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Jeff Bezos’s rocket company sent ‘Mannequin Skywalker’ to the edge of space

sudshr47 December 13, 2017

Blue Origin is back at it again.

The rocket company — backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — just announced the completion of its seventh rocket test and landing of its suborbital New Shepard rocket and capsule in Texas on Tuesday.

And they have the snazzy video to prove it.

The highly-produced video shows the relatively small, newly-upgraded rocket fly to 322,032 feet above Earth’s surface, delivering the capsule — complete with huge new windows — to space. Both the rocket and the capsule then landed softly back on Earth. Read more…

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Jeff Bezos’s rocket company sent ‘Mannequin Skywalker’ to the edge of space

sudshr47 December 13, 2017

Blue Origin is back at it again.

And they have the snazzy video to prove it.

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As the federal government falters, technology is leading a rise of the rest in statehouses nationwide

sudshr47 December 10, 2017

The tech revolution is no longer confined to Silicon Valley or the California statehouse.
Earlier this week, Steve Case announced that his Rise of the Rest seed fund, designed to invest in innovation in the Mid West and other areas traditionally overlooked by investors, had raised $150 million with commitments from tech executives including Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt. We are, as Peter… Read More

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AWS kept the announcements coming at a frenetic pace this week

sudshr47 December 2, 2017

Deep breath. That was quite a deluge of announcements this week at the AWS:reinvent customer conference in Las Vegas. The pace left journalists covering the event dripping in sweat as they put us through our paces like a trainer at a brutal worko…

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1999 ’60 Minutes’ interview shows Amazon before it was the mega-company you know now

sudshr47 November 28, 2017

Jeff Bezos is now the richest man in the world, surprisingly buff, and working toward putting millions of people into space.
But back in July 1999, he was just a lowly billionaire working out of a dingy Seattle office on Amazon.com, then still an odd…

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Black Friday pushes Jeff Bezos’ net worth to $100 billion

sudshr47 November 25, 2017

Being the richest man in the world wasn’t enough. After Amazon shares climbed on Black Friday, founder and CEO Jeff Bezos saw his net worth rise to $100.3 billion, according to Bloomberg estimates. Amazon’s stock has soared this year and Bezos has benefited to the tune of $32.6 billion. Yes, that’s the amount he has earned in 2017 alone. So what’s he going to do with… Read More

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Black Friday raised Jeff Bezos’ net worth to $100 billion

sudshr47 November 25, 2017

Jeff Bezo$ made out like Scrooge McDuck on Black Friday after rising Amazon share prices lifted his personal fortune to more than $100 billion.
That’s billion, with a “b.” His 78.9 million shares of Amazon got a boost thanks to investor optimis…

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How three underdog cities are fighting for Amazon HQ2

sudshr47 November 23, 2017

Chad Emerson, president and CEO of Downtown Huntsville, Inc., knows that the odds are stacked against the city of Huntsville, Alabama being selected as home of Amazon’s proposed second headquarters — but he takes a page from the city’s space race past when explaining why he believes anything is possible.

“The rockets and the rocketeers were all based here and that was called a ‘moon shot,'” Emerson told me. “A lot of people questioned whether it was possible or practical. Here in Huntsville, we didn’t question whether it was possible or practical, we just set to innovate and make it happen.” Read more…

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Here are the favorites for Amazon’s second headquarters

sudshr47 November 16, 2017

As Amazon’s Hunger Games-esque trial to choose the site of its second North American headquarters drags on, a few cities have emerged as clear favorites.

A new report from Sperling’s Best Places compiles speculation from media outlets, research firms, and brokerages into a definitive ranking of the metropolitan areas most likely to be graced with Amazon’s presence.

Based on that information, Atlanta is the clear leader of the pack, with Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. close behind.

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Jeff Bezos’ guide to life

sudshr47 November 5, 2017

Here are Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ tips about inspiration, work-life balance, and how to be an inventor. Oh, and how it felt getting doused with champagne at his rocket landing. The world’s richest person displayed an unprecedented level of candor during an interview at invite-only getaway Summit Series in Los Angeles this weekend.
Why did Jeff get so vulnerable? Because his little… Read More