informationweek.com - 12/3/2008
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Amazon.com has launched on the Apple App Store an iPhone application that makes it possible to take a picture of a product and then send it to the online retailer, which will try to match it with products in its inventory. Amazon said its new mobile application was made available on the App ...
guardian.co.uk - 12/8/2008
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guardian.co.uk —
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is reviewing its
decision to list as "child pornography" the image on
one version of the album "Virgin Killer" by the rock band The Scorpions hosted on Wikipedia – and might yet add Amazon US to its list of ...
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Wikipedia row escalates as internet watchdog considers ...
aws.amazon.com - 12/3/2008
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aws.amazon.com —
Amazon Mechanical Turk is a marketplace for work
that requires human intelligence. The Mechanical Turk web service
enables companies to programmatically access this marketplace and a diverse, on-demand workforce. Developers can leverage this service ...
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Amazon Mechanical Turk
allthingsdistributed.com - 12/10/2008
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allthingsdistributed.com —
Starting today the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2)
supports the ability to launch instances in multiple geographically
distinct regions. The new EU region enables users to launch instances in Europe. This addresses the requests from many our ...
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Expanding the Cloud: Amazon EC2 in Europe
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Amazon Remembers App for Apple iPhone: Unbelievable
Phones Review —
The Apple iPhone app is called “Amazon Remembers” and it does just that, you simply walk into a store on the high street, pick something you want to buy, instead of taking it to the check-out, you whip your Apple iPhone out, take a photograph, send the photograph to Amazon through the Amazon Remembers App, then Amazon gets to work, looks for a similar product in its inventory, then once it has found the same product, it will store it for you and allow you to purchase it ready for delivery.
The Amazon app was made available today (December 3), and is said to simplify shopping by using the iPhone and the iPod Touch, (and I guess increase Amazons sales revenue too). ...
Online Retail's Killer Mobile App Hasn't Offed Anybody Yet
Wired: Epicenter —
A plethora of new mobile phone applications allow users to type in a code or snap a picture of a product to find out exactly how much their local retailer is gouging them for that tube of toothpaste.
They've been dubbed killer mobile apps because they would empower a buyer to get real-time pricing information from other vendors -- including, perhaps, competing brick-and-mortar establishments displayed on a local Google map (Oh look! It's $5 cheaper right across the street!) and online sellers who would be happy to deliver it to your door cheaper, postage-free and without collecting any sales tax.
But while the Web 2.0 promise is tantalizing, these programs have a long way ...
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I4U News 12/3/2008
Amazon released today an mobile shopping application for the Apple iPhone on the App Store.
The Amazon app for iPhone and iPod touch offers an easy way for users to search and browse for products offered by Amazon and thousands of retailers like ...
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