Alexa

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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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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When Tradeshift wanted to enter the mid-market level, it needed to create a business payments and expense management solution with a few characteristics. It needed to be intuitive, knowing that mid-market firms don’t always have the resources at hand to handle complex systems the same way major corporations do. It also needed to integrate a virtual card …

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The good. Amazon Alexa-enabled; great sound quality; convenient family messaging hub The bad. Not-so-great battery life; Alexa has a temper; spotty Bluetooth connection The bottom line. 3/5 Meet Triby, the first-ever portable speaker to come with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant baked into it. Actually, Triby has the honor of being the first non-Amazon-made device to …

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Technology giant Amazon is collaborating with Fresno tech educators to give local programmers a chance to learn about and enrich Amazon Echo technology. Geekwise Academy in downtown Fresno will offer developers a monthlong course on the nuances of the software behind Amazon’s artificial intelligence assistant speakers, Echo, Tap and Dot. The Amazon Alexa Skills Course …

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Enlarge Image You’ll find the Tado integration in the “Skills” section of the Alexa app. Screenshot by Ry Crist/CNET Tado is a basically a smart, wall-mounted remote control for the dumb air conditioner in your window. It already offers connected cooling control via an app or using geofenced automations that turn the AC on and …

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Will distribute updates on top stories via Flash Briefings June 21, 2016 CINCINNATI—OTT news channel Newsy, which is owned by E.W. Scripps, has announced that it will now be offering news briefings on Amazon’s Alexa platforms, including Amazon Echo. Newsy will distribute Flash Briefings to Alexa, pre-recorded shorts. Newsy follows in the footsteps of NBC …

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The Ultimate Ears UE Boom 2 and Megaboom are popular, well-reviewed cylindrical Bluetooth speakers that allow you to stream music from your phone, tablet, computer, or other gadgets without wires. Their shape also makes them look a bit like Amazon’s Echo or Amazon Tap devices… and now you can UE’s speakers a lot like an …

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Image: miles goscha/mashable By Raymond Wong2016-06-21 14:46:20 UTC Ultimate Ears’s UE Boom 2 and UE Megaboom, two of the most popular portable Bluetooth speakers around, are getting an upgrade to make them more like Amazon’s Alexa-equipped Tap. A new software update for the speakers’ apps (free on iOS and Android) adds Siri and Google Now, …

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