Amazon Prime Day 2021 is only a few days away, and it will offer some of the best deals on all kinds of tech. Of course, given the fact that it’s an Amazon-hosted event, some of the best deals will be for Amazon devices, as they always are. If you’re looking for the best Prime …
Amazon Prime Day is almost here, and it’s likely to be where you can get some of the best deals on Amazon devices for the year. While other products may or may not get discounts, considering this is an Amazon event, deals on the Amazon Echo are pretty much a certainty — so if you’re …
Stop flipping on your own light switches. Setting up your home as a smart house is going to make your life a whole lot easier. By using simple commands and turning a few devices on, you’ll be able to control your lights, stereo or plugs, giving you more time to enjoy your home. If getting …
Amazon is planning to release a new pair of Alexa-powered wireless earbuds, according to a new report from CNBC. Interestingly, the device is said to boast an accelerometer which would provide the backbone for a number of fitness-oriented features Amazon plans to include. Specifically, the report notes that Amazon’s headphones will “be able to monitor …
In a scathing report that shouldn’t shock anyone, a new expose from China Labor Watch reveals that a Foxconn-owned factory has been employing upwards of 1,500 teenagers (aged 16-18) as interns. Their task? Making speakers for Amazon. While there’s nothing necessarily wrong with a teenager working an internship in and of itself, the report details …
Amazon has thousands of employees across the globe who actively listen to Alexa recordings from Echo devices as part of a broad effort to improve the reliability of the product, according to a new bombshell report from Bloomberg. The revelation has naturally caused a significant amount of blowback from privacy advocates, primarily because Amazon hasn’t …
An African grey parrot has made headlines recently for inadvertently making orders via his owner’s Amazon Echo. Originally reported via The Times of London, the parrot — whose name is Rocco — would mindlessly activate Alexa and have the virtual assistant tell jokes and play music. Rocco even tried to order a few items from …
If you ranked the most popular smart speaker models in the US based on the tech companies that make them, you get a list dominated almost exclusively by just two companies: Amazon and Google. That’s according to the results of a new survey of smart speaker users conducted by the firm Strategy Analytics in July …
Amazon invented the smart speaker market out of thin air when it first launched the Amazon Echo. Since Alexa first found her way into kitchens across the country, a host of other big players like Apple, Google, and Sonos have entered the market with their own versions, and smart speakers have become big business. But …
Amazon invented the market for smart speakers when it first launched the Echo, and unsurprisingly, it has dominated the market ever since. Even the HomePod, with the full weight of Apple’s engineering team and Jony Ive’s facial hair, couldn’t make a dent in Echo sales. But according to new sales data from Canalys, Google took …
