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Amazon fires linked to recent expansion of deforestation: experts
Carbon dioxide released in August is the highest in a month since 2003: Copernicus
Amazon introduces its e-readers to Egyptian market
Users can personalise reading settings on Kindle devices with selection of fonts, font sizes, text alignment options
Smart doorbell for deaf, new Bahraini innovation using Amazon’s cloud computing services
Device to help deaf integration into society using inexpensive modern technologies, says Salman
World’s 5 most valuable tech brands
Telecommunications and information technology (IT) companies managed to take the top nine spots of the world’s 10 most valuable brands in 2018, according to Brand Finance, an independent business valuation consultancy. According to the Brand Finance report, Amazon topped the list of the highest value brands in the world after its valuation at $150.8bn, up …
2017 closes with world’s richest people $1tn richer
Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO world’s richest person in 2017
Dolphins, alligators and tribes in Brazil’s Amazon forest
Amazon to acquire UAE-based e-commerce platform souq.com
Souq currently controls around 78% of all e-commerce in the MENA region
Drought and forest loss cause vicious circle in the Amazon
Amazon studies establishment of logistics centre in Egypt
Company will look into implementation procedures with the government within two weeks and meet top exporters, says Kesis
Amazon one-click ‘Dash’ button comes to Germany
US retail giant Amazon has launched its instant purchase buttons in Germany, seeking to edge out traditional supermarkets from the household goods market and capitalizing on Germans too lazy or forgetful to shop.
Amazon close to launching new streaming service
Amazon is reportedly a month away from launching a new subscription-based music streaming service. Once licensing agreements are signed, Amazon will enter a crowded market dominated by Spotify and Apple Music.
A slippery decision: Chevron oil pollution in Ecuador
Chevron has won a key challenge against a multi-billion-dollar judgment over polluting the Ecuadorian Amazon with toxic oil waste. But the case is far from over – a challenge is still pending in Canada.
Defending lands, indigenous group fights dams in Brazil’s Amazon
The Munduruku indigenous people are resisting hydroelectric dams on the Tapajós River, a major Amazon tributary. The hydropower, touted as green, would destroy forests – and could even increase greenhouse gas emissions.
Amazon adds billions to Indian investment
Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos has pledged an additional $3 billion (2.6 billion euros) in investments in India, banking on exponential growth in the online shopping sector in the Asia’s third largest economy.
Google gets louder on voice-activated tech
Beyond delivering search results and the Android mobile operating system, tech giant Google is moving into virtual reality and voice-activation technology – going toe-to-toe with Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon.
Amazon launches rival to YouTube
Already taking on Netflix, Amazon has set its sights on another online video giant. The e-commerce company has just started its own user-generated video service, hoping to further shake up the entertainment industry.
Amazon sets new holiday shipping record
US online giant Amazon has said it’s shipped a record number of items globally for the Christmas holidays. Sales were boosted especially due to the retailer’s Prime service offering faster delivery options.
Changing climate causing chaos on the Amazon
Amazon workers go on strike in Germany
Smartphones, wearables and big data may be the one health risk you can’t avoid
Amazon expected to unveil 3D smartphone to court mobile shoppers
Analysts said Amazon has more opportunities outside the United States.
Amazon.com plans local services marketplace this year: Sources
Amazon aims to gauge demand and test logistics before rolling out nationwide, mirroring its approach to its grocery delivery service, Amazon Fresh.
HP to invest over $1bn in open-source cloud computing
Reuters – Hewlett-Packard Co said it plans to invest more than $1bn over the next two years to develop and offer cloud-computing products and services. The company said it will make its OpenStack-based public cloud services available in 20 data centers over the next 18 months. OpenStack, a cloud computing project that HP co-founded, provides …
Online shopping on the rise in Egypt: MasterCard
Souq, Jumia, Amazon and Facebook the most commonly used online shopping websites
IBM to invest $1.2bn to expand ‘cloud’
Fifteen new data centers will be opened to bring the total IBM network to 40, the company said.
Court battle between Apple and Amazon
Amazon, who launched its own app store in March 2011, was sued in the same month by the Apple alleging trademark violation and false advertising.
YouTube launches paid channels, in TV challenge
The move puts Google into direct competition with services such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon
Indigenous Brazilian tribe demands extinction over expulsion
The Guarani Kaiowá tribe and others like it have often received threats from ranchers and loggers with little help from the government
Amazon, Apple, Twitter score low on clean energy: study
By Glenn Chapman / AFP SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon, Apple and Twitter were graded poorly Tuesday in a Greenpeace study of technology titans’ use of clean energy to power the mushrooming Internet cloud, but Facebook, Google and Yahoo! won praise. The environmental charity’s “How Clean is your Cloud?” report, billed as a rallying cry instead of …