Yung Wu Contributor Yung Wu is the CEO of MaRS Discovery District, a Toronto-based innovation hub. More posts by this contributor To actually change the world, Big Tech needs to grow up The cancellation of Amazon’s planned expansion in New York exposes the truth about its HQ2 promises. In the end, the company seemed mainly […]
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Amazon could have helped a city that needed it. Instead, it screwed everybody.
Many New Yorkers are cheering Amazon’s decision to abandon its plans for another headquarters in Queens. But its decision to scuttle plans for an HQ2 altogether rubs salt in the wounds of smaller cities hoping to become the next Silicon Valley. …
View More Amazon could have helped a city that needed it. Instead, it screwed everybody.New York politicians slam Amazon as it drops HQ2 plan
Like the initial HQ2 plan, today’s news that Amazon will no longer be setting up shop in Queens has been met with a flood of mixed reactions. Business advocacy and real estate are decrying the retail giant’s decision to pack up and leave. I know I’ve been flooded with responses from various corners all afternoon. […]
View More New York politicians slam Amazon as it drops HQ2 planDid New York lose anything with Amazon’s rejection? It’s complicated.
Now that Amazon has said that it’s taking its ball and going home rather than deal with mean, pushy New Yorkers, outside observers are giving off the sense that the city (and its local politicians) are losing out for their recalcitrance. They’re wrong. New York City is running at about a 4.3% unemployment rate — […]
View More Did New York lose anything with Amazon’s rejection? It’s complicated.The joke’s on us: Amazon still made out like a bandit
Even when Amazon loses, it still wins.
The corporate behemoth announced Feb. 14 that it had abandoned its plan to open offices in Long Island City, Queens. In the face of local opposition to the proposed massive development and approximately $3 billion in government incentives, the company issued a statement bemoaning its newly found status as the unpopular kid in town — telling the world that it would take its ball and go home.
But here’s the thing: Even without New York bending over backward to accommodate its every helipad-laden whim, the company still made out like a bandit following the so-called HQ2 search. Because when it comes to Amazon, it’s all about that data — which in this case happens to be something government officials handed over in droves. Read more…
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Amazon’s NYC educational investments will continue, despite cancellation of New York HQ2
Amazon’s plans to invest in New York area engineering training programs and other local educational initiatives are not being canceled, despite Amazon’s announcement today that it will no longer open one of its HQ2 locations in New York City. The retailer decided to end its plans for the New York headquarters after significant backlash from local […]
View More Amazon’s NYC educational investments will continue, despite cancellation of New York HQ2HQ2 fight continues as New York City and Seattle officials hold anti-Amazon summit
The heated debate around Amazon’s recently announced Long Island City “HQ2” is showing no signs of cooling down. On Monday morning, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) hosted a briefing in which labor officials, economic development analysts, Amazon employees and elected New York State and City representatives further underlined concerns around the HQ2 […]
View More HQ2 fight continues as New York City and Seattle officials hold anti-Amazon summitAnother rumor hints at Amazon’s HQ2 landing in northern Virginia
It’s been a while since we checked in on the race to land Amazon’s highly-coveted HQ2 but a new rumor reinforces the possibility that northern Virginia could be the place Jeff Bezos lands his corporate behemoth’s new home.
A report by the Washi…
For several cities, Amazon’s HQ2 rejection was a kick in the butt to do better
As Amazon moves forward in its HQ2 selection process, it’s acting like a really, really considerate ex as it lets down the cities that didn’t make the cut.
Amazon held calls with multiple cities whose requests for proposals it turned down, according …
An Amazon HQ2 clue? Strange web traffic hints at interest in this one county
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The county board members of Arlington, Virginia might be doing a happy dance right about now, because it looks like Amazon is researching the shortlisted “Northern Virginia” area as a possible location for its second headquarters, HQ2.
Thanks to some seriously top-notch sleuthing from local news source ARLnow.com, the outlet figured out that one of its articles was receiving an unusually high amount of traffic from an internal page featured on Amazon.com — one that is not visible to the public.
The article Amazon employees were viewing? A December 2017 article about Arlington’s environmental building accolades. The piece, entitled “County Wins Top Environmental Award from U.S. Green Building Council,” received over 6,000 page views and 3,500 unique visitors who were referred from an Amazon web page that cannot be reached normal public. The page is presumably only available to Amazon employees through an intranet. Read more…
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New study predicts Atlanta has best shot at becoming Amazon’s HQ2
A demographic and place data firm has ranked Amazon’s HQ2 top 20 picks across a number of factors to predict which city the tech giant will choose for its new headquarters. The firm, Sperling BestPlaces, has had a fairly good track record with its prior picks – 15 of its top 20 picks made Amazon’s short list, including its top 11. This time around, it’s putting… Read More
Amazon releases shortlist of 20 cities still in the running for HQ2
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It’s been a few months since the deadline passed to apply for Amazon’s second world headquarters — and all the jobs and economy boosts that come with it — and the tech behemoth has finally released its shortlist, a group of 20 cities still in the running.
In a blog post, Amazon even took care to publish a map since it’s 2018 and many Americans are probably still not entirely sure where Pittsburgh is or if Denver is actually real. Read more…
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