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Being part of Amazon is Prime Video's biggest strength, and challenge
From convincing filmmakers to do shows for online, to having a slate with some of the best films and shows, Amazon Prime Video has come a long way since it came to India four years ago
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Big Tech's big worries: Why are govts everywhere out to de-fang FAANG?
So far, there seems to be limited debate about their activities in India, where virtually all FAANG companies have teamed up in different ways with India's most powerful businessman, writes T N Ninan
India plays an important role in hunt for talent in digital age: Amazon CTO
Vogels says India has tremendous engineers, innovators and a great entrepreneurial spirit.
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8 predictions by Amazon CTO on how tech will change our lives next year
Though predictions are always tough, Vogels sticks his neck out and makes eight predictions on how technology will continue to change our lives in the coming year
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Amazon Internet Services reports 54% rise in revenue to Rs 4,216 crore
The revenue of the company was fully generated from services called 'other data processing, hosting and related activities' and other information technology services
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Amazon Internet Services total income up 58% to Rs 4,216 cr in FY20
Amazon Internet Services - which renders the e-commerce major's cloud services in India - saw an almost 58 per cent rise in total revenue to Rs 4,215.9 crore in FY20, as per regulatory documents.
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What vaccine distribution planners can learn from Amazon and Walmart model
Fast fulfillment of uncertain demand is not unique to vaccine distribution. Amazon faces highly volatile demand for millions of products and yet is able to offer same-day and one-day delivery
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Amazon asks US judge to toss out $10 bn cloud contract award to Microsoft
Amazon urged a US judge to toss out the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract award after a court-ordered re-evaluation determined Microsoft's proposal still represented the best value
Tech giants risk breakup as EU unveils tougher rules to curb power
Companies like Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc. or Alphabet Inc.'s Google could face fines of as much as 10 per cent of their revenue
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Amazon's Zoox unveils 'Robotaxi' for future ride-hailing service
The vehicle, which Zoox describes as a driverless carriage or robotaxi, can carry as many as four passengers
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Tech giants risk EU fines up to 10% of turnover if norms violated: Report
The proposed rules, to be announced by EU digital chief Thierry Breton and EU antitrust czar Margrethe Vestager on Tuesday, are likely to affect Amazon.com, Apple , Facebook and Alphabet unit Google
Decoded: Why Facebook is being sued by the US government and 48 states
Facebook may have to sell Instagram and WhatsApp
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Amazon's cloud arm to skill 29 million people in cloud computing by 2025
In 2020, AWS Training and Certification has launched 50 new digital courses in addition to the hundreds of free courses already available and will continue adding more content and new ways to learn
Walmart commits to sourcing $10 bn of India-Made goods each year by 2027
To accelerate its India exports, Walmart will strengthen the development of the supply chain ecosystem in India
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Microsoft, ITV among 13 more firms to join Amazon's Climate Pledge
With the 13 new signatories, 31 companies have now joined The Climate Pledge
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Amazon, CII partner to bring e-commerce to small enterprises in 10 states
Amazon.in and CII will work closely with the Ministry of MSME to enable lakhs of MSMEs across these states to leverage technology to reach customers in India and globally
Karnataka HC to hear CCI petition against Amazon, Flipkart in January
In October, the CCI appealed in the Supreme Court against the Karnataka High Court's interim stay on its probe against the e-commerce firms
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HC seeks govt, RBI views on plea seeking regulation of Big Tech in finance
The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought response of the Centre, RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
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Amazon may invest $100 million in India's Apollo Pharmacy: Report
Amazon is considering a nearly $100 million investment in India's Apollo Pharmacy, facing up to Reliance Industries and Tata Group in the country's fast-growing drug market, a report said
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The next online tonic: E-majors, corporate giants eye e-pharmacy business
Amazon, Reliance recently announced their foray into e-pharma sector
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