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Amazon launches Echo Show 5 device at Rs 8,999

Bengaluru: Amazon on Wednesday announced the latest addition to its Echo Show family, the Echo Show 5 with 5.5-inch display at Rs 8,999. It comes with new features, including how-to videos from wikiHow, updated smart home controls, customisable morning and evening routines, and new privacy features. The device, packed with a HD camera and built-in […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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New Amazon drone to deliver packages in your backyard

Las Vegas: Upping the ante for its rivals, Amazon on Wednesday unveiled its latest and Next-Gen Prime Air drone that can fly up to 24 km and deliver packages under 2.5 kg to customers in less than 30 minutes. The drone would start shipping packages within months, starting with the US. “With the help of […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Amazon loses contract with FedEx amid competition

San Francisco: Amid increasing competition, global courier company FedEx has decided not to renew its air shipping contract with e-commerce giant Amazon. Amazon’s FedEx Express contract is in question, which according to Amazon is used for air transportation of packages and is not used for last-mile and ground deliveries, The Verge reported on Friday. “FedEx […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
Amazon most trusted among Internet brands in India

New Delhi: E-commerce major Amazon is the most trusted among the Internet brands in India, followed by Google and Facebook, according to a recent report by TRA Research. Among the 32 Internet brands surveyed, Indian messaging app Hike ranked fourth, beating Facebook-owned Whatsapp, which ranked 10th, said brand intelligence and data insights company’s “Brand Trust […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
Amazon sued again for Alexa recording kids' voices

San Francisco: In yet another lawsuit, Amazon has been sued by a Massachusetts woman, who on behalf of her 10-year-old daughter and children from eight other states, is seeking class-action status to sue the e-commerce giant. Filed in a Federal court in Seattle, the lawsuit alleges Amazon of saving ‘voice prints’ of millions of children […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Microsoft Begins Hiring of B.Tech Students in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The multinational technology company, Microsoft commenced its campus recruitment of B.Tech students of 2020 batch in India from the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER) here on Monday As per the release of the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), Deemed to be University, Microsoft recruited eight B.Tech students of 2020 batch. Students belonging to […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Instagram threatening Amazon with its e-trade plans

San Francisco: The current dominance in online commerce enjoyed by Amazon could be endangered if Instagram, with its one billion users worldwide, pushes ahead with its plans to enter that space, as its new chief, Adam Mosseri, has said he intends to do. In his first public interview on the company’s future strategy since taking […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Amazon admits it keeps Alexa data forever: Report

San Francisco: Retail giant Amazon has reportedly admitted it does not always delete the stored data that it obtains through voice interactions through its voice assistant Alexa and Echo line-up of smart devices. As first reported by the CNET, Brian Huseman, Amazon’s Vice President of Public Policy, responded to Delaware Senator Chris Coons on June […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Tech giants to face US hearings on anti-trust, cryptocurrency

Washington: Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook are set to face two US House hearings on anti-trust issues and Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Libra. On Tuesday, the House Committee on Judiciary will discuss anti-trust issues while the Senate Banking Committee will discuss Facebook’s digital currency ‘Libra’ that is slated to arrive in 2020, CNET reported on Sunday. […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Amazon Alexa may come to Windows 10's lock screen

San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft would allow Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa to activate on the lock screen in the next update to Windows 10. Microsoft’s new update follows changes to Cortana in Windows 10, as it moves to a separate app in the Microsoft Store and away from the built-in search experience in the operating […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Airtel to shut 3G operations by December: CFO

New Delhi: India’s third largest operator by subscriber numbers, Airtel, will shut down its entire 3G network between December to March of the current fiscal, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Badal Bagri has told analysts. “We are in the process of shutting down our 3G networks. We have experimented quite boldly in Calcutta to […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Amazon launches Marketplace Appstore in India

Bengaluru: Amazon on Monday launched its Marketplace Appstore in India, which is a platform created for sellers to discover trusted third-party applications that can help them automate, grow and manage their business. The Amazon Marketplace Appstore enables sellers to focus on their business as it reduces the time and effort they spend on finding the […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Amazon inaugurates its largest campus in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: US-based e-commerce giant Amazon on Wednesday inaugurated in the city its single-largest campus in the world that will house more than 15,000 employees. It is the only Amazon-owned campus outside the US and will house over 15,000 employees of its over 62,000 employee base in India, a press release said. “With 15,000 work points […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Amazon selling unlicensed cell signal boosters: Report

San Francisco: Signal boosters can reportedly disrupt entire networks and now retail giant Amazon has been found selling unlicensed mobile phone signal boosters. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) started tightly regulating signal boosters five years ago as the devices, if misconfigured or poorly manufactured, can knock out service for everyone who happen to be close […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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Amazon Donating 10,000 Oxygen Concentrators To India

New Delhi: Amazon on Sunday announced to donate 10,000 oxygen concentrators and BiPAP machines to hospitals and public institutions to augment their capacity to help Covid-19 infected patients across multiple…

  • Sunday, 25 April 2021
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