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Amazon’s Alexa started ordering people dollhouses after hearing its name on TV

by Andrew Liptak

Children ordering (accidentally or otherwise) items from gadgets is nothing new. Major retailers have refunded purchases made by children playing with phones or computers, and with voice activated devices making their way into homes, it’s a...

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Amazon’s Alexa is everywhere at CES 2017

by Jacob Kastrenakes

Amazon isn’t at CES in any formal capacity, but once again, it seems to be everywhere thanks to Alexa. Since opening up its voice assistant to other companies’ products, we’ve seen it put in all types of gadgets and gain some strange integrations....

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How much can police find out from a murderer’s Echo?

by Russell Brandom

When police in Bentonville, Arkansas were faced with an unsolved murder last year, they looked to a nearby Amazon Echo. The owner of the house where the murder occurred, and chief suspect in the case, had purchased Amazon’s popular new personal...

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Alexa can now order takeaway from Amazon Restaurants

by James Vincent

We’re only five days into 2017, but Amazon is on a tear with new updates and support for its digital assistant Alexa. The latest lets you order food through the retailer’s own takeaway service Amazon Restaurants, which itself launched all the way...

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Ford becomes the first automaker to bring Amazon Echo into their cars

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Smart home, smart car, smart life

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Amazon is opening a physical bookstore in New York City in 2017

by Chaim Gartenberg

In July 2016, there were reports that Amazon would be opening a physical location in New York City. Earlier today, The Wall Street Journal confirmed plans for an Amazon Books location in the Shops at Columbus Circle mall area in Time Warner Center...

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Whirlpool’s new smart appliances can be controlled with Alexa

by Jacob Kastrenakes

Whirlpool is showcasing new washers, dryers, refrigerators, and ovens at CES this week, and their most interesting feature is the ability to be controlled by Amazon’s Alexa. Through the Echo, Echo Dot, or other Alexa-enabled devices, owners will...

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Amazon Fire TV and Alexa will power new 4K TVs from a trio of third-tier brands

by Paul Miller

It seems like the era of every TV manufacturer needing its own custom and not-really-that-great operating system is over: we've entered The Age of Partnerships. Now you can get a TCL with Roku built in, a Vizio with Chromecast, or a Sony with...

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Amazon sets up shop for individual sellers in India, will pack and ship packages for them

by James Vincent

Amazon has launched a newly-branded “Sell as Individual” service in India, making it easier for users to sell secondhand goods like books, video games, and electronics. The company charges a small fee for each item sold based and its value, and to...

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Lenovo has made an Amazon Echo lookalike, but with better speakers

by Lauren Goode

Lenovo, the world’s largest PC maker, is getting into "smart" speakers. The company just unveiled the Lenovo Smart Assistant, a tall, tubular speaker that has Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa built in. Lenovo says it worked directly with Amazon to...

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Amazon’s ‘deal event for your devices’ is now live

by Chris Welch

Tomorrow, Amazon is holding its first-ever “Digital Day,” a 24-hour period of steep markdowns on apps, games, music, TV shows, movies, ebooks, comics, and other digital content. The company has set up a teaser page revealing some of what will be...

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Amazon patented a fantastical floating airship warehouse for its delivery drones

by Chaim Gartenberg

Amazon has been working on getting a drone delivery program off the ground for a while now, but some new patents show the company isn't out of wild ideas. As TechCrunch reports, Zoe Leavitt, an analyst for CB Insights, has discovered a recent A...

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The Verge 2016 tech report card: Amazon

by Jacob Kastrenakes

For a company best known for selling cheap books and home goods, Amazon's year has looked surprisingly futuristic. Its 2016 has been filled with drones, tiny home assistants, automatic ordering, and a concept store packed with body-tracking...

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You can hear Tim Curry read ‘A Christmas Carol’ for free on the Amazon Echo

by Dieter Bohn

Now through January third, Amazon and Audible are giving away the audio version of A Christmas Carol for free on Alexa-enabled devices, like the Echo. This version is narrated by Tim Curry, who as Engadget notes was once the voice of Ebeneezer...

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How Netflix and Amazon took different approaches to rebooting classic shows

by Andrew Liptak

In the last couple of months, both Amazon and Netflix seemed to find a winning, easy approach for creating their own content: find a beloved, nerdy reality show, sign the original cast, and retool it under a new name. The two new shows, The Grand...

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Rent any movie from Google or Amazon this Christmas for just $0.99

by James Vincent

Google and Amazon have both launched holiday promotions for their online movie rental services. You can head over to Google Play and grab any title (including a number of recent blockbusters) for $0.99, or do the same at Amazon Video using the...

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Last-minute Amazon Prime gifts that will arrive in time for Christmas

by Chaim Gartenberg

Christmas is coming soon, and if you’re a little behind on any gift shopping, December 22nd (today) is the last day that anything ordered with Amazon Prime’s free two-day shipping will be guaranteed to arrive by end of day on December 24th. So...

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Amazon gives customers more Garth Brooks for the holidays

by Anisa Purbasari

Amazon is kicking off the holiday season by giving its customers the entire catalog of country music star Garth Brooks, the best-selling solo artist in US history. Brooks’ 16-album collection will be available exclusively on Amazon Music, starting...

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Amazon’s new Fire TV interface is what it should have been from the start

by Lauren Goode

A much better UI

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The Wynn Las Vegas is putting an Amazon Echo in every hotel room

by Chris Welch

The Amazon Echo is becoming a hotel room luxury, and maybe a potential privacy concern for guests. Less than a month before the technology industry heads to Las Vegas and CES 2017, the Wynn Las Vegas just announced that it’ll be putting the Echo...

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Amazon’s Prime Video is now available in more than 200 countries

by James Vincent

Amazon has officially launched its video-on-demand service Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. The retailer suggested it would be doing so earlier this year, but the launch is now official, with Prime Video...

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3 different voices control my home and it's driving me crazy

by Tom Warren

I’ve got a bit of a problem. I keep on shouting at three different voices in my home, and it’s driving me crazy. Alexa, Siri, and Cortana all promise to be the best personal digital assistants, but none of them talk to each other and they’re all...

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More people are illegally downloading The Grand Tour than Game of Thrones

by Megan Farokhmanesh

The Grand Tour is still early in its first season, but the Amazon-streamed show is already setting records for most illegally downloaded, according to the Daily Mail. The publication reports that its first episode has been downloaded 7.9 million...

Amazon says it has ‘no plans’ to open 2,000 stores

by Jacob Kastrenakes

Amazon would like us all not to get too carried away envisioning its plans for those futuristic, cashier-free grocery stores unveiled on Monday. Though a report from The Wall Street Journal indicated that Amazon eventually hopes to open 2,000 such...

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GE made a circular lamp with Alexa in it

by Jacob Kastrenakes

Amazon started allowing other companies to build Alexa into their own products last year, and today GE is unveiling what might be the most compelling example yet. It’s a wild LED lamp that’s kind of like what would happen if you attached a large,...

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Amazon Go stores could watch, listen, and remember your every move

by Natt Garun

Cameras. Cameras everywhere.

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Twitch adds video calling to its Curse game chat app

by Nick Statt

Twitch may be the go-to destination for watching video game players stream their screens, but a whole network of third-party apps exist in and around Twitch’s service that the company would very much like to provide on its own. Now, the...

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Amazon’s Echo taught me I have no idea what music I like

by James Vincent

How many of your favorite songs can you name off the top of your head? Not if you had a pad of paper and an hour to think about it, but if you had to name, like, 20 songs right this second. It’s not something I’ve ever had to think about before. I...

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Amazon reportedly hopes to open a massive chain of 2,000 grocery stores

by Nick Statt

Amazon’s ambitious physical retail plans extend well beyond its new cashier-less convenience store unveiled earlier today. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Amazon hopes to ultimately operate more than 2,000 grocery and...

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Amazon just launched a cashier-free convenience store

by Natt Garun

Amazon just unveiled a grocery store without lines or checkout counters. Amazon Go, a 1800-square-foot retail space located in the company’s hometown of Seattle, lets shoppers just grab the items they want and leave; the order gets charged to...

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Amazon Dash Buttons land in Japan

by Sam Byford

Amazon has started offering its Dash Buttons in Japan, a few months after the product expanded outside the US for the first time with launches in the UK, Germany, and Austria. The Wi-Fi-connected gadgets allow you to order products from their...

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Intel and Amazon are making it easier for anyone to build an Alexa-enabled speaker

by Ashley Carman

Amazon wants Alexa in as many products as possible, so it’s partnering with Intel to make it easier for manufacturers to incorporate the voice assistant into their devices. The two companies announced plans yesterday to release reference designs...

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