A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Publisher Reach on Facebook is Down 42% Since January (AdWeek)According to an analysis by SocialFlow, publishers on Facebook have experienced a rapid decline in overall reach during the past few months. The social analytics company examined 3,000 Facebook pages, most of which are …
I’m an Android girl who loves her iPad mini and her Amazon Echo. I also plan to be the first to bow before Skynet, once Judgment Day truly arrives. But I want to make sure I’m backing the right robot voice. I said “Hey Siri” and “Alexa” more than 300 times to determine which of …
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Amazon’s Alexa, the cloud-based virtual assistant, now has over a 1,000 skills under its belt. Since the launch of the Alexa Skills Kit less than a year ago, the Seattle-based company has been making strides in working with the developer community to build out Alexa’s skill set. In June last year, Amazon even rolled out …
June 6th, 2016 | Add a Comment The wearable technology will also introduce a GPS tracker free of a smartphone as well as a music player. The smartwatch market will see a considerable change in the offerings from one of its original players in 2017 when the Pebble Core is launched with a spectrum of …
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Posted 9 hours ago by STUART PARKERSON, PublisherPebble has announced that it has integrated Amazon Alexa with its upcoming Pebble Core wearable, bringing Amazon’s voice services to the 3G-connected wearable device. Pebble Core is the company’s first foray into a non smartwatch wearable device featuring 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, an accelerometer, two programmable buttons, a headphone …
Pebble Core is Built on Top of Android And Will Integrate Amazon Alexa Read More »
Welcome to the 143rd episode of the Android Apps Weekly show! Let’s take a look at the headlines from the last week: Google Play got a new feature this week that will recommend that you uninstall applications that you don’t use. This will save you space, obviously, but depending on the type of app, it …
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We live in an all-connected world in which Amazon’s Echo speaker, and its descendants, Tap and Dot, are the royal family. Amazon’s products are growing in popularity as more consumers prefer ‘smart’ speakers for their homes. But the interest for internet-connected homes has also spurred interest in the developer world in the form of add-ons …
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Steve Pak | Jun 05, 2016 08:10 AM EDT Pebble’s Core Pocket Computer (Photo : Twitter) Pebble’s new Core keychain computer will be getting Amazon Alexa voice integration when the tiny Android device ships in early 2017. The tech startup pointed out that Core is the world’s first fully-mobile wearable to include Amazon’s voice command …
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The Amazon’s Voice Assistant Device ‘Echo’ is gathering good reviews among users. So, the Amazon has launched the Web Interface, similar to the Echo environment, which allows ordinary people like us to check and use the Amazon Echo’s software. The Amazon has launched http://echosim.io website, which contains the basic version of Amazon Alexa AI Voice …
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The increase in terrorism and violent crime is spurring growth of global security technology—primarily in surveillance. In 2015 that market reached almost $30 billion, and has doubled over the past five years. What is now available, what’s on the drawing board, and where is it all headed? What good is it doing? While it was …
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