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US to probe Amazon over its iRobot, One Medical acquisitions
San Francisco: E-commerce giant Amazon is facing larger scrutiny by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into its latest proposed acquisitions of robot vacuum maker iRobot and 1Life Healthcare, which operates primary…
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Amazon India’s growth has come at a high cost while profitability remains elusive
New Delhi: Nearly a decade later, Amazon India’s report card is decidedly mixed, foreign brokerage Bernstein said in a report. India is often the dream prized market of many global internet companies,…
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Amazon opens new delivery station in UP
Lucknow: Amazon India on Tuesday announced the launch of a new delivery station in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Spread across 22,000 square feet, the new station will enable Amazon to further strengthen its…
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Apple, Google, Netflix, Amazon India execs to depose before Par panel
New Delhi: Top executives of the Indian arms of Apple, Google, Amazon, Netflix and Microsoft are scheduled to depose before a parliamentary panel looking into anti-competitive practices in the digital space later on…
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Big Tech to testify on anti-competitive practices before govt panel
New Delhi: Representatives of Big Tech like Amazon, Google, Netflix and Microsoft, among others, have been summoned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Finance on Tuesday to depose on the subject of…
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Amazon to shut down cloud storage service ‘Drive’ in 2023
San Francisco: Tech giant Amazon has announced that its “Drive” cloud storage service is shutting down at the end of 2023. The service launched in March 2011 as a “secure cloud storage…
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AWS now has $79 bn annual sales run rate as top Cloud provider
New Delhi: Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Cloud arm of Amazon, now represent an annualised sales run rate of nearly $79 billion that has made it the leading Cloud provider once again.…
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Amazon hikes Prime subscription in UK, Europe by up to 43%
London: Amazon is set to raise its Prime subscription prices by up to a whopping 43 per cent in the UK and Europe from September this year — first such increase in…
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Amazon to allow developers to create Alexa routines for users
San Francisco: At Alexa Live 2022, Amazon has announced new features for skill developers and device makers, including tools that will allow developers to create Alexa routines and suggest them to users.…
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Amazon, FB, Google suppress competition, favour their products: US govt panel
Washington: New internal documents released by the US House Judiciary Committee have revealed how Amazon, Facebook and Google favoured their own products and abused their dominance to suppress competition from their rivals.…
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Amazon sees $12 bn worth sales on Prime Day globally
San Francisco: Amazon saw sales worth at least $12 billion (according to third-party estimates) during its Prime Day event in the US and 15 more countries on July 12-13. It was the…
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Amazon agrees to address anti-trust concerns to avoid EU fines
London: Amazon has agreed to address competition concerns over its use of non-public marketplace seller data in Europe along with a possible bias in granting sellers access to its ‘Buy Box’ and…
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Amazon, Uber offer ride upgrades for Prime members in India
New Delhi: Extending its collaboration, tech giant Amazon and ride-hailing platform Uber on Wednesday announced complimentary ride upgrades to UberPremier at the price of UberGo for 3 trips per month for Prime…
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New Amazon shopping cart lets users scan & pay to skip checkout lines
San Francisco: Amazon on Tuesday unveiled an updated smart Dash Cart — a shopping cart that helps users scan and pay for their purchases and skip the checkout line. In September 2020,…
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CEO of 19 firms charged with selling fake Cisco devices worth $1 bn
Washington: A US court has charged a man that ran 19 companies and at least 15 Amazon storefronts, 10 eBay storefronts and multiple other entities that sold fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking…
