Amazon’s ambitions will push delivery drones’ battery lives to the limit and maybe beyond
Last week, Amazon announced a partnership with the U.K. government to explore how to enable the delivery of parcels by small drones. Crucially, the U.K. has agreed to let Amazon test “beyond...
Amazon’s ambitions will push delivery drones’ battery lives to the limit and maybe beyond
Last week, Amazon announced a partnership with the UK Government to explore how to enable the delivery of parcels by small drones. Crucially, the UK has agreed to let Amazon test “beyond...
Amazon has patented a routing system for drones that will rely on cell towers, church steeples and other vertical structures to refuel the company's unmanned aerial vehicles.
"The docking stations can extend the range of UAVs by providing recharging/refueling stations for the UAVs," according to...
Artificial intelligence has progressed significantly over the past several decades, and looks set to be a boon for the mobile space
Mobile systems are relying more on cloud-based services that, themselves, are becoming more intelligent. Machine intelligence is now able to learn from experience and...
Amazon’s automated shipment centers are large-scale examples of the cyber physical systems driving toward Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution. The leading online marketplace’s “fulfillment centers” already rely on more than 15,000 robots to pick out merchandise for orders. The company also utilizes one...
Amazon’s automated shipment centers are large scale examples of the cyber physical systems driving toward Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution. The leading online marketplace’s “fulfillment centers” already rely on more than 15,000 robots to pick out merchandise for orders. The company also utilizes...
Amazon.com is subsidizing two Android smartphones for its Prime customers. The latest Moto G from Motorola, expected to ship July 12, will sell for $150; and the Blu R1 HD will retail for $50. The phones will come pre-loaded with apps that will show...
The smart city market in China is set to soar, with more than 500 cities having announced plans to implement smart city systems.
China’s smart city market is poised for high growth in the coming years, as the Chinese government aims for a 70% urbanization rate...
The smart city market in China is set to soar: over 500 cities have announced plans to implement smart city systems.
China’s smart city market is poised for high growth in the coming years, as the Chinese government aims for a 70 percent urbanization rate by...
Sprint offering free year of Amazon Prime service on 40 GB data plans, continuing previous promotional activity with online retail giant
Sprint continues to dangle Amazon.com’s Prime membership in front of consumers, announcing a new combination tied to the carrier’s 40-gigabyte data plan.
Sprint said beginning...
With predictions of billions of new devices with wireless connectivity over the coming years, the "Internet of Things" is expected to have a major influence on multiple verticals and consumers' everyday lives. And it turns out that already, everything from dog dishes to stuffed...
CEO Jeff Bezos attributes success to innovation and customer-obsessed approach
Highlighting the increasing importance of cloud-based computing and attendant data center needs, Amazon Web Services hit $10 billion in annual sales in 2015, according to a company filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission....
Sprint customers can now directly bill an $11 monthly charge for Amazon’s Prime service with features already available to most mobile customers
Sprint has teamed up with Amazon.com in now allowing wireless customers to charge their monthly Amazon Prime membership directly to their wireless bill.
In...
Apple is in trouble in Italy for allegedly failing to pay taxes in the country to the tune of $347 million. According to multiple news outlets, the issue stems from a disparity in revenue reported between 2008 and 2013. It is believed in those...
Cloud providers Amazon.com, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are driving demand for white box servers
The explosion in demand for streaming video content – to both homes and mobile devices – has set the stage for cloud-based content delivery, supported by constantly expanding server-packed data centers.
In...
Recently I have been getting invitations to speak at industry conferences and company meetings. What’s really interesting is many of these are not even in the wireless industry. It seems other industries and companies are starting to realize wireless is going to play a...
Sprint offers 1 year of Prime, lease deals on select Samsung devices ahead of holiday rush
In a move to goose interest ahead of the upcoming holiday shopping season, Sprint is now including a year subscription to Amazon’s Prime service for all customers activating an...
WASHINGTON – The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a massive free trade agreement among the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, including Australia, Japan and Singapore. If ratified, the TPP could create the largest free trade zone in the world. However, concerns ranging from farm subsidies...
1. Google searches on mobile devices now exceed those performed on personal computers, according to the company. This poses new challenges for the search engine giant, since many of these searches are not performed by typing a keyword into a box. The company said...
E-commerce giant Amazon.com, which also provides streaming-video services via its Prime Video service and Fire TV device, plans to stop selling competitive products from Google and Apple.
The Google equivalent product is Chromecast, while Apple sells Apple TV. Amazon Prime Video is not offered on...
Cloud hosting facility in Ashburn, Va., is source of problem
Amazon Web Services was fully functional on Monday following a Sept. 20 issue at a Virginia facility that temporarily impacted popular sites including Netflix, Tinder, Reddit and many others.
Amazon Web Services is the e-commerce giant’s cloud-computing...
5 things to know for Thursday, Sept. 17
1. Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam told investors that the changing wireless business model is likely to impact earnings. The carrier recently launched new data plans that offer "buckets" of data, and later had to clarify its...
Samsung feels the pressure, Apple and Verizon prepare for product launches
5 things to know today ...
1. Samsung is preparing to cut thousands of jobs, according to a Korean news source. (Update 9/10: Samsung says it is not cutting jobs, but will instead relocate certain...
BlackBerry buys Good; AWS buys Elemental; and AT&T customers lose service in parts of California
5 things to know today ...
1. BlackBerry is doubling down on mobile security by purchasing competitor Good Technology for $425 million. Good specializes in enterprise mobile security solutions and mobile...
