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Smart Sleep Tech at CES 2018

Smart home technology and automation have slowly moved into every room of the house. At CES 2018, smart sleep technology was on full (and queen-size) display. Nokia Sleep With a more palatable price tag, Nokia Sleep is a wifi-connected mattress pad which slides underneath the mattress. Using Nokia’s Health Mate app, which is now integrated with Alexa, sleep …

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Alexa Now Recognizes Distinct Voices for a Personalized Experience

The features for Alexa just keep improving and evolving. The latest feature to take a big leap forward is Alexa’s voice recognition. Of course, Alexa can recognize human voices already, but now it can also distinguish between individuals by voice alone, helping Alexa to give tailored results depending on who is speaking. The benefits of this …

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Does Amazon’s Echo have Solid Competition in Google Home?

Google Home was released late in 2016 and has become a big contender in the marketplace with Amazon’s Echo devices, despite recent setbacks. The voice-activated smart speaker uses Google Assistant, a remote home device control app which works as a personal virtual assistant. It can be used to look up localized shopping information, to schedule appointments …

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Echo Show Goes On Without YouTube

Amazon Echo Show’s product tag should read, “Alexa can show you things now*”. *except for YouTube. In a fire statement made to our colleagues over at the Verge on 9/26, we’ve learned that, essentially, “Youtube on Echo Show? Newp!” OK, so, officially, Google who owns YouTube, said they decided to change accessibility to their sites. This means YouTube, which …

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