For years, a secret network has been lurking in millions of Amazon Echo speakers and Ring security cameras, just waiting to be activated by Amazon. This might sound like the opening line of a lazy sci-fi novel, but it’s not. It’s real, and it’s called Sidewalk. As Amazon explains on its website, “Sidewalk is a …
Launched last summer, Amazon Halo is the company’s health and fitness tracker that competes directly against the Apple Watch. Unlike other wearables, the Halo doesn’t feature a screen, and all the interaction with it is done via the smartphone app. The gadget is meant to be inconspicuous, resembling a simple bracelet. But Halo comes with …
There’s no denying that Amazon operates the most extensive network of smart home products in the world, although using the word “network” to describe it isn’t entirely accurate just yet. However, that’s about to change. All the Echo speakers and Ring security cameras out there will soon be linked in a massive mesh network beginning …
Netflix deserves a round of applause, and I’ll tell you why. At this point, a certain kind of pop culture fan doesn’t need another army of the undead threatening to wipe out humanity yarn. Been there, done that. I need something new, fresh, and exciting — and some attitude certainly doesn’t hurt. Netflix’s newest hit …
I was on a video chat a few days ago with someone who works at Facebook, and the conversation turned at one point to the various messaging alternatives to the social networking giant’s standalone Messenger app. He held up his iPhone and showed me his screen as he scrolled through a pretty long list of …
Amazon’s string of high-profile acquisitions continues this week, as the company announced in a press release on Wednesday morning that it will purchase MGM for $8.45 billion. This will be the second-largest acquisition Amazon has made — the retailer paid $13.7 billion for Whole Foods — and gives the company control over some of the …
Amazon Prime Video doesn’t quite have the volume of original series as Netflix, but like Netflix, the originals that it does have are getting increasingly international. In June, the service’s first scripted Brazilian series — Dom — makes its debut, while Flack and The Family Man return for second seasons. Plus, the seventh and final …
Everyone knows by now that Netflix is an absolute beast when it comes to the sheer volume of entertainment it produces from one month to the next, keeping its tens of millions of subscribers busy enjoying tons of new TV and film content. To use the month of May as just one example, that new …
As indispensable as our phones have become, they are also a conduit for some of the most pervasive and persistent scams humanity has ever encountered. About 90% of the phone calls I receive on a weekly basis are spam, as are an increasing percentage of my texts. You’re probably in the same boat, and among …
Amazon may have started as a humble online marketplace for books, but the company has since grown into an unrivaled economic and retail juggernaut. Amazon today is more popular than ever and recently reported that its revenue during the recent March quarter jumped to $108.52 billion, a 44% increase compared to the same quarter a …
