial Intelligence, DevOps and Networking
Amazon Web Services is hosting a series of live discussions to help educate online audiences. Guests will need to download and install Adobe Connect Add-in to be able to view the presentations. Browse over and connect with upcoming live events: Artificial Intelligence, What's New with Amazon Rekognition - May 22, 2017 l 9:00 - 10:00 AM Pacific Time (register link). DevOps, Deep Dive: Continuous Delivery for AI Applications with ECS - May 23, 2017 l 12:00 - 1:00 PM Pacific Time (register link). Mobile, Test Your Android App with Espresso and AWS Device Farm - May 25, 2017 l 9:00 - 10:00 AM Pacific
Amazon Creates a Self-Service Marketplace for Businesses to Connect with Consumers
Amazon has recently launched a self-service marketplace for subscription-based companies to connect with consumers. The company and Business Wire reported: "Today, we're excited to extend our selection by offering subscription businesses a self-service way to make their subscriptions available to millions of Amazon customers." -Lovina McMurchy, general manager of Subscribe with Amazon The company is using this new platform to target consumers with informative and useful advertising. Julie Roehm, Creativebug Co-Founder shares her perspective on the new platform. "The integration process for joining the marketplace was easy. The step-by-step integration guide gave us a checklist of everything we needed to
Amazon Highlights World Book Day in China, Europe, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States
World Book Day was held last Sunday, April 23 in 12 countries globally. This year 17,200 book donations were collected and brought more than 7,400 participants together to educate and share literature with one another. "The power of reading and the power that books have to transform lives and shape communities is as strong as ever. Around the world, readers visited our Global Free Library events and took part in reading, sharing and discovering new books. We were so appreciative to receive the support of publishers, customers and our own employees to give back to local communities and institutions that are vital
Amazon Web Services Refine Products at the San Francisco Summit
Amazon Web Services hosted a two day summit in San Francisco on April 18 & 19. They provided insight on developments within the company, over 50 workshops and courses, and the opportunity to connect with employees at Amazon. The company announced several new updates their cloud computing platform. Business Wire and Amazon reported the following additions: Amazon Redshift Spectrum, a new feature that allows Amazon Redshift customers to run SQL queries against exabytes of their data in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX), a fully managed, highly available, in-memory cache that can reduce Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon Web Services Announces to Build Infrastructure in Sweden
Amazon Web Services offers cloud computing to 16 geographic regions around the world. The company recently announced that they plan to increase development within infrastructure to Sweden in the upcoming months. The company continues to offer global infrastructure in London, Tokyo, Mumbai, Ireland, Beijing, several locations in the United States, and additional international locations. The company currently has six locations in North America. Companies that deal with online transactions, or customer interaction, continue to search out the fastest methods to connect their customers with a reliable online platform. Amazon and Business Wire reported on the CEO of AWS, Andy Jassy's perspective on this
Amazon Obtains Streaming Rights to NFL Games for 2017-2018 Season
Amazon and the NFL have negotiated a deal to allow users on Amazon Prime access to stream 10 Thursday night games. Last season, Twitter had rights to stream Thursday night games for free on their platform. Wall Street Journal reported: 'The games will continue to be available on television as well. The Thursday night package is split between CBS and NBC. The NFL Network also carries Thursday night football.' Watch over the YouTube playlist for a look at the 2017 NFL Draft. These players will be looking to shakeup the field this season.
Streaming Music Sales in the United States on the Rebound
The music industry has gone through some major changes since 1997. Before the Internet reached mass market, consumers would go to central record stores, produced by large-scale corporate record companies, and buy copies of albums for sale. Once Napster hit homes across the globe in 1999, music went from being controlled by a few record companies, to having thousands of independent labels rise from the ashes of the fallen major labels. As indie musicians took control of their music, they also took control of the financing and advertising their creative work. Overall, a majority of these startup record labels
Amazon Gives the Greenlight to Season Two of the NFL Docuseries All or Nothing
Amazon Prime Video is moving forward with a second season to the show All or Nothing. In the first season, the show covered the Arizona Cardinals over an entire NFL season. Season 2 will provide additional depth to the return of the NFL's Rams to Los Angeles. Amazon and Business Wire reported: "All or Nothing brings Amazon Prime members a deep dive into the lives of professional athletes. We are excited to highlight the LA Rams in season two, a team with a compelling story of relocation, rebuilding and reuniting with the city they once again call home." - Conrad Riggs,
Amazon and Whole Foods arrived at a deal for close to
DISH TV has partnered with Amazon Inc. to bring customers hands-free
Amazon Web Services is hosting a series of live discussions to
Amazon has recently launched a self-service marketplace for subscription-based companies to
World Book Day was held last Sunday, April 23 in 12 countries
Amazon Web Services hosted a two day summit in San Francisco
Amazon Web Services offers cloud computing to 16 geographic regions around the
Amazon and the NFL have negotiated a deal to allow users
The music industry has gone through some major changes since 1997.
Amazon Prime Video is moving forward with a second season to