Comments on: Amazon finally reveals itself as the Matrix http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/ Startup and Technology News Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Powerset Testing Results At Mechanical Turk http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-1688806 Powerset Testing Results At Mechanical Turk Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:57:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-1688806 [...] reader noticed that stealth search engine Powerset is using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service to gauge user reactions to search [...] [...] reader noticed that stealth search engine Powerset is using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service to gauge user reactions to search [...]

]]> By: Amazon S3 Reaches 5 Billion Stored Objects http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-1334420 Amazon S3 Reaches 5 Billion Stored Objects Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:25:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-1334420 [...] our related coverage of other Amazon web services - EC2 and Mechanical Turk. I also had a podcast discussion with Jeff Bezos last November about Amazon’s web services [...] [...] our related coverage of other Amazon web services - EC2 and Mechanical Turk. I also had a podcast discussion with Jeff Bezos last November about Amazon’s web services [...]

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]]> By: Angeline JoVan http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-883523 Angeline JoVan Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:29:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-883523 Please help search for Jim Gray, Microsoft scientist and my dear friend. You won't get paid, but you might save a life. thanks - angeline Please help search for Jim Gray, Microsoft scientist and my dear friend. You won’t get paid, but you might save a life. thanks - angeline

]]> By: Hats off to Amazon at Starting Up by Rahul Pathak http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-864008 Hats off to Amazon at Starting Up by Rahul Pathak Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:32:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-864008 [...] The fact that Jim Gray is missing is tragic and I hope he’s found safely soon, but hats off to Amazon for bringing their resoures to table in an attempt to help find him. From Michael Arrington’s post on Techcrunch: Then Amazon stepped in. They arranged for a satellite sweep of the area and stored the images on their S3 storage service. They then created a task on their Mechanical Turk service to allow volunteers to scan the images to look for the boat. It’s a tough task - the boat would only be about six pixels in size in an image, and there was a lot of cloud cover obscuring large parts of the area scanned. But volunteers are pouring in to help out. [...] [...] The fact that Jim Gray is missing is tragic and I hope he’s found safely soon, but hats off to Amazon for bringing their resoures to table in an attempt to help find him. From Michael Arrington’s post on Techcrunch: Then Amazon stepped in. They arranged for a satellite sweep of the area and stored the images on their S3 storage service. They then created a task on their Mechanical Turk service to allow volunteers to scan the images to look for the boat. It’s a tough task - the boat would only be about six pixels in size in an image, and there was a lot of cloud cover obscuring large parts of the area scanned. But volunteers are pouring in to help out. [...]

]]> By: Help Find Jim Gray With Web 2.0 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-863805 Help Find Jim Gray With Web 2.0 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:52:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-863805 [...] Then Amazon stepped in. They arranged for a satellite sweep of the area and stored the images on their S3 storage service. They then created a task on their Mechanical Turk service to allow volunteers to scan the images to look for the boat. It’s a tough task - the boat would only be about six pixels in size in an image, and there was a lot of cloud cover obscuring large parts of the area scanned. But volunteers are pouring in to help out. [...] [...] Then Amazon stepped in. They arranged for a satellite sweep of the area and stored the images on their S3 storage service. They then created a task on their Mechanical Turk service to allow volunteers to scan the images to look for the boat. It’s a tough task - the boat would only be about six pixels in size in an image, and there was a lot of cloud cover obscuring large parts of the area scanned. But volunteers are pouring in to help out. [...]

]]> By: iMicro.mobi » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-704802 iMicro.mobi » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) Sat, 13 Jan 2007 22:21:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-704802 [...] Amazon launched Mechanical Turk, which makes it possible for a startup to do this as a service without worrying about finding translators. A site called Podtranscript launched but has since died and is now pointing to an expired domain landing page. CastingWords, another service, seems to be going strong. They charge $0.42 per minute. [...] [...] Amazon launched Mechanical Turk, which makes it possible for a startup to do this as a service without worrying about finding translators. A site called Podtranscript launched but has since died and is now pointing to an expired domain landing page. CastingWords, another service, seems to be going strong. They charge $0.42 per minute. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch en français » Chacha, pour chercher à 2 http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-701894 TechCrunch en français » Chacha, pour chercher à 2 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:43:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-701894 [...] La société, basée à Indianapolis, a annoncé un premier tour de financement de 6 millions de dollars, ce qui inclut un une participation de Jeff Bezos via Bezos Expeditions fund ( le même fonds qui a investi dans 37 signals). C’est un cas parfait pour le service Mechanical Turk d’Amazon, et je m’attends à ce qu’Amazon utilise ce service un jour pour ses guides de recherches. [...] [...] La société, basée à Indianapolis, a annoncé un premier tour de financement de 6 millions de dollars, ce qui inclut un une participation de Jeff Bezos via Bezos Expeditions fund ( le même fonds qui a investi dans 37 signals). C’est un cas parfait pour le service Mechanical Turk d’Amazon, et je m’attends à ce qu’Amazon utilise ce service un jour pour ses guides de recherches. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » さびしがり屋の検索人のための検索マシン http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-680931 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » さびしがり屋の検索人のための検索マシン Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:01:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-680931 [...] インディアナポリスに拠点を置く同社は、本日（米国時間1/8）$6M（600万ドル）のラウンド調達を発表した。出資にはJeff Bezosが（37 Signalsに出資した ）Bezos Expeditions基金を通して加わっている。アマゾンのMechanical Turkサービスに取り込むにはぴったりのサービスだろう。たぶん、この先、検索ガイドにあのサービスを採用することになるかもしれない。 [...] [...] インディアナポリスに拠点を置く同社は、本日（米国時間1/8）$6M（600万ドル）のラウンド調達を発表した。出資にはJeff Bezosが（37 Signalsに出資した ）Bezos Expeditions基金を通して加わっている。アマゾンのMechanical Turkサービスに取り込むにはぴったりのサービスだろう。たぶん、この先、検索ガイドにあのサービスを採用することになるかもしれない。 [...]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » A Place For Lonely Searchers http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-680445 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » A Place For Lonely Searchers Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:51:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-680445 [...] The company, which is based in Indianapolis, announced a $6 million round of financing today that included an investment by Jeff Bezos through his Bezos Expeditions fund (the same fund that invested in 37 Signals). This is a perfect fit for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk product, and I expect the company will be using that service at some point for the search guides. [...] [...] The company, which is based in Indianapolis, announced a $6 million round of financing today that included an investment by Jeff Bezos through his Bezos Expeditions fund (the same fund that invested in 37 Signals). This is a perfect fit for Amazon’s Mechanical Turk product, and I expect the company will be using that service at some point for the search guides. [...]

]]> By: New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS” http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-679744 New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS” Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:37:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-679744 [...] Amazon’s web services unit (see our discussion of Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)) has been making waves this year, and a number of high profile startups are using one or more services to speed deployment time and save money. In a recent interview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses Amazon’s strategy around their Web Services unit. [...] [...] Amazon’s web services unit (see our discussion of Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)) has been making waves this year, and a number of high profile startups are using one or more services to speed deployment time and save money. In a recent interview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses Amazon’s strategy around their Web Services unit. [...]

]]> By: Wu Di @ Myth » Arrington’s Xmas Gift http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-604445 Wu Di @ Myth » Arrington’s Xmas Gift Wed, 27 Dec 2006 06:07:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-604445 [...] Amazon launched Mechanical Turk, which makes it possible for a startup to do this as a service without worrying about finding translators. A site called Podtranscript launched but has since died and is now pointing to an expired domain landing page. CastingWords, another service, seems to be going strong. They charge $0.42 per minute. [...] [...] Amazon launched Mechanical Turk, which makes it possible for a startup to do this as a service without worrying about finding translators. A site called Podtranscript launched but has since died and is now pointing to an expired domain landing page. CastingWords, another service, seems to be going strong. They charge $0.42 per minute. [...]

]]> By: Gadgets.multiplayer.ro » Blog Archive » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-599198 Gadgets.multiplayer.ro » Blog Archive » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) Tue, 26 Dec 2006 10:14:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-599198 [...] Amazon launched Mechanical Turk, which makes it possible for a startup to do this as a service without worrying about finding translators. A site called Podtranscript launched but has since died and is now pointing to an expired domain landing page. CastingWords, another service, seems to be going strong. They charge $0.42 per minute. [...] [...] Amazon launched Mechanical Turk, which makes it possible for a startup to do this as a service without worrying about finding translators. A site called Podtranscript launched but has since died and is now pointing to an expired domain landing page. CastingWords, another service, seems to be going strong. They charge $0.42 per minute. [...]

]]> By: A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-592946 A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:11:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-592946 [...] Amazon launched Mechanical Turk, which makes it possible for a startup to do this as a service without worrying about finding translators. A site called Podtranscript launched but has since died and is now pointing to an expired domain landing page. CastingWords, another service, seems to be going strong. They charge $0.42 per minute. [...] [...] Amazon launched Mechanical Turk, which makes it possible for a startup to do this as a service without worrying about finding translators. A site called Podtranscript launched but has since died and is now pointing to an expired domain landing page. CastingWords, another service, seems to be going strong. They charge $0.42 per minute. [...]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-592905 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » A Year Later: The Companies I Wanted To Profile (but didn’t exist) Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:02:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-592905 [...] Amazon launched Mechanical Turk, which makes it possible for a startup to do this as a service without worrying about finding translators. A site called Podtranscript launched but has since died and is now pointing to an expired domain landing page. CastingWords, another service, seems to be going strong. They charge $0.42 per minute. [...] [...] Amazon launched Mechanical Turk, which makes it possible for a startup to do this as a service without worrying about finding translators. A site called Podtranscript launched but has since died and is now pointing to an expired domain landing page. CastingWords, another service, seems to be going strong. They charge $0.42 per minute. [...]

]]> By: Amazon Askville Launches With Dungeons & Dragons Angle at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-502286 Amazon Askville Launches With Dungeons & Dragons Angle at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:53:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-502286 [...] Amazon is also guaranteeing that every legitimate question will be answered - they are using their Mechanical Turk web service and will pay people to answer questions if no other users choose to respond. [...] [...] Amazon is also guaranteeing that every legitimate question will be answered - they are using their Mechanical Turk web service and will pay people to answer questions if no other users choose to respond. [...]

]]> By: New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS” » JenIT http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-500099 New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS” » JenIT Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:21:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-500099 [...] Amazon’s web services unit (see our discussion of Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)) has been making waves this year, and a number of high profile startups are using one or more services to speed deployment time and save money. In a recent interview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses Amazon’s strategy around their Web Services unit. [...] [...] Amazon’s web services unit (see our discussion of Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)) has been making waves this year, and a number of high profile startups are using one or more services to speed deployment time and save money. In a recent interview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses Amazon’s strategy around their Web Services unit. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch en français » Amazon prépare en secret un nouveau service web http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-472005 TechCrunch en français » Amazon prépare en secret un nouveau service web Sat, 02 Dec 2006 06:19:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-472005 [...] Les services Web d’Amazon (dont Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) et Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) que nous avons couvert) ont fait du bruit depuis leur lancement et pas mal de startups en vues les utilisent afin d’accélérer le déploiement d’applications et faire des économies. En France aussi d’autres startups utilisent ces services. Dans une interview récente Jeff Bezos discutait avec nous de la stratégie de sa société autour des services Web. [...] [...] Les services Web d’Amazon (dont Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) et Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) que nous avons couvert) ont fait du bruit depuis leur lancement et pas mal de startups en vues les utilisent afin d’accélérer le déploiement d’applications et faire des économies. En France aussi d’autres startups utilisent ces services. Dans une interview récente Jeff Bezos discutait avec nous de la stratégie de sa société autour des services Web. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 新Amazon Web Serviceが近日登場：“SDS” http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-470651 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 新Amazon Web Serviceが近日登場：“SDS” Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:57:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-470651 [...] Amazonのウェブサービスユニット（過去エントリはこちら：Mechanical Turk、Simple Storage Service[S3]、Elastic Compute Cloud [EC2]）は今年大きな波に乗っており、有力なスタートアップ企業が多数このサービスを利用して展開所要時間の短縮と節約に役立てている。TalkCrunch最新インタビューではAmazon CEOのJeff Bezosが同社のウェブサービス部門の戦略について語っている。 [...] [...] Amazonのウェブサービスユニット（過去エントリはこちら：Mechanical Turk、Simple Storage Service[S3]、Elastic Compute Cloud [EC2]）は今年大きな波に乗っており、有力なスタートアップ企業が多数このサービスを利用して展開所要時間の短縮と節約に役立てている。TalkCrunch最新インタビューではAmazon CEOのJeff Bezosが同社のウェブサービス部門の戦略について語っている。 [...]

]]> By: New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS” at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-469901 New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS” at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:15:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-469901 [...] Amazon’s web services unit (see our discussion of Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)) has been making waves this year, and a number of high profile startups are using one or more services to speed deployment time and save money. In a recent interview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses Amazon’s strategy around their Web Services unit. [...] [...] Amazon’s web services unit (see our discussion of Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)) has been making waves this year, and a number of high profile startups are using one or more services to speed deployment time and save money. In a recent interview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses Amazon’s strategy around their Web Services unit. [...]

]]> By: New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS” at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-469839 New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS” at Swiss Podcast Directory and Blog Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:57:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-469839 [...] Amazon’s web services unit (see our discussion of Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)) has been making waves this year, and a number of high profile startups are using one or more services to speed deployment time and save money. In a recent interview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses Amazon’s strategy around their Web Services unit. [...] [...] Amazon’s web services unit (see our discussion of Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)) has been making waves this year, and a number of high profile startups are using one or more services to speed deployment time and save money. In a recent interview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses Amazon’s strategy around their Web Services unit. [...]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS” http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-469791 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » New Amazon Web Service Coming: “SDS” Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:40:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-469791 [...] Amazon’s web services unit (see our discussion of Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)) has been making waves this year, and a number of high profile startups are using one or more services to speed deployment time and save money. In a recent interview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses Amazon’s strategy around their Web Services unit. [...] [...] Amazon’s web services unit (see our discussion of Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)) has been making waves this year, and a number of high profile startups are using one or more services to speed deployment time and save money. In a recent interview, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos discusses Amazon’s strategy around their Web Services unit. [...]

]]> By: manarde http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-401815 manarde Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:54:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-401815 Brilliant. Brilliant.

]]> By: TechCrunch en français » Entretien avec Jeff Bezos sur les Web Services d’Amazon http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-392423 TechCrunch en français » Entretien avec Jeff Bezos sur les Web Services d’Amazon Wed, 15 Nov 2006 11:59:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-392423 [...] Un moment après que Jeff Bezos ai quitté la conférence Web 2.0 de la semaine dernière, Michael Arrington a réussi à lui parler pendant quelques minutes des ambitions d’Amazon sur les web services. Jeff souligne que de nouveaux services comme Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) et Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) vont être les valeurs clés de leur businness dans l’avenir et qu’ils plantent les graines de cela maintenant. [...] [...] Un moment après que Jeff Bezos ai quitté la conférence Web 2.0 de la semaine dernière, Michael Arrington a réussi à lui parler pendant quelques minutes des ambitions d’Amazon sur les web services. Jeff souligne que de nouveaux services comme Mechanical Turk, Simple Storage Service (S3) et Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) vont être les valeurs clés de leur businness dans l’avenir et qu’ils plantent les graines de cela maintenant. [...]

]]> By: Naff’s Net » The Strategic Value of Amazon’s Web Services http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/11/04/amazon-finally-shows-itself-as-the-matrix/#comment-389591 Naff’s Net » The Strategic Value of Amazon’s Web Services Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:37:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=367#comment-389591 [...] Jeff Bezos’ talk on Amazon’s Web Services at Web 2.0 got plenty of tech press, and generally generated excitement among the development community. However, many in the business community don’t grasp the strategic significance of Amazon’s push into web services that are further afield from Amazon’s core ecommerce service like storage (S3), computational power (EC2) and manpower (mTurk). Techcrunch ran a good interview with Bezos immediately after the conference (a transcript of the recording would be nice). [...] [...] Jeff Bezos’ talk on Amazon’s Web Services at Web 2.0 got plenty of tech press, and generally generated excitement among the development community. However, many in the business community don’t grasp the strategic significance of Amazon’s push into web services that are further afield from Amazon’s core ecommerce service like storage (S3), computational power (EC2) and manpower (mTurk). Techcrunch ran a good interview with Bezos immediately after the conference (a transcript of the recording would be nice). [...]

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