News Feed Item Alexa Skills Kit Turns One, Adds New Features for Skill Discovery By Business Wire Article Rating: June 28, 2016 09:06 AM EDT (NASDAQ:AMZN)—One year ago, Amazon opened Alexa to developers, making it simple and free for them to build Alexa skills and integrate Alexa into their own products. Today, tens of …
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Nest Thermostat, one of the few items of tech I’ve purchased within the past few years that I often refer to as “an item I can’t live without,” is discounted at the moment in celebration of July 4th. Nest has dropped the 3rd gen model (the newest version) by $50, so to get into a …
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If you feel a bit behind the times when it comes to SEO and social media, I can’t blame you. I read the news every day, adjust my company’s and clients’ strategies regularly and still feel behind. That’s because trends never stay the same for very long, and there are always new ones emerging to challenge …
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iOS is one of the largest and most successful platforms ever created. With a user base of 1 billion, iOS (along with Android) serves as a platform for several multi billion dollar behemoths like Uber. WWDC 2016, Apple’s annual developer conference is mostly being painted as an evolution rather than a revolution. However, there was …
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“Alexa, pay my rent.” Citigroup said it is testing Amazon’s Alexa voice-command assistant as part of an upgrade to its mobile banking app. The service will be offered initially to premium Citigold customers, who will be able to pay bills, transfer funds and make peer-to-peer payments with other Citi customers via voice commands. Citi is …
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) surely wants to boost its sales in any way possible, even if it has to cannibalize its own offerings. The e-commerce giant just wants to retain its customers and for that it has now plans to ramp up an offering that was once mistaken to be an April Fool’s joke. The Wall …
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) autopilot system detects pedestrians on the road, but won’t necessarily stop for them – at least according to this test. KmanAuto just posted a YouTube video of a test they ran to see if the Model S would stop at the detection of a pedestrian and it failed. Tesla Autopilot tested by …
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In the widely accepted market of virtual assistants, the most popular ones are Apple’s Siri, Cortana and the Google assistant. However, there are a lot of those who are beginning to drool over Amazon Echo and its surprisingly dependent voice assistant – Alexa. Currently, you need to own an Amazon Echo to see what Alexa …
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Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled devices seemingly appear in every consumer category, from smart silverware that tracks eating habits to sprinkler systems that send a text message when it’s time to water the grass. Many networking experts agree that connected objects can save time and money and generate useful data. The question, though, is which …
Users can now tell Alexa to control their air conditioners rather than using Tado’s app. Credit: tado Tado debuted a small improvement to its smart A/C control device, offering customers the option to use Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant to control Tado-connected air conditioners. To use it, all you’ll need do is add the Alexa Tado …
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