Tag: Google Cloud
Amazon Web Services’ quarterly revenue jumps 32% year on year
As one of Amazon's strongest-growing business segments, Amazon Web Services witnessed a surge in revenue in the last year. According to data presented by BuyShares.co.uk, AWS generated cloud computing and hosting revenues of around $13.5bn in the first quarter of 2021, a 32% jump year-on-year. AWS Annual Revenue Rose by 30% YoY Amid Pandemic One of…
Waze to share traffic data with transport authorities
An example of traffic data gathered from Waze Mapping service Waze is to make data gathered from across the UK accessible to local authorities to help them plan transport upgrades in the future. The tech firm’s maps use crowd-sourced data from users to update on traffic conditions and other live…
Nokia moves phone data centres to Europe for improved security
Nokia is to move its phone data centres from Asia to Europe as part of a company plan to better protect customer data. The centres, which store Nokia device activation and performance data, are to be moved to Hamina in Finland, with the firm saying the move will improve the speed of updates to phones…
Google Drive Dropbox cloud rival to launch next week?
Google's long-awaited cloud-storage service looks set to launch next week according to a newly uncovered leaked press release that made its way to The Next Web. Google's Dropbox rival, often nicknamed the G-Drive in lieu of an official name, will…
