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Ofcom takes measures against UK cloud duopoly

Ofcom is proposing to refer the UK cloud services market to the Competition and Markets Authority for further investigation, as its probe finds practices and features that could limit competition.

The regulator is particularly concerned by the duopoly of Amazon and Microsoft which collectively own 60-70 per cent of the market.

Read More: Comms Dealer – Ofcom takes measures against UK cloud duopoly

Kindle

Amazon Kindle

The UK Amazon Kindle plopped into our letter box this week and we’ve been trying it out. The first thing we did was try out the built in web browser, and we’re happy to report the 2020Media customer portal works just fine. A special add-on to Joomla reformats the pages for mobile devices.

The second thing was look for games 🙂  A couple of games have been launched, but the Kindle has a built in game – the venerable Minesweeper.

To start the minesweeper game on the Kindle, go to the home menu and then press the Alt, Shift, and M key simultaneously.