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Amazon AWS – an embarrassing collapse?
Whilst comparing online data backup services, I looked at Amazon’s AWS service for Spain. Clicking on the 99.99999% reliability – more information link showed me this : Fair enough. Today at 12:24, in case anyone is interested.
Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, eBay, Microsoft & Yahoo paid just a million in tax

Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, eBay, Microsoft & Yahoo paid a combined total of 1.251.608 euros in tax last year in Spain. Not news, after the UK fuss, but it seems to have shocked Spain. They follow the usual protocol of just having a local subsidary to look after advertising, merchants, etc in the country, but booking all revenue offshore. What’s worse, is that they have a very small combined staff in Spain. Meaning that, unlike the Continue reading Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, eBay, Microsoft & Yahoo paid just a million in tax
Amazon spain open
Amazon, the online book and goods website has finally launched amazon.es for the Spanish market. No Kindle as yet… Posted from WordPress for Android – mobile blogging!
The Kindle is almost here
For those of us that aren’t unemployed, it’s worth noting that the new Amazon Kindle is now on pre-order in the UK – ours are on order, are yours?