SEATTLE, Oct. 27 (UPI) — Amazon.com’s revenue and profit for the third quarter of 2016 wasn’t what analysts were expecting. In its quarterly earnings report, the online retailer posted $32.7 billion in revenue — up nearly 30 percent over $25.3 billion last year. Shares of Amazon, though, declined nearly 5 percent in trading Thursday. Overall, […]
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By Joseph Moss – International Banker The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to become part of everyday life in areas as diverse as medical electronics, industrial automation, transport and practically any other field in which the availability of real-time information can be useful. Sensors attached to devices, machinery, buildings or cars convey data
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By Dan Gorenstein October 27, 2016 | 3:34 PM Embed Code <iframe src=”http://www.marketplace.org/2016/10/27/world/qualcomm-buys-nxp-moves-autos-internet-things/popout” frameborder=”0″ width=”100%” height=”240px”></iframe> Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf speaks during a press event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas, Nevada. – Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Qualcomm’s acquisition of NXP for $39 billion is the biggest semiconductor deal ever done.
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Shares of Amazon.com Inc. fell in after-market trading on Thursday after the online retailer reported third-quarter net income that missed analyst expectations. The Seattle-based company said it had profit of $252 million, or 52 cents per share. The average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 85 cents per
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Amazon shares are down about 6% in post market trading after the e-retailer released Q3 earnings that fell short of Wall Street expectations. The company reported net income of $252 million, up about 219% from the period last year, on revenues of $32.71 billion, up 29%. The top line slightly beat expectations for $32.69 billion. But
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In the US and much of the world, you have big names like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Uber (Private:UBER) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). In China, you have their counterparts that are less known globally: Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), Wechat, Didi, Huawei. Why is that these global companies have a strong foothold everywhere except the second largest economy in
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“Alexa, turn on the lights.” Consumers like the idea that a simple voice command like this can make their home a place of simplicity and leisure, where essentially having a conversation with your walls, or the human-like personal assistant living inside them such as Amazon’s Alexa, accomplishes small tasks like turning on the lights, changing
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BREA, Calif.–(Business Wire)–TP-Link®, a leading global provider of consumer and business networking products, today announced the addition of the LB130 to its family of Smart Wi-Fi Bulbs, which includes the LB100, the LB110 and the LB120. All models are now available at online retailers nationwide and feature Amazon Alexa compatibility, no smart hub or bridge
Do know Amazon’s Leadership Principles. “Understand and be able to speak to how your experience aligns” with them. Also, be ready to apply “them to questions/hypotheticals that are posed during the hiring process.” Do “brush up your machine learning and coding capabilities.” For example, solve coding questions on the internet in 15 minutes, listen to
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BOSTON (October 27, 2016)—Orbita unveiled last week the industry’s first HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based solution designed specifically to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of connected home health care. Organizations using the Orbita platform can easily create, manage and deliver practical digital home healthcare applications that improve medical outcomes and reduce health care costs for individuals with chronic and
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