An increasing number of consumers are getting a roommate, and her name is Alexa. She’s smart, and she’s also learning. Between 2017 and the beginning of 2018, the number of Alexa skills skyrocketed to more than 25,000 from 7,053 in the U.S. and have increased a...
Pants. Most people wear them at some point, but few of us spend much time wondering if pants are living up to their fullest potential. We can safely say that pants have lived up to their minimum commitment as a garment — they do a...
If you tell Siri, “You’re fired,” she’ll come back with a quavering protest: “But, but…” That feeble protest may be the best Apple can offer as Amazon’s Alexa gets smarter and smarter and Google rolls out its voice-controlled assistant to the iPhone, an advancement announced...
Alexa is growing up. This month, she learned to receive push notifications for four basic skills, including breaking news and food delivery; to video chat, via the Echo Show unveiled on May 9; and how to give fashion advice via the Echo Look. She even...
June 24, 2017
Pants. Most people wear them at some point, but few of us spend much time wondering if pants are living up to their fullest potential. We can safely say that pants have lived up to their minimum commitment as a garment — they do a great job of covering one’s lower half, for example — […]
May 29, 2020
After removing the camera from store shelves in December of last year, Amazon is sunsetting the Echo Look. Clients started to get messages yesterday noted that their units, as well as accompanying app, will “no longer function” starting in July of this year, as the functions of Echo Look move to other offerings and apps, […]
May 23, 2017
Amazon pushed further into the selfie camera market, rolling out a companion app for iOS and Android devices that works with its new camera, the Echo Look. According to a report,...
April 28, 2017
Following up its Echo Look announcement earlier this week, Amazon is already sparking rumors of another addition to the Echo family. The rumor mill is churning out the possibility of...
April 27, 2017
Getting style tips or picking out clothes using a computing device sounds futuristic, yet familiar. While there isn’t a Cher-style program, like the one in the 1995 classic movie “Clueless,”...
