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Amazon’s advertising business is surging amid industry-wide ad sales boom for tech giants

GeekWire

Amazon’s advertising business continue to grow rapidly as it is now one of the company’s key sources of revenue. Other Amazon businesses are not growing as quickly — sales from the online stores category grew 16% in Q2 2021, for example, and Amazon Web Services sales grew 37%. (GeekWire Photo). billion last quarter.

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Amazon’s online store sales dip below 40% of net sales for first time, and other earnings notes

GeekWire

The declining percentage comes from noticeably slower growth in the online segment over the past couple years (including year-over year declines in some recent quarters) and the continued growth of the company’s revenue from areas including third party seller services, Amazon Web Services, and advertising services.

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Microsoft cloud revenue up 22%, Windows business plunges 27% in first report since job cuts

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billion, including a decline of 39% in revenue from versions of Windows licensed to computer manufacturers. Other notable numbers from the second quarter results: Revenue from search and news advertising was up 5%, but that compares with a consistent run of double-digit revenue growth stretching back nearly two years.

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Microsoft earnings preview: All eyes on Azure growth as tech giant reports its fiscal first quarter

GeekWire

” Microsoft still trails Amazon Web Services in cloud infrastructure market share but is gaining ground. While the pandemic helped boost the company’s productivity, cloud, and gaming businesses, traditional Office software licensing continued to suffer. “It is what drives its share price.”

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Official launch of the Top 100 Australian Web 2.0 Applications list

Trends in the Living Networks

Has licensed the platform in Australia, Canada and Germany, and is also run as a stand-alone social network. Description: Web service application that creates 'attention profiles' of users, and enables these to be used in customising services and content for users. Website: [link]. Booking Angel. Website: [link].

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Interview on MySpace and social media - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Companies can reach people within the social media where they spend their time, far better than through traditional advertising. They are spending less time on TV and traditional media, and more on their relationships. Gaming is becoming a social and relationship space, absolutely not just for young people and geeks.

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Should the OpenStack Community Embrace Amazon & Google?

Data Center Knowledge

Or should it make it easier to shift OpenStack clouds to Amazon Web Services and Google Compute Engine for companies that want to use both approaches in a hybrid infrastructure? JVC quickly licensed VHS, giving up control, while Sony didn’t take what the consumers wanted into account. Cloud Computing. November 2005 (8).

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