Amazon bookstore opens in NYC
Amazon, the online behemoth that began as a virtual bookstore, has opened an actual bookstore in New York City that you can walk into and shop in. Why? Vice President of Amazon Books Jennifer Cast pitches the city's first physical Amazon store (and the country's sixth) as an extension of Amazon.com and (stop us if this sounds familiar) a revolution for the way we buy our books.
Amazon, the online behemoth that began as a virtual bookstore, has opened an actual bookstore in New York City that you can walk into and shop in. Why? Vice President of Amazon Books Jennifer Cast pitches the city's first physical Amazon store (and the country's sixth) as an extension of Amazon.com and (stop us if this sounds familiar) a revolution for the way we buy our books.
Amazon Echo Look
You can ask Amazon Echo's Alexa feature pretty much anything. But what about asking for help with your wardrobe? Amazon has introduced the Echo Look, the new Alexa-powered at-home wardrobe assistant, which draws us closer to total dependence on technology and decision making.
You can ask Amazon Echo's Alexa feature pretty much anything. But what about asking for help with your wardrobe? Amazon has introduced the Echo Look, the new Alexa-powered at-home wardrobe assistant, which draws us closer to total dependence on technology and decision making.
The Disruptors: Streaming television
Massive leaps in internet and cell phone technology have changed the TV industry more in the past 15 years, than in the previous 50. Disrupt means to interrupt the normal course or drastically alter a significant change. Disruptors are the ones responsible for making these changes. It is happening right in front our eyes in the television industry.
Massive leaps in internet and cell phone technology have changed the TV industry more in the past 15 years, than in the previous 50. Disrupt means to interrupt the normal course or drastically alter a significant change. Disruptors are the ones responsible for making these changes. It is happening right in front our eyes in the television industry.
April's best buys
If you're looking for deals on winter clothes, you've probably missed the boat. And it is too early to get those Memorial Day sales. So what can you save on if you're shopping in April? This is a great month for friends and family discounts.
If you're looking for deals on winter clothes, you've probably missed the boat. And it is too early to get those Memorial Day sales. So what can you save on if you're shopping in April? This is a great month for friends and family discounts.
Internet outages
Amazon Web Services' S3 storage product was down on Tuesday afternoon, causing major problems for websites that utilize Amazon for Internet storage. In a short message on the top of their support page Amazon reported "high error rates" on S3 and they were working to fix it. For more than an hour the rest of the support site listed all services as "good." Apparently, the problems affected Amazon's ability to display the extent of the outages.
Amazon Web Services' S3 storage product was down on Tuesday afternoon, causing major problems for websites that utilize Amazon for Internet storage. In a short message on the top of their support page Amazon reported "high error rates" on S3 and they were working to fix it. For more than an hour the rest of the support site listed all services as "good." Apparently, the problems affected Amazon's ability to display the extent of the outages.
Giovanni Ribisi
The actor stars in the Amazon series, 'Sneaky Pete.'
The actor stars in the Amazon series, 'Sneaky Pete.'