10-25-16

Hey, Amazon’s Fire Phone was a success

Here at the Wall Street Journal‘s WSJ.D Live conference, Andy Jassy, the CEO of Amazon Web Services, emphasized Amazon’s willingness to gamble by saying that it’s always looking for its next great failure. The Journal‘s Jason Anders asked him to name one such failure, and he brought up one that most people think of as … Continue reading “Hey, Amazon’s Fire Phone was a success”

By Harry McCracken1 minute Read

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