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Slower cloud spending by inflation-hit businesses is expected to stall the sales momentum at Amazon .com Inc and Microsoft Corp and add to the troubles of the sector that laid off thousands this month. After years of blistering growth, most recently fuelled by remote working and studying during the pandemic, cloud demand has cooled in the past nine months and sales growth may slow further, analysts said. End-user cloud spending for services including those from the world's largest providers - Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft 's Azure - is expected to grow 20.7% this year after 18.8% growth in 2022 and 52.8% in 2021, according to research firm Gartner. Read Also Microsoft to remove Windows 10 Home, Pro downloads from sale "A lot of companies are slowing their migration to the cloud or asking for a lower price on their existing plans," RBC Capital Markets analyst Rishi Jaluria said. Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella said … [Read more...] about cloud business: Microsoft, Amazon results to highlight softening cloud business

Why it matters: A data center fire is raising concerns that South Korea's domestic web industry has too many of its eggs in one basket. The incident was so disruptive for the country that its president called for an investigation into the cause, questioning whether too much of South Korea's infrastructure depends on a handful of companies. A fire at a single data center in South Korea caused an outage disabling chat and other web-based services for 90 percent of the population over the weekend. The seemingly small accident caused so much damage because two of the nation's most important tech companies relied on the data center. The biggest problem was with Kakao, a service that handles chat , online payments, ride-hailing, gaming, log-in verification, retail, and other services. Around 90 percent of South Korea's population uses Kakao, depending on its services' constant availability. Many other businesses use Kakao for their backend infrastructure. Despite Kakao's … [Read more...] about Datacenter fire temporarily cripples South Korean web giants, sparking monopoly concerns

Audio player loading… Which is the best cloud storage site for your photos: Google Photos or Amazon Photos ? When it comes to photo cloud storage , Google and Amazon both offer very easy-to-use platforms for keeping your photos secure online. Better yet, you can also get some free cloud storage without needing to subscribe. The Google Photos vs Amazon Photos debate isn’t easily solved. Both make it easy to sync, organize, and manage your photo library across desktop and mobile devices. They also feature useful search and filtering tools to help you find specific snaps, as well as handy sharing options for sending snaps to friends and family. There are even built-in online photo printing services to order physical photographs. To help you choose the right photo storage and sharing site for you, we’ve compared Google Photos and Amazon Photos, looking at all the pros and cons, from price to photo editor tools. Read more: How to backup to … [Read more...] about Google Photos vs Amazon Photos: which is the best photo cloud storage?

Audio player loading… Amazon has started the roll out of MGM plus – its rebranded version of the Epix streaming platform – and it has big implications for fans of 007. Epix originally came under Amazon’s wing following the online retail giant’s $8.5 billion acquisition of iconic Hollywood studio MGM back in March 2022. Industry experts initially saw the purchase as a means of giving the tech giant's Prime Video streaming service access to a huge back catalog of classic content, with the deal seeing massive movie franchises like Rocky and Tomb Raider falling under Amazon’s ownership. In short: it could've rocketed Prime Video to the top of our list of the best streaming services . Crucially, the deal also saw Amazon get their hands on the James Bond film collection – find out how to watch the James Bond movies in order while you're here – with Amazon marking the purchase by making the complete catalog of 007 movies available to stream on Prime Video for a … [Read more...] about On Amazon’s secret service: Prime Video loses Bond movies to the new MGM Plus

Amazon .com Inc said it is offering a $5 monthly subscription plan for US Prime members that will cover a range of generic drugs and their doorstep delivery, furthering the ecommerce giant's push into healthcare. The program, named RxPass , includes more than 50 medications addressing over 80 chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, anxiety, diabetes and male pattern baldness, Vin Gupta , Amazon Pharmacy 's chief medical officer, told Reuters. However, customers enrolled in Medicare , Medicaid or any other government healthcare program will not be able to enroll in Amazon Pharmacy's RxPass service. Read Also Techies earning up to $1 million a year laid off at Big Tech firms, claims report Amazon to hike prices of some music subscription plans from February The average Prime member would save about $100 per year with RxPass, John Love, vice president of Amazon Pharmacy, said in an interview. Amazon Prime … [Read more...] about amazon: Amazon deepens healthcare push with $5 monthly subscription

Image used for representative purpose only Tech giant Google 's Account switcher is getting a Material You redesign on the web. The redesign features rounded corners for all elements with two main containers, reports 9To5Google. The one in the foreground has a larger profile avatar along with the user's name and email address, next to it followed by a 'Manage your Google Account' button that is placed in a rounded rectangle rather than the usual pill. The next item that displays is 'Add another account' for users having multiple accounts, which finalises the inner container. Moreover, the 'Privacy Policy' and ' Terms of Service ' are displayed in the background along with "Sign out" or "Sign out of all accounts." There are light (white/light grey) and dark (black/dark grey) themes, the report said. Meanwhile, late last month, it was reported that the tech giant had rolled out a new Material You design for its Nearby Share app on … [Read more...] about Google Account switcher gets Material You redesign on web

Amazon India has announced that it is offering a 50% referral fee waiver to sellers ‘new to e-commerce .’ This offer is available to businesses that join the digital marketplace between January 15 and April 14, 2023. With this, the e-commerce major aims to ‘incentivise’ brick-and-mortar businesses to go online. Those who join Amazon during this period will get the 50% waiver offer for a 60-day period. Read Also Amazon to hike prices of some music subscription plans from February For those who don’t know, every business selling its products on Amazon is liable to pay a referral fee. This charge accounts for the work done by the e-commerce giant to facilitate online sales. Amazon hopes to attract new businesses to sell online In a release, Amazon outlined how the businesses can benefit from this new initiative. The company noted, “This may possibly help businesses establish a foothold in the competitive e-commerce market by reducing … [Read more...] about amazon: Amazon discount: Amazon announces 50% referral fee discount for these businesses

Job cuts have reportedly started at Amazon India. There are reports on social media that confirm that the layoffs have begun at the e-commerce giant's India office as well. Earlier this month, TOI had reported that Amazon will sack 1,000 employees, which is 1% of its workforce in India. Amazon has around 1 lakh employees in India. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that the company will be cutting jobs in November 2022 and that the job cuts will spill over to 2023. On January 4, CEO Jassy announced that e-commerce titan is laying off 18,000 employees. The job cuts were initially planned to affect about 10,000 jobs. “Amazon has weathered uncertain and difficult economies in the past, and we will continue to do so,” Jassy said. “These changes will help us pursue our long-term opportunities with a stronger cost structure.” Amazon India offered voluntary separation programme In November, Amazon sent a note on the voluntary separation programme (VSP) to some of its … [Read more...] about amazon: Job cuts start at Amazon India, may affect 1000 employees

E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc said it will increase the prices of some of its music subscription plans from February. The price of Amazon Music 's 'Unlimited Individual Plan' will go up by $1 to $10.99 per month, while its 'Unlimited Individual Student Plan' will go up to $5.99 from $4.99 per month, according to the company's FAQ page. Read Also Amazon will not cut jobs in Italy, unions say after meeting Amazon to shut its charity donation programme 'AmazonSmile' The company said the updated pricing starts on February 21 and customers will begin seeing the new price on their bill following that date. Amazon raised its music streaming service's price for Amazon Prime members in May last year, according to a Verge report. The company raised the price of its annual US Prime subscriptions by 17% in February last year, looking to offset higher costs for shipping and wages. It subsequently raised prices in Europe in … [Read more...] about amazon: Amazon to hike prices of some music subscription plans from February

E-commerce giant Amazon has started delivering orders by drones in the US states of California and Texas with an aim to fly out packages to customers' homes within an hour. Recently, customers in Lockeford, California and College Station, Texas, had received a small number of parcels delivered by a drone using the company's 'Amazon Prime Air' drone service, reports The Verge. "Our aim is to safely introduce our drones to the skies. We are starting in these communities and will gradually expand deliveries to more customers over time," Amazon Air spokesperson Natalie Banke said in a statement. Read Also Amazon reaches settlement in three EU antitrust cases, avoids fine Amazon to make big business changes in EU settlement In 2020, the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) gave the company 'Part 135' approval to send packages by drone. Customers living in Lockeford and College Station are eligible to sign up and … [Read more...] about amazon: Amazon starts delivering orders by drones in US states