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Ghosts In The Machine – What Really Happened When The Lights Went Out At Amazon Web Services
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As we all know by now, Amazon Web Services (AWS) had an outage on Friday. It would not have been much of a big deal except that it was AWS. And the fact that the outage took down big consumer properties like Netflix and Instagram. AWS is usually quite silent...
Clothes Horse Wants To Solve The Biggest Problem With Online Shopping: Finding Clothes That Fit
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Clothes Horse, a fashion technology company based out of New York, is publicly launching its platform today in an attempt to address one of the biggest challenges facing online shoppers: buying clothes that fit. Through the use of a customizable widget that merchants add to their own websites, Clothes Horse can determine...
Setster Gives All Daily Deal Companies Their Own Groupon Scheduler
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For those unfamiliar, Setster has been operating in the somewhat unsexy scheduling software space since 2008, with the goal of bringing doctors, lawyers, therapists, stylists, and everyone in between, a platform that makes it easy to manage appointment scheduling. Setster wants to be anywhere service providers make appointments with clients...
Amazon Finds The Droids It's Looking For
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Yesterday, Amazon announced its acquisition of Kiva Systems, Inc. for around $775 million in cash. Kiva makes warehouse robots. They're sturdy, orange little droids shaped like a toaster on its side, and the various models can lift and carry 1,000 pounds or more. Kiva's automatons and control software help warehouses...
Verizon Unlimited Users' Plans Not Going Away, But Options Likely To Narrow
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Verizon hasn’t offered unlimited data plans for a while now, but it has lots and lots of customers still on them. So, naturally, there was much kerfuffle on Wednesday after reports that Verizon was planning to ax plans, even for those grandfathered in. The reports stemmed from comments made by...
SUSE Breaks With Tradition for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2
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Service packs for enterprise Linux distributions are typically pretty conservative affairs that are only noteworthy for the bugs that they fix. SUSE is bucking that trend with the second service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, by adding new features and providing customers with the 3.0 Linux kernel...
The Shipping News: A Shorter Wait for the New iPad
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Third-generation iPad supply and demand aren’t yet in balance, but they may be soon if estimated shipping times at Apple’s online store are any indication. After falling to five to seven days from one to two weeks, ship times on the new iPad today dropped once more, this time to...
Here's What Verizon Has To Say About Killing Unlimited Data Plans (VZ)
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Verizon has an official statement out regarding its decision to end unlimited data plans when users upgrade to a 4G phone. It says, well, nothing, about forcing users off unlimited plans: As we have stated publicly, Verizon Wireless has been re-evaluating its data pricing structure for some time, Customers have...
Real-time Facebook 'likes' displayed on Brazilian fashion retailer's clothes racks
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Fashion retailer C&A may be a fading brand in much of Europe, but its Brazilian arm is doing what it can to stay on the pulse of social media. A new initiative called Fashion Like allows people to 'like' certain items of clothing on the company's Facebook page, and...
Crowdfunding via customers is the new startup capital
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When the JOBS Act was signed in April, the startup community gave itself a collective high five. Crowdfunding would enable startups to reach out to the whole world to get access to funding, not just a small cabal of investors living in a 20-mile radius of Menlo Park. But hidden...
Apple Sells Out of iPad Launch Day Supplies in U.S. Online Store, Now Quoting March 19 Shipping
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Apple has now completely sold out of its launch day iPad allotment in its U.S. online store, with all 18 models now offering shipping estimates of March 19 for new orders. Accounting for shipment time, customers placing orders now shouldn't expect them to arrive until the middle of the week...
NIM’s Morgan Guenther: ‘We Can Reclaim Leisure Time for Reading’ With Digital Mags
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This week, Next Issue Media released a new Android tablet newsstand for magazines from equity partners Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith and Time Inc. According to NIM, an iPad version will be submitted to Apple’s App Store in roughly six weeks. For the first time, customers can subscribe to unlimited...
AT&T starts pushing 2G phone users to 3G as GSM ramps down
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AT&T in remarks confirmed what should be a long, gradual transition away from GSM and EDGE networks. Company letters, as well as official commentary to MarketWatch, warned customers that their 2G-only devices might lose coverage partly or entirely in "certain areas" of New York City over time. Customers weren't being...
Sprint Looks to Lure New Customers With iPhone 4S Promotion
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If you’re looking to leave Verizon after the carrier’s recent suggestion of limiting existing unlimited data plans, Sprint would be happy to have you and even has an enticing offer to make you switch. For a limited time, customers can bring their iPhones, regardless of carrier, to any Sprint store...
iPad Arrives Friday in Nine More Countries
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Beginning Friday, May 28, at 8 a.m. (local time), customers can buy iPad at their favorite Apple Retail Store in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, or the UK and get free Personal Setup....
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