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Amazon Web Services debuts 5-week accelerator for clean energy startups

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Amazon Web Services is announcing the creation of a 5-week accelerator to support clean technology startups. The Seattle-based cloud and online retail giant is partnering with Freshwater Advisors ? The Cascadia CleanTech Accelerator is a 15-week program organized by Seattle’s CleanTech Alliance and Portland-based VertueLab.

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Walmart’s U.S. ecommerce sales top $10B as retail giant prepares to challenge Amazon Prime

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The retail giant is increasingly going head-to-head with Amazon across digital and physical retail sales channels. Walmart’s ecommerce business in the United States grew 97% in the company’s second fiscal quarter, ended July 31, the retail giant reported Tuesday morning. retail sales kicked up in 2Q.

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Amazon Web Services cuts hundreds of jobs in sales, training, and physical stores tech group

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GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will cut several hundred jobs in its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services organization, and a few hundred jobs on its Physical Stores Technology team, executives in the tech giant’s cloud computing division informed employees Wednesday morning in internal emails.

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7 Huge Benefits of Web APIs

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Summary: Web services help different applications communicate with each other–regardless of platform or technology. Learn how web services can help your business increase efficiency, improve customer satisfaction, and much more! Is your business capitalizing on the power of web APIs? What are web services?

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Spearline and Amazon Web Services Partnership

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Amazon Web Services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a secure cloud services platform which offers compute power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality to help businesses scale and grow as required. We not only offer global coverage for our customers, but also a dedicated 24/7/365 support service.

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Amazon may launch healthcare business line with at-home COVID test and other diagnostic services

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The move at the time was part of a larger effort by Amazon to expand its COVID-19 testing capabilities, tapping employees from a variety of roles across the company, including research scientists, program managers, procurement specialists and software engineers. The company also sells Amazon Web Services to healthcare customers.

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Seattle startup Downstream, which helps brands with their Amazon ads, acquired by Jungle Scout

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Connor Folley , an ex-Amazon marketing manager, and Salim Hamed , who worked in business intelligence engineering for Amazon Web Services, launched the company in late 2017. “We evaluated dozens of tools, and Downstream emerged as a clear leader for its capabilities in managing and optimizing Amazon advertising programs.”