A startling revelation give us an inside look in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s massive Cloud and web services developmental process. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Web Services are dominating the Cloud business in the US since years. Other players like Microsoft and IBM are trying to beat the e-commerce giant but cannot achieve success till yet. Recently, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s Andy Jassy said that last year, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Web Services launched more than 500 new products and services. Jassy says that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has a unique way of Quality assurance. The company has a policy that before anyone coder writes a…
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is the mobile behemoth because of its Android mobile operating system. According to a new report from IDC, more than 85% of the mobile devices around the world are powered by Android. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has not limited its mobile grasp to Android. It is making and acquiring some of the best and useful mobile apps for billions of users. In an article on BGR, Zach Epstein said that while it is a fact that mobile user experience is more aesthetic, fluid and easy on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s apps usability cannot be denied.…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has a way of doing things. The social media behemoth rolls out features and apps after proper research and study and once it launches anything, it mostly stands by it. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is taking over your mobile space pretty swiftly. Last year, the company launched Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Messenger app. There was a lot of stir, people said they don’t want to download the app because it will access data, phone numbers, images. Other companies accused Facebook of data theft but the social media giant kept quiet and stood by its decision. With the passage of…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) recently announced that its quarterly revenue is going to miss the estimates by a large margin. Shortly after the announcement, the stock decline by 5%. An article on CNBC said that there was a time when a small revenue decline from Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) had a big impact on the overall market. A few years ago, when Intel announced that its revenues will be less than expected, the shares tumbled by 19%. The source said that for years, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has not played any major role in the mobile and hardware business. Qualcomm is taking the…
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) have crossed every other major market players in the Cloud infrastructure kit domain. According to a new report by Synergy Research Group, more than a quarter of the Cloud infrastructure kit business belonged to Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) in the fourth quarter of last year. This trend is going to continue because the major Enterprise players don’t shift their infrastructure kits in years. Microsoft and Amazon have clearly faced a tough time by HP. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) is swiftly moving in the market of Cloud, mobile and tablets.…
It is being reported that Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is considering to rank the websites based on the factual quality of content rather than traffic and popularity since long, but the search engine giant has a lot of hurdles to cross before implementing this huge algorithm change, that could affect thousands of famous websites. In an article on Slate, David Weinberger said that if Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) decides to rank the websites based on the quality of factual content, a lot of problems can arise. The first problem is that who will authenticate the factual information written in literally thousands of…
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)’s user growth problems are culminating into serious issues for the company. There was a time when Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) proudly boasted about the fact that it is the second largest social media website in the world after Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). But it seems the facts are now changed, just within one or two years. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s Instagram has crushed Twitter. Twitter has only 288 million monthly active users whereas Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s Instagram has more than 300 million users. A latest report by eMarketer suggest that by the end of 2018, one-third of the US population…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is desperately trying to elevate its Windows mobile business, but the success is not anywhere near. IDC recently issued a report depicting the popularity and market share of the mobile operating systems. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has just 2.9% market share. iOS has 11% and Android is leading the market with 84% market share, dwarfing everyone in the mobile software industry. An article on Mashable said that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has tried all its arrows in its bag. It was one of the popular operating system for mobile after Palm and Symbian, but the company could not maintain…
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) stock is facing bad times and investors are moving away from the stock, except Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor and an authority over the market. But there is another billionaire investor who thinks opposite to Buffett and says that International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) has a dark future and Buffett is making a mistake by holding billions of market value of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) in his portfolio. Stanley Druckenmiller was George Soros’ closest man. He thinks that International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) is going to face a long-term revenue decline because of its…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has announced that its quarterly revenue is going to be less than expectations. The company blamed some of the market conditions and currency fluctuations of this tumble. Intel says that businesses are not interested in buying new desktop PCs. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s core business revenue stream comes from the PCs. The chipmaker also says that PC supply chain is experiencing disruption, which has damaged the overall business. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) says that the upcoming quarterly revenue can be expected anywhere near $12.8 billion. This revenue is disappointing for the investors. The Wall Street’s lowest revenue expectations were…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has announced a new low-cost storage service for businesses and individual users in order to compete with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Cloud services. The search engine giant is now offering 1GB of Cloud storage space at 2.6 cents. The new service will be a compromise between offline and online Cloud storage. While this will not satisfy the need of the enterprise, the storage service can be a good option for small businesses. But Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Cloud storage services have already a bundle of options for the users. This latest development is just to garner some publicity, or…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) has decided to invest around $200 million in the ephemeral messaging service Snapchat. This is a potential threat to Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA), the e-commerce behemoth is tapping into multiple areas, ranging from social media, entertainment, streaming and phones. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has an established customer base. Twitter is struggling with its customer growth. Snapchat is the only company which could give tough time to the social media giant. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) and Amazon are also competing with each other in a variety of platforms.…