Connecticut is investigating Amazon.com Inc for potential anti-competitive behavior in its business selling digital books, the state’s attorney general said on Wednesday. The probe is one of many into the e-commerce platform’s business practices. Amazon is also under investigation by the attorneys general in New York, California and Washington state […]
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Amazon India launches online academy to coach future engineers
Amazon.com Inc has launched an online academy to train students for one of India’s most competitive college entrance tests, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday, as it taps a boom in virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Amazon Academy”, available as a website and an Android smartphone app, will offer […]
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Amazon’s cloud service sees widespread outage
Amazon.com Inc’s widely used cloud service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is experiencing a large-scale outage, the company said on Wednesday, affecting users ranging from websites to software providers. It has also affected the ability to post updates to its service health dashboard, the company said. “Kinesis has been experiencing increased […]
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E-commerce firms in high spirits: BigBasket, Amazon, Swiggy and Zomato foray into alcohol delivery
Alcohol delivery is emerging as the next big thing in India’s e-commerce scene. BigBasket and Amazon recently acquired licences for delivering alcohol in West Bengal. Food aggregators Swiggy and Zomato are already offering alcohol delivery services in Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. This could be a lucrative business for e-commerce companies as […]
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Amazon plans at least $100 mln to keep Zoox talent after $1.3 billion deal
Amazon.com Inc plans to create at least $100 million in stock awards to retain the 900-plus employees of Zoox, the self-driving car startup it offered to buy last month, and can walk away from the deal if large numbers of them turn down job offers from the technology giant. Amazon, […]
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E-tailers in India begin work to list ‘country of origin’ labels on products
The Indian trade ministry’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), which hosted an online meeting of e-commerce players on Wednesday, wanted the changes to be implemented by the end of July. The companies, however, said they would need two to three months, according to the sources, who asked […]
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Tencent’s Twitch streaming rival is hiding in plain sight
Tencent Holdings is rolling out a live-streaming service similar to Amazon’s Twitch in the US, making a rare foray into American social media. China’s largest company has been quietly testing a mobile-focused streaming network via an affiliate in the US since at least March. Initially called Madcat and now branded […]
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E-tailers in India to consider listing of ‘country of origin’ label on products
E-commerce players in India such as Amazon’s local unit and Walmart’s Flipkart will consider asking sellers on their platforms to list the country of origin on products, three sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The discussion was part of a meeting of online retailers held via video-conferencing, hosted […]
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Amazon Gets Permission To Deliver Beer, Wines, Alcohol & Spirits In India
Ever since the lockdown was announced, alcohol consumption took a big hit — and so did state revenues linked to alcohol sale. The struggle is real, as stores continue to stay shut even today and for people craving to consume alcohol in the times of novel coronavirus. Even though there are some states […]
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Amazon launches Saudi Arabia shopping site despite CEO’s dispute with kingdom
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday launched a website for shoppers in Saudi Arabia, showing its continued business interests there despite a public dispute between Riyadh and the company’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos. The website is a re-branding for Saudi customers of Souq.com, a Middle East e-commerce platform that Amazon acquired in 2017. Shoppers’ […]
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Microsoft bans face-recognition sales to police as Big Tech reacts to protests
Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it would await federal regulation before selling facial recognition technology to police, making it the latest big firm to back away from the business following protests against law enforcement brutality and bias. In a statement, Microsoft said it has worked on enacting principles and legislation […]
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Amazon to pause use of facial recognition software by cops
Amazon said it will implement a one-year moratorium on police use of its facial recognition software, a major course change for a company that has been one of the most strident defenders of the controversial technology. The company will pause law enforcement use of the software to give lawmakers time […]
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he supports Black Lives Matter in Instagram post
Amazon.com Inc. Chief Jeff Bezos used an Instagram post on Friday to share an emailed response to a customer and express his support for the Black Lives Matter movement. “No, Macy, I have to disagree with you,” he wrote to the customer who had emailed him with a complaint about […]
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Paatal Lok review: Anushka Sharma produces Amazon’s answer to Sacred Games
Paatal Lok Directors – Avinash Arun, Prosit Roy Cast – Jaideep Ahlawat, Neeraj Kabi, Gul Panag, Ishwak Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, Swastika Mukherjee, Niharika Lyra Dutt In its attempt to produce a show on par with Netflix’s Sacred Games, Amazon Prime might have unwittingly outdone itself. Paatal Lok is a stunning achievement on virtually […]
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Amazon announces 5 new direct-to-streaming releases
Amazon Prime Video on Friday announced six highly-anticipated Indian films will be premiering directly on the streaming service. This comes after another major Hindi film was revealed to be having a direct to OTT premiere. Spanning five Indian languages, the line-up features releases such as Anu Menon’s Shakuntala Devi with Vidya Balan in […]