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Amazon unveils contactless device to monitor breathing while sleeping

Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday announced a contactless gadget that can monitor people's sleep, along with updates to its lineup of voice-controlled devices and e-readers

Amazon.com unveils device that tracks how you breathe while sleeping

Amazon said the $139.99 sleep device, known as Halo Rise, tracks room temperature, humidity and light, plus the breathing patterns of the person closest to it

There's a sea change in public sector cloud in India: AWS' Rahul Sharma

Digital India's mindset acted as a catalyst to bring this transformation of citizen-facing services, says Rahul Sharma, Regional Head, AWS India

Tier-2 & 3 regions are goldmines for e-commerce firms: Amazon India V-P

Amazon India has witnessed a significant demand for services from Tier-1 and Tier-2 regions for its flagship sale event

E-com giants clock $3.5 billion in first four days of festival sales

For the first 4 days, an estimated Rs 11,000 crore worth of mobiles were sold from the large e-commerce players - In terms of units, 60-70 lakh mobiles were sold in the first 4 days

Nokia T10 tablet with Unisoc T606 processor launched in India: Details here

The Nokia T10 (Wi-Fi) is available exclusively on Amazon and Nokia online store. It comes in 3GB+32GB and 4GB+64GB configurations at Rs 11,799 and Rs 12,799, respectively

Amazon plans second Prime Day in appeal to deal-hungry shoppers

Many consumers, meanwhile, are planning to cut back because higher food and fuel costs have left them with less to spend.

1.6 mn users per second on Flipkart app as 'Big Billion Days' sales kick in

Early trends indicate that the overall consumer sentiment towards festive shopping is positive

HC puts in abeyance CCPA order against Flipkart for selling faulty cooker

The Delhi High Court on Friday put in abeyance an order of the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) asking online marketplace Flipkart to recall certain sold pressure cookers that allegedly did not meet quality standards. While directing that Flipkart's petition against the CCPA order be tagged along with a similar plea by e-commerce giant Amazon, Justice Yashwant Varma asked Flipkart to deposit the penalty of Rs 1 lakh imposed on it by CCPA and also notify the buyers of all the pressure cookers in question. The court sought CCPA's response to the plea by Flipkart and said the interim order which was passed in Amazon's case will also be extended the present matter. The petitioner is entitled to the interim relief (as granted to Amazon earlier) on identical terms, the court said. On September 20, the court had kept in abeyance a CCPA order passed against Amazon for allegedly selling domestic pressure cookers that did not meet quality standards. It had asked Amazon to depos

Amazon claims to sale of 1 mn unique products of SMBs, startup in 36 hrs

E-commerce firm Amazon on Friday claimed to have recorded sale of 10 lakh unique products offered by small and medium business, startups etc from its platform during the first 36 hours of festive season sale. The company's festive season sale "Great Indian Festival" started from September 22 as it gave early access to paid users. The company said that its Prime users, who are paid members, grew 1.9 times than last year and 68 per cent of the total new sign ups were from Tier 2 and 3 cities. "It is encouraging to witness small and medium businesses, startups, artisans, women entrepreneurs offer a wide selection of products to our customer across India. We are humbled by the increase in new Prime member sign ups and customers shopping across categories as they trust Amazon as their preferred online shopping destination," said Manish Tiwary, Vice President & Country Manager, India Consumer Business, Amazon. According to Amazon, customers showed preference for television brands like ..

Reliance Retail's JioMart begins a month-long festival season sale

JioMart will host two sales during this time- Tyohaar Ready Sale and the Bestival Sale

Amazon India extends four-hour delivery to 50 cities and towns

Company says service for its Prime members creates job opportunities

As managers, workers clash on WFH, companies resort to surveillance tools

A Microsoft survey revealed that 87 per cent of bosses say that the workers worked less efficiently from home as compared to the office, and 80 per cent of workers said otherwise

E-com firms ramp up hiring delivery staff to meet festival season demand

Companies such as Flipkart, Amazon, Meesho and Myntra are gearing up to host their biggest festive sale events without covid restrictions for the first time in three years

Amazon, Flipkart HQs get battle-ready: Draw up sales strategy in war rooms

E-commerce firms are also bringing in various technology interventions that will help them handle the scale of business this season and enhance customer experience

WhatsApp Pay India head Manesh Mahatme quits, joins Amazon: Report

Mahatme's exit comes at a critical time for Whatsapp, which is seeking to ramp up its payments service in a highly competitive market

Amazon draws roadmap for 100% dependence on renewable energy by 2025

Amazon also announced it was expanding its renewable energy portfolio globally, with an additional 2.7 gigawatt (Gw) of clean energy capacity across 71 new renewable energy projects

Amazon drives renewable energy push with 71 new projects

The new projects include three large-scale plants in Rajasthan with a capacity of 420 megawatts, rooftop solar projects in France and Austria, and its first solar farm in Poland

Samsung announces discounts on smartphones ahead of festive season sale

The South Korean electronics maker is offering discounts of up to 57 per cent on smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G, Galaxy S22 series, Galaxy F13 and Galaxy F23 5G

HC puts in abeyance CCPA order asking Amazon to recall pressure cookers

The Delhi High Court Tuesday kept in abeyance an order of the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) asking US-based e-commerce giant Amazon to recall sold domestic pressure cookers that did not meet quality standards. The high court, however, asked Amazon to deposit within a week Rs one lakh penalty imposed on Amazon by CCPA for selling cookers, which violate mandatory standards, on its platform. Justice Yashwant Varma said Amazon shall be liable to notify buyers of all these 2,265 pressure cookers that these items do not meet the required quality standards. The high court said the issues raised in the petition require consideration and till the next date of hearing, while the petitioner (Amazon) shall be liable to notify buyers of 2,265 pressure cookers, the CCPA order on recall of products and reimbursement of prices to buyers is placed in abeyance. The high court, which listed the matter for further hearing on November 16, asked CCPA to file its response to Amazon's ...