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AWS Sustainability Builds Clean Energy Jobs in Ohio, Texas and Indiana
Amazon Web Services continues to drive job growth in the United States with a new wind farm in Paulding County, Ohio. The company has noted that: 'the wind farm is expected to start generating approximately 320,000 megawatt hours of wind energy annually starting in May 2017, or enough to power more than 29,000 US homes in a year.' Additionally, Amazon and Business Wire shared insight from adminstration in infrastructure within the AWS. “Now with five highly scalable regions across the United States, AWS customers have multiple options for providing US-based end users low-latency access to cloud applications, as well as the
Advancements in Cloud Computing and Education with Amazon
Amazon Web Services is providing new educative learning sessions for students and professors to collaborate with when developing new skills in cloud computing technology. To break down how cloud computing works, I wanted to share the definition of the term: the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. I often hear someone speak of cloud computing as a far off and complex idea. But when one breaks down the process it makes clear sense. Local servers can store data
New Features Added to Amazon Prime Photos
Amazon Prime Photos recently rolled out some additional updates for Amazon Prime users. Connect with Prime Photos to store photos, as well as print single photos, photo books, and cards. Amazon provides free delivery for materials. "Prime members love the benefit of unlimited photo storage but often struggle to collect and organize photos across multiple devices and accounts into a single, shareable archive," said David Nenke, Director of Prime Photos, Amazon. Cloud storage for digital files continues to grow with Amazon, Google, Apple and Oracle. The company noted the following: Family and friend access to Prime Photos, at no
Love & Friendship Debuted at Sundance and Now Premieres on Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video has recently announced they will be premiering Love & Friendship on their streaming service starting on October 20. This film takes Jane Austen's literature based in the 1790s, and reformats it in a contemporary fashion. Amazon and Business Wire shared insight on the project: "Love & Friendship brings to life Jane Austen's novella in a captivating comedic style thanks to Whit Stillman's unique voice and filmmaking coupled with amazing acting by Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny," said Jason Ropell, Worldwide Head of Motion Pictures, Amazon Studios Ropell also noted that the film would be screened on
Amazon Music Unlimited Rolls Out a New Music Streaming Service
Amazon announced today that they will be offering a streaming service to Prime members for $7.99 and for non-member $9.99 a month. They have also announced: 'exclusive "for Echo" subscription plan that is available for $3.99/month with full access to Amazon Music Unlimited.' "Amazon Music Unlimited brings real value to the millions of people who are already Prime members, with a choice of subscribing for only $7.99 a month or even $79 per year. Plus, customers are going to love Amazon Music's all-new app for iOS, Android and desktop," saidJeff Bezos, Amazon Founder and CEO. Amazon will face strong competition
Amazon Prime Reading Connects Users to Digital Literature
Amazon Prime Reading has been rolled out recently with over a thousand pieces of literature featuring: books, magazines, short works, comic books, children's books and more. To experience the digital content, no Kindle device is required. Download and start using the free Kindle apps for iOS and Android stores, in addition to any Kindle or Fire tablet. Business Wire and Amazon have noted: Over a thousand popular books: Enjoy a diverse selection of titles including Red Sparrow, The Butterfly Garden, The 5 Love Languages, The Atlantis Gene, Lonely Planet travel guides and books from best-selling authors Brad Thor, Barry Eisler, Stephen Covey,
Amazon Prime Now Connects with Fresh Thyme Farmer’s Market in Indianapolis
Amazon Prime Now has announced recently a delivery option for residents living in the Indianapolis area with Fresh Thyme Farmer's Market. This progressive step by Amazon continues their delivery service expansion, and connects that with healthy food options for those that may not be able to make it to a farmer's market. With the amount of food waste that occurs in our country; hopefully Amazon can work with grocery stores, farmers and food banks around the country to help curb poverty. When talking with a fellow editor about this subject, he mentioned that going to the local farmer's market
Amazon Announces the Alexa Socialbot Artificial Intelligence Challenge
Amazon, a Seattle-based technology company, announced today that they will be hosting the Alexa Prize Competition. This annual competition will take place on a college level at universities, and will focus on developing and managing code that will benefit the field of artificial intelligence (AI). "The Alexa Prize challenges students to build socialbots that can acquire knowledge and opinions from the web, and express them in context just as a human would in everyday conversations," said Rohit Prasad, Vice President and Head Scientist, Amazon Alexa. One of the goals to this competition is to help advance vocal recognition in computer science. Currently
Amazon Studios Gives the Greenlight to I Love Dick, Jean-Claude Van Johnson and The Tick
Amazon Studios has recently announced the reboot to The Tick, a theatrical release to to I Love Dick, and Jean-Claude Van Johnson will be coming soon to Amazon Prime Video. "These pilots were vast in scope, disruptive in tone, challenging in story and sometimes even funny," said Joe Lewis, Head of Half-Hour Series, Amazon Studios. This collection of pilots may have been apart of the most-watched pilot season with Amazon Studios, but they lack a sense of creative depth in my view. A reboot project is not my lead strategy going into a season with original content. The double edge duality of reboots
Governors of Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina have Declared a State of Emergency
Last week, Colonial Pipeline had an oil spill that took place on September 9 in Shelby County, Alabama. After the spill, more than a quarter of a million gallons of oil have been leaked into Shelby County. Oil and gas continues to create environmental issues across the world. As the United States rapidly moves toward renewable energy, there is still a large amount of energy being produced with oil and gas. The pipeline that burst starts in Houston and ends in New Jersey. It supplies a large amount of the gasoline to power automobiles in the eastern section of the
Amazon Web Services continues to drive job growth in the United
Amazon Web Services is providing new educative learning sessions for students
Amazon Prime Photos recently rolled out some additional updates for Amazon
Amazon Prime Video has recently announced they will be premiering Love
Amazon announced today that they will be offering a streaming service
Amazon Prime Reading has been rolled out recently with over a
Amazon Prime Now has announced recently a delivery option for residents
Amazon, a Seattle-based technology company, announced today that they will be hosting
Amazon Studios has recently announced the reboot to The Tick, a
Last week, Colonial Pipeline had an oil spill that took place