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Pinterest has to spend at least $750 million on Amazon’s cloud through mid-2023

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Pinterest will have to pay Amazon Web Services at least $440 million for cloud services usage over the next four and a half years to reach its minimum commitment. The disclosure in its IPO prospectus comes after Lyft said it's spending at least $80 million a year with AWS. Every day, Pinterest processes and stores … Continue reading Pinterest has to spend at least $750 million on Amazon’s cloud through mid-2023

Amazon Greengrass launches as a snap on Ubuntu

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https://youtu.be/1rLxPOxVJoQ Personal note: Take a look at Ubuntu Core with Qt for Internet of Things development (6/25/2017) Last week, Amazon launched Greengrass, their new IoT platform allowing developers to create intelligent edge software. Amazon is collaborating with a variety of manufacturers to make Greengrass available on as many devices as possible from home gateways, industrial gateways … Continue reading Amazon Greengrass launches as a snap on Ubuntu

The trillion dollar tech war between Amazon, Google, and Microsoft

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For months and months, as Google's brain trust searched for the ideal candidate to lead the company’s come-from-behind bid for its biggest new opportunity since Larry Page and Sergey Brin began putting ads on their search engine, one name kept coming up: Diane Greene. Little known outside Silicon Valley, Greene is a legend in tech … Continue reading The trillion dollar tech war between Amazon, Google, and Microsoft