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CLOUD SERVICE provider Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of the American multinational technology company, Amazon, is keen on helping more Philippine firms address technological and skills demands of the “new normal.”

A US House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used “killer acquisitions” to smite rivals, charged exorbitant fees, and forced small businesses into “oppressive” contracts in the name of profit.

STREAMING services have already bid up the price of TV reruns, stand-up comedy performances and contracts with top producers. Now they’re coming for blockbuster movies from the studios behind Fast & Furious and Spider-Man.

JAKARTA — Indonesia imposed a 10% value-added tax (VAT) on sales by technology firms including Amazon, Netflix, Spotify and Google on Tuesday, as spending patterns shift with increased remote working as a result of the coronavirus crisis, which has hit state finances.

NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc. has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions, causing at least one employee to contract COVID-19, bring it home, and see her cousin die.

In this excerpt from Asian Founders at Work, Coins.ph Founder Ron Hose shares his experiences as a serial entrepreneur, and why he left Silicon Valley for a shot at building the next big thing in the Philippines.

Dennis Ng, founder of on-demand logistic startup Mober, explains how we’ve fallen short on the decentralizing promise of the sharing economy, and how he’s trying to change that by empowering partner-drivers to not just be employees, but independent entrepreneurs.

AMAZON.COM Inc. is developing a voice-activated wearable device that can recognize human emotions.

America went 242 years without a trillion-dollar company. Thirty-three days after getting the first, it now has two. And while Apple Inc. lumbered through the...

It may be the most successful venture investment of all time. In 1995, Jackie and Mike Bezos plowed $245,573 into their son’s fledgling e-commerce website,...

Jeff Bezos is the richest person in modern history. The Amazon.com Inc. founder’s net worth cracked $150 billion in New York on Monday, according to...

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THE PRESENCE of Amazon.com in Cebu could encourage more business process outsourcing (BPO) firms to set up shop in the city, an industry official...

Amazon.com, Inc. has launched its first customer service center in the Philippines, which is expected to create over 1,000 jobs by the end of...

LOS ANGELES — YouTube has announced it is making a movie in-house to be released in theaters, in a development seen as a step...

NETFLIX, INC.’s surprise $300-million deal to poach Ryan Murphy from 21st Century Fox, Inc. shows just how easy it’s getting for rich tech companies...

LAS VEGAS — Machine learning and deep learning —  two subsets of artificial intelligence —  hogged the limelight at the recent Amazon Web Services (AWS)...

LOS ANGELES — French filmmaker Luc Besson is working on a pilot for a proposed police drama starring the Oscar-winning actor Jean Dujardin, a...

HONG KONG -- A missing piece in the global growth jigsaw appears to be falling into place. Spurred by higher profits and buoyant stock...

WAIAPI, BRAZIL -- Tzako Waiapi remembers perfectly the day he first stumbled across white men while hunting in the Amazon rainforest: within months nearly...

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND – Icelandic pop singer Bjork said Sunday she was sexually harassed by a film director, saying she was inspired to speak out...

AMAZON.COM, Inc. is tapping some of the biggest athletic-apparel suppliers to make a foray into private-label sportswear, according to people familiar with the matter,...

AMAZON.COM, Inc. is working on its first wearable device -- a pair of “smart glasses,” the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The device, designed like...

AMAZON.COM, Inc. will pay commissions to gamers, artists, chefs and others on its Twitch Interactive video-streaming service for selling products to their fans through...

LOS ANGELES – Marvel and DC Comics superheroes may be battling for box-office domination, but on the small screen, a little known blue superhero...

HOW MANY online activists does it take to save Silicon Valley’s favorite Obama-era regulation? Organizers of an online protest aimed at derailing a Republican plan...

MIAMI — Long before European settlers arrived in the Americas in 1492, the Amazon rainforest was transformed for thousands of years by indigenous people...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Online retail colossus Amazon is seeking a US patent on using selfies -- instead of passwords -- for shopping when using...

AMAZON.COM, Inc. is not above the surefire trick of using cute animals to woo shoppers. The world’s largest online retailer is spending more money on...

NEW YORK -- It’s the land of the free, and Americans don’t like Nazi insignia laid over the stars and stripes. Nor do they...