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Amazon Takes Stake In Prefab Homebuilder
Amazon Takes Stake In Prefab Homebuilder
September 26, 2018  |  Amazon

The Amazon Alexa Fund has invested in Plant Prefab, a leading home design and prefabrication company. The Southern California startup announced it has raised a...

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Alexa Marches To Ubiquity With New Device Lineup
Alexa Marches To Ubiquity With New Device Lineup
September 21, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon put on a product pageant on Thursday (Sept. 20), one centered around its Alexa voice-assistant technology, and one of the main themes that came...

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Amazon’s 20K Devices, And The Tightening Race For AI Dominance
Amazon’s 20K Devices, And The Tightening Race For AI Dominance
September 05, 2018  |  Ecosystems

When 2018 rang in, Alexa was compatible with just over 4,000 devices. A little bit past the halfway mark in 2018, Alexa’s device count has...

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Kings Never Had It So Good: Behold The Rise Of Smart Toilets And Bathrooms
Kings Never Had It So Good: Behold The Rise Of Smart Toilets And Bathrooms
August 30, 2018  |  Internet of Things

One often hears that many people, especially in the most prosperous countries of the West and Asia, live better than the kings and queens of...

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Digital Magic And The Modern Mom
Digital Magic And The Modern Mom
May 12, 2018  |  eCommerce

Mothers are special people. Moms kiss scraped knees, edit term papers, cook meals, clean rooms and listen to Disney soundtracks on repeat for days, even...

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Amazon Rolls Out Alexa-Powered Home Experience Centers
Amazon Rolls Out Alexa-Powered Home Experience Centers
May 09, 2018  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon announced news on Wednesday (May 9) of the opening of Amazon Experience Centers within some Lennar model homes across the United States, in which...

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Google Assistant Now Connected To More Than 5,000 Devices
Google Assistant Now Connected To More Than 5,000 Devices
May 04, 2018  |  Google

Google announced news on Thursday (May 3) that its Google Assistant is now connected to more than 5,000 devices in the home. In a blog...

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Smart Kitchen Startup Chefling Notches $1M In Funding
Smart Kitchen Startup Chefling Notches $1M In Funding
April 17, 2018  |  Retail

To support the next stage of the company’s growth, smart kitchen startup Chefling, Inc. has notched $1 million in pre-series A funding from XVVC, LLC. Chefling...

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