Amazon is quietly selling dash buttons.(Amazon.com/Wikimedia Commons) Recent news and updates pertaining to Amazon indicated the various challenges that the company is facing and dealing with. It has been noted that Amazon is quietly selling programmable dash buttons to the tech world. On the other hand, it has been indicated that the people are falling […]
The Invoxia Triby is a connected speaker for the kitchen that can respond to voice commands like Amazon Echo devices by using Amazon’s Alexa voice service. It’s the first non-Amazon device that has this capability. On paper, Triby looks like a portable version of the Amazon Echo Dot but with more features. But how well
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The doors to TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 opened May 9 at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The three-day conference hosted 2,300 attendees and hundreds of thousands more tuning in online. Indeed, Disrupt NY 2016 was the first media conference to stream on Facebook Live in full, making it one of our most watched events ever. In the much-anticipated Startup Battlefield, 22 competitors pitched to
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The smart Alexa virtual assistant from Amazon has been freed of the bonds of speakers like the Echo — sort of. The decidedly female voice now lives in an app for Android and iOS devices called Roger. Roger, with the tagline “talk more,” is a voice messaging platform — like texting, but with your voice,
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(EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) Google is expected to hit the smart home market in a big way with a new device codenamed Chirp. According to a report from Recode, the tech titan is moving in on the turf carved out by Amazon’s Echo with its own voice-activated assistant for the home. The device probably won’t see
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Apple, Google, and Microsoft all have software that lets you talk to your phone to perform some actions or get answers to your questions. Siri, Cortana, and Google’s voice search tools can come in handy in the car, around the house, or in other places where you may not want to use your hands to
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The good Neat, kitchen-friendly design Works well with Alexa voice commands Fun, family-friendly communication features The bad So-so audio quality Doesn’t work with all Alexa services Thanks to Invoxia’s Triby, Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant is no longer confined to the mega retailer’s own smart speakers. This eye-catching, $169 device brings Alexa to a small, portable
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Alexa, the digital assistant that powers the Amazon Echo, Dot and Tap, has finally gained the ability to track your Amazon orders. It’s been an odd omission considering the great many things that Alexa can already do, but it’s better late than never. As reported by ReadWrite, you can now simply query Alexa with phrases
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The Kayak travel search engine is now accessible on Amazon’s Alexa to let users search for and track flights. Siri, Cortana Are Listening: How 5 Digital Assistants Use Your Data (Click image for larger view and slideshow.) Every mobile professional has been there: late, scrambling to pack and run out the door in time to
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Image via Twitter YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Thanks to Alexa, you can flirt with the notion of your next vacation without lifting so much as a finger. Amazon’s hear-all, living room speaker now has the ability to answer your Kayak queries, doling out answers to your hard-hitting travel questions. According to a press release, we
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