Tag: Amazon
“UFO Detector” sold on Amazon gets four-stars and some hilarious customer reviews
Advertised on Amazon as a “UFO-02 Detector, magnetometer interfaced with micro controller for detecting magnetic anomalies”, the little gizmo sold by Images SI Inc. has managed to garner a four-star rating (on 104 reviews) and a ton of hilarious customer reviews worthy of Reddit. According to the manufacturer, the UFO Detector is “designed to sense…
Amazon delivery drones – skeet shooting with prizes
Amazon – we attempted a drone delivery
Deliveries by unmanned aircraft (UAV’s or drones) – a reality in the making or head in the clouds idea?
When 60 Minutes broke the well-timed Cyber Monday story that Amazon intended to offer product deliveries with a 30-minute turnaround time using automated flying drones, people wondered, can this be true? Could drones be used to make personal deliveries to our homes? In short, yes, it can, and will be done – and the FAA…
The world’s elite meet at annual “off the record” Bilderberg Conference in UK – met by jeers from protesters.
Seems like the secretive “off the record” Bilderberg group has finally caught the eye of the general public as more than 140 of the world’s most powerful leaders and richest businessmen met at the luxurious Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire, UK for the four-day Bilderberg Conference, sparking protests around the hotel as spectators gathered to jeer…
Amazon improves Cloud Drive – new version allows file synchronization (but doesn’t support Android or iOS yet)
Amazon today announced the availability of their improved Amazon Cloud Drive cloud storage service. The new version of Amazon Cloud Drive allows file synchronization via a desktop app for Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8, and Mac OS 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8. No word on when support for Android, iOS, or other mobile platforms will…
Amazon announces “Coins” – its own “virtual currency” to be introduced in May 2013
It’s going to be interesting to see what direction Amazon takes with its newly announced virtual currency – “Coins”. The new concept could be promotional in nature, or possibly used to Amazon’s benefit by promoting customer loyalty and/or reeling in app developers and locking them in to Amazon’s App Store platform. Amazon Coins are a…
Man calls police when Amazon package arrives on his doorstep
From the “Doh!” archives, an Ohio man recently called the police when a suspicious package arrived on his doorstep. Here’s the clipped article that explains it all.
Amazon’s US-East data center agony – takes Netflix offline for 18 hours on Christmas Eve
Amazon’s US-East Region 1 data center is a popular choice for their ELB (Elastic Load Balancing) service because it’s cheap and typically is the first data center to get new services when Amazon rolls them out. It also tends to be a headache for US-East customers who rely on its CDN delivery network. On Christmas…
