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In years past, we have surveyed some of our customers to learn more about where they would like to see us take AWS. This year we have decided to open up the survey to all readers of this blog. I would like to invite all our customers and prospects to fill up our 2009 AWS […]

The popular AWS Toolkit for Eclipse now supports Amazon SimpleDB. Designed for version 3.5 of Eclipse and building on top of the Eclipse Data Tools Platform, the toolkit provides complete management support for SimpleDB. After opening Eclipse, you simply choose the Database Development Perspective, connect to SimpleDB using your AWS access identifiers, and view your […]

We’re kicking off the third annual AWS Start-Up Challenge now. We’re looking for the hottest and coolest start-ups and start-up ideas. Developers and entrepreneurs in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Israel are encouraged to enter for a chance to win $50,000 in cash, $50,000 in AWS credits, mentoring sessions from AWS technical experts, […]

The very first Amazon Job Fair in Second Life will take place on Tuesday July 14th and will run from 6 AM to Midnight, PST. This free event is a unique opportunity for candidates to have direct access to hiring managers and recruiters from around the world. Amazon is looking for all levels of technical […]

  Of the many things I love about AWS, I will mention three of my favorites in this blog post: AWS does not force developers to use any particular programming model, language, or operating system. AWS does not force developers to use the entire suite of services – they can use any of our infrastructure services individually […]

The AWS Management Console has a brand new tab: This new tab contains full support for Amazon CloudFront. You can start distributing your content in minutes. You don’t need to make a long term commitment and you don’t need to download a client application. It is now even easier to access CloudFront in pay-as-you-go fashion. […]

Gowalla is a location-based iPhone game. Currently focused on Austin, Boston, New York, and San Francisco, the application runs on any iPhone 3G with the location-based services turned on. You use Gowalla to collect “virtual souvenirs” by visiting specified locations in each city, neatly combining the virtual and the real worlds. A product of Alamofire, […]

S3Stat now has the ability to analyze the logs generated by Amazon CloudFront using the venerable Webalizer package. With your permission, S3Stat will enable CloudFront logging for the distributions of your choice. It will then run Webalizer each day and deposit the report in S3 for easy browsing. Of course, as the name implies, you […]