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Selling with the enemy: why rival retailers embrace Amazon.com

By Reuters | 09 April, 2019 15:45

From Nike and Under Armour to Lands' End and Levi Strauss & Co, major brands are distributing clothing and accessories directly through Amazon.com.
AWS remains Amazon's fastest growing segment

By Samira Sarraf | 01 February, 2019 16:00

Amazon Web Services generated US$7.29 billion in operating income for Amazon.com during the financial reporting year ended 31 December 2018.
Tablet sales slump as slate and detachable markets struggle

By James Henderson | 06 November, 2018 13:15

The worldwide tablet market declined 8.6 per cent during the third quarter of 2018, as demand for slate and detachable devices slumped.
Amazon.com’s decision to block Aussie buyers a “warning” for NZ

By James Henderson | 01 June, 2018 09:30

Amazon’s decision to block Australian shoppers from its international online marketplaces could have repercussions in New Zealand.
Gloves come off as Microsoft takes data privacy fight to Supreme Court

By Reuters | 28 February, 2018 06:15

Supreme Court justices wrestled with Microsoft over whether prosecutors can force tech companies to hand over data stored overseas.

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Buying Slack could give Amazon another enterprise toehold

By Ryan Francis | 17 June, 2017 01:51

Amazon is apparently interested in buying Slack Technologies, a move analysts say could allow Amazon to push further into the enterprise.
Specs showdown: iPad mini vs. Nexus 7 vs. Kindle Fire HDX

By Armando Rodriguez | 23 October, 2013 00:52

Prepare your wallets, mortgage your house, and start looking for odd jobs around the neighborhood, because Apple's new iPad mini with Retina display looks to be one of the must-have gadgets of the year. By combining a small frame with a faster processor and a better screen, Apple's taken everything we loved about the original Mini and pumped it up a few notches to keep the tablet competitive against the Android tablets slowly invading its turf. We've already extensively compared two such tablets--Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX and Google's new Nexus 7--but it's time to throw the iPad Mini into the fight and see how it fares against these two 7-inch juggernauts when it comes to specs, price, and ecosystem.
Cloud computing - the new IT conundrum

By Russell Kay | 04 August, 2008 22:00

Ask any five IT specialists what cloud computing is, and you're likely to get five different answers. That's partly because cloud computing is merely the latest, broadest development in a trend that's been growing for years.

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