Amazon Outage Hits Netflix, Heroku, Pinterest, Instagram

Amazon services get nailed by electrical storms, zapping movie streaming, interest pinning, and artsy photo taking.But as recent acquisitions of mobile apps Instagram and Karma show, Facebook is considering snapping up companies on its own platform—turning it into a potential competitor for other app developers. "Facebook evolved and our ecosystem evolved," saidNEW YORK — Netflix, Instagram and Pinterest are using Twitter and Facebook to update subscribers after violent storms across the eastern U.S. caused server outages for hours.

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