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Amazon Locks in IoT Domain Names

  • Fortune, Wednesday, October 7, 2015 10:29 AM

Amazon Web Services, the retail giant’s web hosting arm, registered on Monday a slew of domain names for use as part of the so-called Internet of things, according to Domain Name Wire, a trade blog. These registrations suggest which products (or at least product names) the company is considering. Given that the move occurred during the company’s big AWS Re:Invent customer conference, at which Amazon typically makes big product statements, it bears examination. The blog listed five Internet of things-affiliated names that Amazon  AMZN locked up as it prepares to launch a cloud-based service for IoT this week. 

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