New service makes it easier for customers to add location functionality to their applications without compromising on privacy or security at as low as 1/10th the cost of the most common location-based service (LBS) provider — Azit, Command Alkon, CoolStays, and PostNL among the customers currently using Amazon Location Service
Everything You Need to Know About Selling on Amazon
Amazon is one of the biggest e-commerce platforms in the world, selling everything from groceries to electronic software. For independent businesses, Amazon offers an exciting opportunity to offer your products to their huge, global customer base. However, success on Amazon is a little more complicated than listing your products on the platform. To ensure you […]
AWS Announces New Geolocation Service
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Amazon to Provide Computer Science Education for More Than 550,000 K-12 Students Annually
Amazon to Provide Computer Science Education for More Than 550,000 K-12 Students Annually Across More Than 5,000 Schools Nationwide Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
20 Million Vehicles Shipping in 2023 will Come Equipped with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or Both
LONDON–As voice control continues to gain popularity in the home, consumers are increasingly hoping to use Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Apple Siri in the vehicle too.
AWS Announces Four New Capabilities That Make It Easier to Build IoT Applications
SEATTLE -Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced four significant services and capabilities that make it easier to ingest data from edge devices and build rich Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
City of Johns Creek launches Amazon Alexa ‘skill’ using Open Data
In an effort to make the City’s DataHub more accessible and leverage the use of technology, the City of Johns Creek has launched its own Amazon Alexa “skill which will use open data to answer City-related questions via the virtual assistant.
Amazon Announces Plans to Expand Vancouver Tech Hub and Create 3,000 High Tech Jobs
The company has already created more than 6,000 full-time jobs across Canada, ranging from customer fulfillment associates to researchers and software engineers
Dev Tip – 2018 Alexa Accelerator, Powered by Techstars
Following the success of the 2017 Alexa Accelerator, today we are excited to announce the Alexa Fund opened applications for startups worldwide to apply to the next Alexa Accelerator powered by Techstars. We believe voice will fundamentally improve the way people interact with technology and this program aims to empower the next wave of entrepreneurs who are innovating […]
Voyager Search Now Supports AWS S3 in Version 1.9.9
June 5, 2017 – This week, Voyager Search™ released the latest version of its software, 1.9.9. Among many of its new features, one of the things we’re most excited about is Voyager™ software’s ability to index the authoritative content companies are storing in Amazon’s S3.