C. Janine Hodge

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Microsoft’s bid for ailing Yahoo. As mentioned, it is certainly a situation to monitor, due to the potential implications if Microsoft acquires Yahoo. The stand-off wages on…

On the morning of February 15, 2008, Amazon’s S3 service suffered an outage. It was resolved in a matter of hours, but affected a notable number of services and businesses.

Following Yahoo’s recent release of information regarding its earnings, and the anticipation of massive lay-offs, Microsoft extended a nearly $45 billion deal to “help” Yahoo. Some interesting coverage and debate on this development can be found here, here, and here.

Amazon has long been a force with which to contend in the world of online retail. Now, they are trying to step things up a notch, apparently by competing with Paypal. One of Amazon’s newest venture is the new payment service TextPayMe.
The TextPayMe FAQ description opens thusly:
The TextPayMe service is powered by Amazon […]