By Raymond Wong2016-07-01 16:28:37 UTC If there was any doubt that Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is a Trojan horse designed to get people to buy more things from Amazon, let those doubts be dispelled. The online retail giant announced on Friday that Alexa, which is supported by the Echo, Echo Dot, Tap and Fire TV, …
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Amazon is looking make ordering products a whole lot easier for folks who have both an Amazon Prime account and an Alexa-enabled device. Today the company announced that it will now let customers place orders for products that qualify for Prime shipping through Alexa. Previously, Alexa only allowed for users to reorder items they had …
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The Alexa voice service that powers Amazon’s Echo and other products lets you do things like ask for news updates or weather forecasts, adjust the temperature on your smart thermostat, play music, or get answers to your questions. Unsurprisingly for an Amazon product, Alexa has also always included a shopping component: ask Alexa to re-order …
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We told you the other day how Alexa is getting smarter; now its shopping skills are off the chart. According to Amazon, customers can now order tens of millions of Prime-eligible items by voice through its personal digital assistant. The cloud-based voice service had previously been limited to reorders and a pre-selected pool of recommended products under …
Amazon continues to add little conveniences to its Alexa virtual assistant, and now you can place orders for select items through your Echo or other Alexa-enabled product. If you’re an Amazon Prime member, you can place an order on items like cloths and shoes using only your voice. From TechCrunch: Users with Amazon Echo, Echo …
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It’s your nighttime routine: You drop your phone onto the nightstand charging pad, and it asks about your day. You tell it, talking to the virtual personal assistant just like you’d talk to a friend. And why not? Your phone’s artificial intelligence knows you almost as well as you know yourself (maybe even better). So …
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Android smartwatch developer Snapkeys has launched its wearable keyboard for round-faced Android Wear smartwatches. The original square version launched back in March, but with Android Wear 2.0 and the rise of round smartwatches such as the Casio Outdoor Smartwatch and Huawei Watch, Snapkeys has wasted no time in opening up to the whole market. Using …
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Posted on July 1, 2016 Alexa, the voice-activated ecosystem from Amazon that allows consumers to engage with devices in a natural, seamless manner, represents the cutting edge of integrated technology. While Alexa was originally introduced via Amazon’s Echo device, it’s cloud-based, meaning integration limitations are essentially nonexistent when paired with other IoT solutions. It was …
Image Source: Getty Images After decades of consistent growth, cord-cutting looks to be the new normal in the cable industry, with companies whittling away subscribers to a quarterly drumbeat. The rise of streaming offerings like Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Prime Video, and skinny bundles from Dish Network and others has formed a new cohort of high-quality alternatives …