Employees at Amazon’s cloud division, including the previous CEO of AWS, Andy Jassy, were not exempt when the company announced today that it was cutting off another 9,000 workers. According to , AWS contributed about 10% of today’s total. The business declined to corroborate such figures, citing Jassy’s memo to …
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Amazon joins an India-backed e-commerce initiative to challenge the retail titan
Amazon is joining the Indian government’s e-commerce program to “democratize” online shopping in South Asia and, amusingly, challenge the dominance of companies like the American retail conglomerate. Amazon said on Friday that it will join India’s non-profit Open Network for Digital Commerce, which was started by the country’s commerce ministry …
Read More »Amazon ‘to axe 10,000 workers’ after forecasting weaker growth
According to The New York Times, the positions will be lost in the corporate and technology divisions of the business. The company that manufactures the Alexa voice-assist tool is making cuts to its retail segment, human resources, and devices division. 10,000 employees are expected to be let go globally, while …
Read More »Amazon describes the launch of Matter for Alexa devices
Even though Matter is still in its very early phases, the largest rivals in the consumer electronics industry have so far managed to work together in peace. Following its recent debut, a number of companies, including Apple, Samsung, and Google, have described their intentions to adopt the universal smart home …
Read More »Soon, Eero routers will be able to use the hotspot on your phone as a backup internet source
What you need to know In the upcoming months, Amazon will release a software update that will enable Eero routers to use a mobile hotspot on your phone as a backup Internet connection. When your primary ISP fails, Eero Internet Backup will be helpful. When the DSL, cable, or fiber …
Read More »Amazon is boosting the Astro’s home and business capabilities
While Amazon is generally recognized for its Ring brand of doorbell camera home security systems, the business debuted a more mobile and significantly cuter monitoring platform, Astro, last year. The $1,500 robot (now on sale for $999) is effectively an Alexa on wheels, moving around your home like an AIBO …
Read More »Amazon Echo Spot – The must-have gadget of your home
We use gadgets all the time. We constantly carry around with us at least one of these devices, our smartphones, and some of us own quite a few others. The gadgets we have on us at all times are extremely useful. The Amazon Echo Spot is the perfect device to …
Read More »Amazon Echo might start supporting voice texting from a dedicated Alexa Number
The Amazon Echo is already one of the best smart speakers out there. It’s a smart-speaker and smart-home controller in one box. Alexa allows us to take the effort out of everything from ordering pizza to controlling our lights and it’s wonderful. Even though it is kind of lazy. Now …
Read More »Kickstarter Products Will Have Dedicated Shop on Amazon
Kickstarter is probably the most popular crowdfunding platform these days, and there are a lot of great products launched on it every day. This is probably the reason why Amazon decided to team up with the platform and debut a brand new section, a small shop even, dedicated only to …
Read More »Amazon Prime Membership Now Only $73
Amazon definitely knows how to celebrate their recent Golden globe wins. The popular company doesn’t only offer the Mozart in the Jungle free to watch, it also offers a great discount for new Amazon Prime members. The one-year membership will cost new members only $73 if they subscribe this weekend, instead of the …
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