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AWS Outage Interrupts Web Service for Spotify, Square And Others

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An Amazon Web Services outage affected the digital presence and operations of dozens of companies Wednesday (Nov 25) as one of the subsystems of the massive web operations platform failed. Kinesis, as described on the AWS site is “a massively scalable and durable real-time data streaming service.

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B2B Venture Capital: Corporate Social Media, Marijuana Procurement, and Big Data

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This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. PYMNTS breaks down the $24 million in venture capital raised.

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Facebook Could Lose Accreditation Of Media Rating Council

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advertisers probably won’t “like” its subpar rating from a media industry watchdog. The Media Rating Council (MRC) review found that the California-based social media giant has failed to address advertisers’ concerns arising from an Ernst & Young audit over how it measures and reports data about video advertisements. .

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FTC Could Hear Testimony From Facebook’s Zuckerberg, Sandberg

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Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate has violated U.S. antitrust laws, sources told The Wall Street Journal. billion global users. states and the DOJ.

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Whole Paycheck: Walmart Adds To Last Mile Services With JoyRun Acquisition

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25, an Amazon Web Services outage affected the digital presence and operations of dozens of companies. We have restored all traffic to Kinesis Data Streams via all endpoints and it is now operating normally. All other services are operating normally. On Wednesday Nov.

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Deep Dive: Digital-First Banks Harness The Power Of Data Analytics

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Financial institutions (FIs) face a perennial challenge in their day-to-day operations — convincing customers to use their products and services rather than a competitor’s. Banks can even harness external regulatory, trading and social media engagement data, all of which can be processed and analyzed to benefit their operations.

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Facebook's Libra Hires HSBC Veteran As Managing Director

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The Libra Association has named James Emmett as managing director of Libra Networks, the association’s operating company subsidiary. Emmett previously was the top executive of HSBC Bank plc and Europe, where he was responsible for HSBC's UK Wholesale Bank and operations across Continental Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Bermuda.