Over the course of the 19th century, the word science became increasingly associated with the scientific method itself, as a disciplined way to study the natural world, including physics, chemistry, geology and biology.
In July 2014, Microsoft announced plans to lay off 18,000 employees. Microsoft employed 127,104 people as of June 5, 2014, making this about a 14 percent reduction of its workforce as the biggest Microsoft lay off ever. It will include 12,500 professional and factory personnel.
Andrew Jassy, head of the Amazon Web Services division, at the office in Seattle. Credit Stuart Isett for The New York Times . He started A.W.S. in 2006 with about three dozen employees. Amazon wonât say how many people now work at A.W.S., but the companyâs Web site currently lists over 600 job openings. Amazonâs efforts are just the start of a global competition among computing giants. In June, Google fully introduced a service similar to A.W.S. Microsoft is also in the business with its offering, Windows Azure.