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OnePlus 5T sold within 5 minutes

New Delhi:  Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus on Friday said it sold out its newly-launched OnePlus 5T within five minutes of the special one-hour preview sale on Amazon. “We have seen unprecedented customer response to the early access sales, in India as well as globally. Hundreds of fans stormed our ‘Experience Stores’ in Bengaluru and Delhi,” […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Amazon, Microsoft launch deep learning platform

San Francisco: Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft have teamed up to launch an open-source and deep learning interface ‘Gluon’ that will help developers to deploy machine learning models across several platforms. According to a report in ZDNet, the interface would give developers a place where they can prototype, build, train and deploy machine learning […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Amazon launches waterproof 'Kindle Oasis' for Rs 21,999

Bengaluru: Amazon on Thursday launched its most advanced e-book reader ‘Kindle Oasis’ that features company’s highest-resolution ‘Paperwhite Display’ and is the first waterproof (IPX8) device. The all-new Kindle Oasis is available for pre-order for Rs 21,999 for the 8GB model and Rs 28,999 for the 32GB model (WiFi + free 3G). The device will start shipping […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Google to build 7-inch "Manhattan"

San Francisco: In a bid to keep up with the growing smart home market, Google is building a tabletop smart screen code-named “Manhattan”, similar to Amazon’s “Echo Show”. The device will offer YouTube, Google Assistant, Google Photos, video calling and also act as a smart hub that can control “Nest” and other smart home devices, […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Shopping on Amazon? More reviews may speak of lower quality

New York: Do you always go for a highly reviewed product while shopping online? If yes, chances of you buying a low-quality item is also high, not less, researchers have warned. The findings, published in the journal Psychological Science, indicate that people tend to favour a product that has more reviews, even when it has […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Shoppers Stop sells 5% equity stake to Amazon.com

Mumbai: Raheja Group’s modern retail major Shoppers Stop Ltd on Saturday announced selling 5 per cent of its equity share (43.96 lakh shares) of Rs 5 face value to e-tail giant Amazon.com at Rs 407.78 per share, aggregating to Rs 179.26 crore on a preferential basis. “The Board of Directors approved a proposal to issue […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Amazon.in sale from September 21-24

New Delhi: Amazon.in will be holding its sale — Great Indian Festival — from September 21-24, a company statement said here on Wednesday. The sale will start early at 12 noon on September 20 for its Prime members. “As our customers prepare for the festive season, we are geared up to serve them with blockbuster […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Retires Officially, Andy Jassy Takes Over As CEO
Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos Retires Officially, Andy Jassy Takes Over As CEO

In May, Bezos had announced that Jassy will take over as the CEO of the e-commerce giant on July 5.

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Orlando Bloom to star in 'Carnival Row'

Los Angeles: Actor Orlando Bloom has been roped in to star in the upcoming Amazon drama series “Carnival Row”. The hour-long series is a “fantasy noir set in a neo-Victorian city.” It will feature mythical creatures who have fled their war-torn homeland and gathered in the city as tensions are simmering between citizens and the growing […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Personal details of 2mn Chicago voters exposed online

New York: Personal information, including names, addresses, and dates of birth, of nearly two million registered voters in Chicago was leaked online on an Amazon cloud-computing server, officials said. According to a report in USA Today on Saturday, a file of the voter database was discovered on August 11 by a cyber security researcher, who […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
US stocks fall as tech selloff continues

New York: US stocks traded lower on Friday, as a selloff in the technology sector accelerated following weaker-than-expected quarterly earnings from Amazon. At midday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked down 6.40 points, or 0.03 per cent, to 21,790.15. The S&P 500 lost 6.52 points, or 0.26 per cent, to 2,468.90, Xinhua news agency reported. […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Amazon launches Prime Now in Singapore

Singapore: E-commerce giant Amazon on Thursday launched its Prime Now service in Singapore, a move seen as the start of its expansion in Southeast Asia, the media reported. The Singapore service promises two-hour delivery on items including groceries and electronics, reports the BBC. Amazon Prime is a service available to Amazon customers who pay an […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Yerha launches Amazon Alexa-enabled smartwatch in India

New Delhi: Delhi-based e-commerce portal Yerha.com on Friday launched a new smartwatch which is powered by Alexa, an intelligent personal assistant developed by Amazon. Priced at Rs 13,900, iMCO Watch includes alarm, alternate timezone, calendar, music Bluetooth control, notifications, step counter, heart rate monitor, stopwatch, timer, weather and speed dial. “With iMCO, we continue to […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Flipkart, Amazon top LinkedIn's companies list

New Delhi: E-commerce companies Flipkart and Amazon, for the second year in a row topped LinkedIn India’s top companies list 2017, a statement said here on Thursday. The professional network site on the Internet said the list is fuelled by exclusive LinkedIn data, including job seeker reach, engagement and retention. LinkedIn has around 500 plus […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Amazon sale gets more customers in tier-2&3 cities

Bengaluru: Leading e-tailer Amazon claimed it acquired more new customers from tier-2 and tier-3 cities across the country during its four-day ‘Great Indian Sale’ that concluded on Sunday. “Our customers’ acquisition drive in 2017 saw 235 per cent annual growth in tier-2 and tier-3 cities during the four-day sale since May 11,” said the Indian […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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