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Of the many things that demonetization has banished, a prominent and worrying one has been the credibility of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). For its management, its execution, its information sharing, its transparency, its rule making or the lack of them, the apex bank as an institution has received flak. The recent news of RBI […]

New Delhi: Online retail giant Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, surpassed Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the richest person of the world. The development came after a surge in shares of Bezos by 1.3 percent to $1,065.92 on Thursday morning giving him a net worth of $90.9 billion as against Gates’ $90.7 billion who […]

Sonepur: Now shop your own Odishan symbol of elegance, the Sambalpuri sarees, from Amazon India, with the latest designs and unique patterns. The company has signed an MoU with the weavers of the district thereby guaranteeing market access and source of income for them, besides giving the six yard handwoven wonder a wider reach. Amazon […]

Born in Kalyan, Maharashtra, Sanjal Gavande is a systems engineer at Blue Origin who always dreamt of designing aerospace rockets.

Downdetector showed a massive spike in problems on Amazon.in, mentioning that the most problems faced by the Indians during the outage were logging into the website and checking out.

San Francisco: Retail giant Amazon’s Cloud arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched “Backup” — a new feature which makes it easier for companies to backup their data using its Cloud computing platform. AWS “Backup” makes protecting storage volumes, databases and file systems easier by giving customers a single service to configure and audit the […]

Las Vegas: To enhance its in-home delivery service, Amazon has launched new products and tools within its “Key by Amazon” offering for Prime members, beginning with the US. The online retail giant unveiled “Key for Garage” that will allow customers to monitor and control their garage door via the Key app. “In addition to receiving […]

Washington: To take on Amazon, leading American grocery retailer Kroger and Microsoft have partnered to redefine the customer experience using Kroger technology products powered by Microsoft Azure Cloud. Through this innovative partnership, Kroger will pilot a connected store experience and together with Microsoft, jointly market a commercial Retail as a Service (RaaS) product to the […]

Washington: Online retail giant Amazon has been slammed by several Sikh bodies for reportedly selling doormats, rugs and toilet accessories bearing the image of the highly-revered Golden Temple and was asked to immediately remove the “disrespectful products” that hurt the sentiments of the community worldwide. Prominent community body in the US, the Sikh Coalition, said […]

New Delhi: Huawei’s sub-brand Honor is set to launch its new Amazon-exclusive smartphone “Honor 8C” for around Rs 15,000 in India. The mid-segment smartphone will become the first device to run Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 632 chipset, industry sources told IANS on Thursday. Packed with Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, the device is likely to be launched in […]

Bengaluru: Amazon on Monday released “Alexa Skill Blueprints” allowing users to create personalised skills and responses for its voice-based assistant Alexa in India. Users need to select their blueprint template from “Alexa Skill Blueprints” website, where they can also browse through 30 “Skill Blueprints” across four categories including “Fun and Games”, “Learning and Knowledge”, “At […]

San Francisco: Following its partnership with Amazon to integrate their two Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered assistants Alexa with Cortana, Microsoft has now started selling Amazon’s Echo devices in its retail stores. Amazon’s Echo Dot and Echo devices are available online and in Microsoft Stores in the US, The Verge reported on Saturday. Microsoft introduced Cortana on […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre’s response on a plea for removal of vulgar and sexually explicit content from online platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and others. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar Rao listed the matter for further hearing on February 8. The […]

Bengaluru: Four Indian manufacturers on Monday announced to launch new products like portable headsets, smart speakers and set-top boxes with the Amazon Alexa built-in. The hardware manufacturers are iBall, Sirena Technologies, boAt and MyBox who have integrated Alexa into their products with the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) which enables developers to integrate Alexa directly into […]

San Francisco: Amazon on Tuesday announced a new investment of $10 million in Closed Loop Fund (CLF) to support recycling infrastructure in the US aimed at cutting the amount of waste treated at landfills. Amazon said its investment will increase the availability of curbside recycling for three million homes in communities across the country, making […]