Britain’s £7.5 billion cloud services market is to be investigated by the UK competition watchdog, after regulator Ofcom raised concerns about the dominance of technology giants Amazon and Microsoft. Ofcom confirmed it has referred the cloud services market, a backbone of the online world, to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for an in-depth probe, […]
European regulators have cleared Amazon’s purchase of Hollywood studio MGM, saying the deal does not raise any competition concerns. The online shopping giant said last year that it was buying MGM in a 8.45 billion dollar (£6.48 billion) deal aimed at bulking up its video-streaming service with more content. The European Commission said its investigation […]
Amazon’s Prime Video service launched in Ireland back in December of last year. With the introductory pricing of €2.99 / month for the first six months it’s hard to knock the service’s value, though, like NetFlix when it launched the range of TV shows and movies is a little lacking. Amazon, however, have announced that […]
We know that Amazon is a massive global marketplace with more than 300 million active customers in more than 180 countries around the world. But did you know that small businesses now account for more than half of the unit sales on its sites around the world? Amazon today announced that small businesses and entrepreneurs […]
[youtube]https://youtu.be/oK0lkrtYvVs[/youtube] Amazon has announced the launch date of the new Amazon Original series The Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. New episodes will be released weekly on Amazon Prime Video, every Friday beginning November 18. However, Irish viewers will be unable to tune in as Amazon Prime Video Streaming is […]
Most people do not read the terms of service associated with the numerous services they sign up to. I know I don’t! But obviously some people have, or maybe Amazon’s legal team either have a sense of humour or way too much time on their hands .. Who knows? In any case the terms of […]
Amazon’s announcement of Echo last week came as a surprise to many. Think Siri or Cortana, except it’s not just another app on a device. Instead it comes in its own standalone hardware: a cylindrical audio interface, i.e. a speaker with seven embedded microphones which is always listening, ready to respond when you use a keyword to awaken it. If that […]
#455597934 / gettyimages.com Shares in Amazon Inc fell 11% in after-hours trading last night after the company reported a net loss of $437 million or 95c per share for the third quarter of 2014, up from $41 million or 9c per share for the same period last year. Net sales continued to grow, increasing 20% to $20.58 billion […]
In today’s podcast (19:11; 10.9MB; MP3), Conn catches up with Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon, who’s just back from the US. He’s been appointed to the board of i2Coalition – the Internet Infrastructure Coalition which represents the interests of companies “who build the nuts and bolts of the internet”. Blacknight joined last year, joining companies like Dell, Amazon and Google. The […]
Update: If you’re using Amazon.co.uk, the hashtag is #AmazonBasket, i.e. I just bought: 'Billionaire Boy' by David Walliams Reply w/ #AmazonBasket to add this via @KindleUK http://t.co/r6pHQK3W1J — Conn Ó Muíneacháin (@conn) May 6, 2014 As if it wasn’t already easy enough to impulse-buy from Amazon, they’ve gone and added a new feature using Twitter. […]
