Peter Kafka in News on October 31, 2011 at 12:57 pm PT
Billions! On iCloud, maybe. Or solar farms. Or much less sexy but important things. Like, you know, factories and stuff.
John Paczkowski in News on May 19, 2011 at 1:20 pm PT
A new and interesting development in Apple’s evolving data center strategy. The company has reportedly purchased some additional data center capacity at a new facility Dupont Fabros is building in Santa Clara, Calif.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 6, 2011 at 11:42 am PT
Apple’s new cloud-based iteration of iTunes will need some serious data storage. According to one report, the company has turned to the newly acquired EMC unit Isilon Systems to get it, and in a big way.
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Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 4, 2011 at 11:55 am PT
Overstock.com
is no longer using affiliate advertising in four states to protest upcoming laws that will require online retailers to collect sales tax if they are marketing within state boundaries. The states are Rhode Island, New York, North Carolina and Illinois. Online retailers typically do not collect sales tax from customers in states where they do not have a physical presence, but the interpretation of presence is getting broader as states seek new revenue. Overstock will instead market directly to residents in those states by giving customers a credit worth about $30. In all,
Overstock said, the program could cost about $4.5 million.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 23, 2011 at 4:50 am PT
Scheduled to go live sometime this spring, Apple’s 505,000-square-foot North Carolina data center is, according to COO Tim Cook, intended to support iTunes and MobileMe. But we don’t yet know in what capacity, and Cook’s remark, which is at once unambiguous and utterly cryptic, leaves plenty of room for speculation. And theories about the potential capabilities of this new facility abound.
Stu Woo, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 11, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Amazon.com Inc.’s battle with state governments over sales taxes is escalating.
The online retailer on Thursday took action in Illinois, as it had threatened to do, to counter a new law aimed at forcing online retailers to collect sales taxes in the state. Hawaii, North Carolina and Rhode Island have enacted similar laws, and California is weighing action.
John Paczkowski in News on February 23, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT
Apple’s finally getting ready to light up its North Carolina data center. Asked about the facility during the company’s shareholder meeting today, COO Tim Cook said it’s on track to open this spring.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 29, 2011 at 12:53 pm PT
Demand Media and its peers pay lots of writers small sums in order to generate lots and lots of content, with the help of computers. But you can do it for even less if you eliminate the writers altogether.
Peter Kafka in Media on November 15, 2010 at 10:20 am PT
What’s Apple planning at its iTunes announcement tomorrow? Good question!
But I’ll be very surprised if it is music related–like a new music subscription service, or even one that lets you stream music you already own to multiple devices.
John Paczkowski in News on November 11, 2010 at 10:50 am PT
Add Facebook to the list of tech titans building data centers in North Carolina. The social networking phenom today said it plans to build a $450 million data center in Rutherford County, N.C.–about 65 miles west of Charlotte.
