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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy explains the company’s current mindset in surprise debut on earnings call

GeekWire

Jassy explicitly named several businesses in which the company will continue to invest despite its cutbacks: streaming entertainment, devices, the Project Kuiper satellite internet business, and healthcare. These are in addition to core businesses of online and physical stores, Amazon Web Services, and advertising.

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Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

GeekWire

AskJeeves was acquired in 2005 by IAC, the internet media company run by Barry Diller, who is also chairman of Seattle-based Expedia Group. Cohen was most recently CFO for ANGI Homeservices, a digital marketplace created when home improvement directories Angie’s List and HomeAdvisor merged in 2017. Based in Denver, Colo.,

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Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet

The Verge

to found an internet-based bookstore. In 1998, Amazon bought the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for approximately $55 million, in the company’s first major acquisition. In 2006, Amazon debuted one of its most significant products: the web server product that would come to be known as Amazon Web Services, or AWS.

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Bringing the National Museum of African American History and Culture to the world

CIO Business Intelligence

The startup focused on federal contracts and earned its first contract with the Secret Service in 2017. But thanks to an inventive digital offering, called Searchable Museum , the museum has been able to reach even more. Today, it employs more than 200.

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Seven Trends and Predictions for 2017

CTOvision

Seven Trends and Predictions for 2017. With that in mind, here are my on-the-record predictions for 2017. Prediction: Self-driving cars will complete trials in 2017. Trend #2—Internet of Things (IoT). Prediction: Internet of Things will move off the hype list and become a dominant technology in 2017.

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Allez, rendez-vous à Paris – An AWS Region is coming to France!

All Things Distributed

The new region in France will be ready for customers to use in 2017. When we first talked to Societe Generale Group about opening the AWS region, Carlos Goncalves, Head of Global Technology Services, said, "We are delighted to learn that Amazon Web Services will open a region in France.

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10 edge computing innovators to keep an eye on in 2023

Dataconomy

The realm of edge computing has witnessed a substantial surge in recent years, propelled by the proliferation of remote work, the Internet of Things (IoT), and augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies, which have necessitated connectivity at the network’s periphery and novel applications. The San Mateo, Calif.-based

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