AWS meets Kindle Fire
On Sept 28th, Amazon announced the new Kindle Fire tablet. This post digs into the two key cloud integratio ns that Amazon brings with Fire. Amazon Silk, The Cloud Accelerated Browser The browser deploys a split-architecture where all of the browser subsystems are present on the Kindle Fire as well as on the Amazon’s cloud [...]
Amazon cuts deal with California on Sales Tax collection
This means that the end of the tax free shopping on line party is starting to end, as Amazon cuts a deal with the state of California on collecting sales tax on sales to customers in the state. For Amazon retailers they should not see this, as it will be tacked on at the end [...]
Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle Org Chart
AMZN, MSFT, GOOG, and other org Charts (Click for full size) Image credit: Bonkers World. (Cross-posted @ Composite Code)
Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups
Today Factual announced that it raised $25 million from Andreessen Horowitz & Index Ventures. I believe that this is a major new area of growth & innovation for the Internet as Cloud Services start to form deeper & richer layers. Let me explain. For decades the “layering” of technology has allowed us to develop IT [...]
Get my Book Free if you write an Amazon Review
It is the New Year, and part of my new year’s resolution is to plug my book “Boom and Bust in the Blogosphere.” The goal is to give away seven copies of the book in return for an Amazon review of the book. Here is what you have to do. I believe in people being [...]
