BROWSING: Amazon.com

Just like everyone else, I am an Amazon.com customer. Their service is practically always perfect and quick. I order something, and it arrives quickly and without effort. If I need to return something, that’s no problem either. Amazon is a company customers can count...

A flood of network performance information this week for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile added more mud for consumers to wade through. Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on...

Mobile operators need to look at reinventing their operations instead of content deals if they want to guarantee future success. AT&T wants to acquire Time Warner and Verizon Communications wants to buy Yahoo because they believe delivering news, sports...

Research firm TBR noted Microsoft and Salesforce are revenue leaders in the overall cloud space, while AWS is market leader in public cloud IaaS. Amazon Web Services may garner a significant share of the limelight when it comes to the growing cloud...

Amazon Web Services set to include AT&T NetBond product in a move designed to increase security for SaaS providers Infor and Pegasystems. AT&T deepened its work with Amazon Web Services through the integration of its NetBond product with the AWS Direct Connect...

Mobile device traffic continues to surge and stress network resources, but opportunities abound for those willing to embrace the challenge No phenomenon in history can compare to the growth rate of mobile device ownership and consumption of internet bandwidth. It’s an exciting time for mobile...

New and evolving digital video models are set to change the market and require a new mindset to succeed Remember in recent years when technology disruption upended the music and publishing industries? A slightly different – yet potentially more seismic – upheaval is happening now...

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...

Apple opens Siri so developers can build special voice interaction, which should benefit vertical markets and special interests At this year’s Apple Developer’s Conference, Apple announced a number of things I will be writing about over the coming weeks. One of the more important announcements...

As consumers continue to flock toward OTT streaming-media content providers, the industry needs to figure out how it will support the move There is a silent struggle brewing within today’s media environment. Streaming media user and device numbers are growing, and content providers are creating...

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...

5 things to know today ... 1. The Federal Communications Commission voted 3 to 2 to expand its Lifeline program, which subsidizes service for low-income households. Providers will continue to get $9.25 per household, but now Lifeline will support stand-alone broadband service as well as...

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...

Drone operators from other industries look to cell towers for new business The cell tower industry is just one of many that could be transformed by unmanned aerial systems, more commonly known as drones. Many of us think first of Amazon.com when we think of...

The global data center market is expected to grow into a $22.73 billion business, according to research firm Research and Markets. The study predicts between 2015 and 2019, the industry will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.3%. Migration to cloud technologies...