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Amazon Prime members who shop at Whole Foods: You’re in luck
It's been a year since Amazon.com Inc. agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.5 billion. The biggest beneficiaries of the deal might be Amazon Prime members. Sky-blue signs advertising discounts for Prime members greet shoppers in some Whole Foods parking lots. Inside the...
Google Cloud vs AWS in 2018 (Comparing the Giants)
It’s no surprise that cloud computing has literally taken the world by storm. For most businesses and enterprises, gone are the days of struggling with complicated on-premise server rooms and complicated networking. Over the past decade, cloud computing has become...
Microsoft confirms it will acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion
GitHub mug. The rumors were true: Microsoft has confirmed it’s buying GitHub for a whopping $7.5 billion in an all-stock transaction. Reports first emerged last week that Microsoft was in advanced discussions to acquire the code-hosting repository, and these...
Microsoft is now more valuable than Google
Microsoft has passed Google (Alphabet) in market valuation for the first time in three years, reports CNBC. Microsoft is now valued at $753 billion, while Alphabet (Google’s parent company) is valued at $739 billion. It makes Microsoft the third most valuable company...
Facebook and Google hit with $8.8 billion in lawsuits on day one of GDPR
On the first day of GDPR enforcement, Facebook and Google have been hit with a raft of lawsuits accusing the companies of coercing users into sharing personal data. The lawsuits, which seek to fine Facebook 3.9 billion and Google 3.7 billion euro (roughly $8.8 billion...
Amazon might have a serious Alexa problem on its hands
News broke out earlier this week that Amazon’s Alexa assistant recorded a private conversation between two people and then sent that recording to a third party. Alexa, of course, is supposed to listen to everything you say but only act when you utter the designated...