Cloud Computing
Amazon seeks US exemption to test delivery drones
Amazon.com has asked the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration permission to test drones outdoors for use in its Prime Air package...
Read moreNet neutrality advocates plan slow-lane protest
Several high-profile websites—including Kickstarter, Etsy, Reddit, Mozilla and Meetup—will display spinning-wheel icons next Wednesday in an attempt to show visitors...
Read moreMicrosoft adds IoT, Big Data orchestration services to Azure
Microsoft added three new big data services to its Azure cloud platform yesterday as part of its ongoing efforts to...
Read moreStudy: Internet sales tax would cost consumers billions
A proposed Internet sales tax that could see new life in Congress in coming weeks would cost U.S. online shoppers...
Read moreAlibaba’s IPO could be ‘open sesame’ for global expansion
Alibaba, an e-commerce giant in China, wants to make new friends in the U.S. Especially friends with money.The firm is...
Read moreCommercial pilots group concerned over Amazon drone safety
An organization representing thousands of commercial pilots in the U.S. and Canada says it’s concerned about the safety implications of...
Read moreTRUSTe deceived consumers about recertification program, FTC says
It turns out that TRUSTe, the provider of privacy certifications for online businesses, may not be so trustworthy after all....
Read moreComputer vision, robots bolster Amazon warehouses for holiday rush
Amazon has added some additional robotic muscle and computer-vision chops to its warehouses ahead of the tide of holiday shopping...
Read moreYahoo picks up fashion commerce site Polyvore
Marissa Mayer knows fashion, and she’s bringing more of it to Yahoo with her latest acquisition announced Friday.Yahoo has reached...
Read more3 Takeaways from Amazon’s re:Invent cloud conference
Upon returning from my fourth AWS re:Invent, another jam-packed cloud computing conference in Las Vegas, I’m left thinking about what...
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