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Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: T-Mobile’s TV plans explained, and hands-on with the Muse in-car Alexa device

T-Mobile is making a big splash in the wireless industry, but it seems like that’s just the beginning. On this… Read More

Amazon Echo Buttons review: Fleeting moments of fun, spoiled by glitches and a thin launch lineup

Updated below with details on additional games and user experience updates from Amazon. Wait a couple months before getting Amazon’s… Read More

Reviews: Echo Spot is Amazon’s cutest device yet, but it has a few issues

Amazon’s latest Alexa-powered device, the Echo Spot, is one of the best looking gadgets ever produced by the retail giant,… Read More

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Geared Up Podcast: How Apple could use Shazam’s technology after reported $400M acquisition

Apple just made its biggest acquisition since it bought Beats for $3 billion in 2014. The tech giant is now… Read More

Amazon Echo is now a clock radio with new Alexa musical alarm feature

Amazon today introduced a new feature for its Alexa-powered catalog of devices: musical alarms that essentially turn the smart speakers… Read More

Amazon bringing Echo and Alexa to 80 additional countries in major global expansion

This post has been updated to correct the areas in which Echo and Alexa are now available. Full list below.… Read More

Review: Amazon Cloud Cam is a solid security camera, but clearly just a start for the tech giant

Amazon’s Cloud Cam made a big splash when it was unveiled in October, but not because it’s a flashy piece… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa can now control Hulu, Showtime and more third party Fire TV apps

Amazon’s digital brain Alexa Alexa can now control a variety of third-party apps like Hulu and Showtime on the Fire… Read More

An Echo in every conference room: Amazon Web Services confirms Alexa for Business

If you’ve even been in a meeting at work that gets derailed by clumsy conference calling software or complicated presentation… Read More

Report: Amazon to unveil ‘Alexa for Business,’ expanding voice assistant into workplace

Amazon is preparing to bring its Alexa voice-based assistant into the workplace, according to a report by CNBC this afternoon.… Read More

Amazon gives $500K first place Alexa Prize award to Univ. of Washington team’s ‘socialbot’

The winning team of Amazon’s inaugural Alexa Prize competition sits right in the company’s backyard. The Seattle-based tech giant today… Read More

YouTube returns to the Echo Show as Amazon and Google patch up their differences

YouTube is back on Amazon’s Echo Show device, two months after Google pulled the video service over a violation of… Read More

Alexa, eh? Amazon’s digital brain, Echo devices and Prime Music come to Canada

Amazon is taking Alexa north of the border. The retail giant said today that Amazon’s digital brain, as well as… Read More

$50 ‘Muse’ device puts Amazon’s Alexa in the car, connects via smartphone

Another technology company is aiming to bring Amazon’s Alexa into the car. San Francisco-based Speak Music, the company behind the… Read More

Amazon leads smart speaker race with 20M devices sold, study claims, but Google is gaining ground

Amazon is leading the way in the smart home automation market — thanks to its growing line of Alexa-powered devices… Read More

Amazon Alexa chief: Saturday Night Live spoof of Echo speaker is actually ‘kind of spot on’

When Saturday Night Live spoofed Amazon’s Echo smart speaker with a version for the “Greatest Generation,” it turns out they… Read More

Google releases new family-friendly features for its digital assistant as it battles Amazon’s Alexa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=PVgFBcjBpMY Google has opened up a new front in its battle against Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa: kids and families. Google… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana finally gets her own speaker: Hands-on with the $199 Harman Kardon Invoke

Alexa has a bunch of them. Siri is getting one. So why not Cortana, too? A new smart speaker from… Read More

Amazon and Techstars host first-ever Alexa Accelerator Demo Day — here are the top pitches

Part of Amazon’s strategy to get Alexa everywhere in the world is to encourage entrepreneurs to test the boundaries of… Read More

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Geared Up Podcast: Amazon Alexa hits the road, iPhone 8 Plus review and Microsoft’s new Surface Book 2

For some people, talking to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant in the home has become second nature. It’s so natural that… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Comet is building a GitHub-like management system for machine learning

Gideon Mendels has spent the past three years in machine learning research, studying at Columbia University, building hate speech detection… Read More

Amazon and Garmin team up to bring Alexa into the car with $150 Speak device

Garmin this morning announced a new device powered by Amazon’s digital brain Alexa for cars that can play music, give… Read More

‘Alexa, tell me about my blood glucose:’ Health tech startup Wellpepper wins Alexa Diabetes Challenge

Type 2 Diabetes has become a health crisis in the U.S. The rate of type 2 diabetes has nearly doubled… Read More

Heard & overheard: GeekWire Summit 2017, Day 1

Executives, scientists, and politicians say the darnedest things. The casual-yet-focused discussions on stage at the GeekWire Summit led top names… Read More

How Amazon’s Alexa overcame doubters — even within the project team — to conquer the voice speaker market

Alexa has been a hit, helping Amazon capture an early lead in the voice-activated speaker market through the Echo and… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Aspinity helps voice-enabled tech products save battery power

Voice-activated products require constant power as they “listen” for wake words. Now one startup is helping manufacturers reduce the power… Read More

Study: Amazon Echo owners love the iPhone, while Google Home keeps it in the Android family

Amazon Echo owners are more likely to be iPhone and iPad fans, while owners of the Google Home smart speaker… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa can now reserve a car2go, the newest of the digital assistant’s 25K skills

Owners of an Amazon Echo or other Alexa-powered device can now tell Amazon’s digital brain to reserve a car2go vehicle.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pulse Labs makes it easy for voice developers to test their Alexa apps

Voice-controlled devices, like the Amazon Echo, are driving what Abhishek Suthan calls a “tectonic shift” in computing — and he… Read More

Sonos debuts $199 Alexa-powered smart speaker, with Google Assistant coming next year

Sonos today showed off the fruits of a partnership with Amazon first announced last year. At an event in New… Read More