Tag: Amazon

January 16, 2018

At one section of Google’s giant outdoor booth at CES was an impromptu, carney-style one-man show, with a guy wearing dark sunglasses and a white Google Assistant jumpsuit loudly and enthusiastically giving away free electronics one by one to a […]

August 30, 2017

Remember when tablets were the hottest pieces of tech? Those days are long gone. Tablet shipments declined by 3.4 percent over a year ago in the second quarter, with the lone bright spot a focus on tablets that didn’t completely destroy your […]

July 18, 2017

Apple is surfing the same seas as many of its competitors. As one of the world’s larger retailers, it already knows that smart assistants, chatbots, artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, wearables, 3D printing and mobile technologies are fundamentally changing both consumer […]

July 17, 2017

There’s no shortage of messaging apps on the market, but it looks like another one may be coming soon from a major player. Amazon may be prepping a new messaging app called Anytime. The mega retailer has been surveying customers about […]

July 5, 2017

Founded in 1938, Korea’s far-reaching Samsung Group has created a monster of effective advertising, deep consumer trust and multi-industry volume domination in the 1969-established Samsung Electronics division that was however rocked to its core last year by an unprecedented flagship […]

June 5, 2017

One of the most complicated, potentially costliest tech business deals in recent memory is still far from completed, though one interested bidder continues to aggressively push for a happy, mutually beneficial ending using its impressive industry connections and friendships. Forget […]

May 31, 2017

Amazon, the eCommerce giant in the U.S., has received a patent for a shipping label that can be embedded in a parachute so that packages can land softly when they are dropped by a drone or other aircraft. According to […]

April 6, 2017

Whether you’ve just gotten rid of cable or want to supplement your TV package with online video, now’s an excellent time to buy a media streaming device. Compared to the typical smart TV, standalone streamers such as the Roku Streaming […]

January 31, 2017

With the explosion of Alexa-powered devices popping up everywhere, it isn’t much of a stretch to envision a future full of devices that are eager to have a conversation with us. Devices that are driven by artificial intelligence and woven […]

January 3, 2017

What’s more important than the privacy of Amazon’s customers in the beginnings of the drone era? The safety of the drones from Amazon customers. Amazon filed a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that documents the methods and […]

December 8, 2016

A few days ago, Amazon unveiled the retail store of the future. You walk in with your smartphone, get the items you wanted, and walk out. In Amazon Go shops there won’t be a cash register or lines. Amazon’s advanced artificial […]

December 6, 2016

Amazon Web Services’ big Re:Invent conference in Las Vegas brought a plethora of new features and upgrades to its cloud platform. But there was one key set of upgrades that set the stage for Amazon’s expansion outside its own public […]

November 28, 2016

There are way more Cyber Monday deals at Amazon in 2016 in the US than any other online store, and that translates into deep discounts on 4K TVs, iPads and video game console bundles. With so many people having free […]

November 25, 2016

The deals bonanza is well underway already as Amazon has been releasing daily deals for a while now. We’ve been through the lot and have highlighted the best ones below. Amazon’s PS4 and Xbox One deals are going live at […]

October 21, 2016

Aside from lower bills and greater flexibility, one of the many benefits of ditching cable TV is that you’re less dependent on an industry with historically awful customer relationships. The less one has to interact with Comcast or Charter or […]

October 14, 2016

The cloud partnership AWS and VMware announced Thursday makes Amazon’s public cloud even more attractive for enterprises by letting them take the popular virtualization platform with them. The appropriately named VMware Cloud on AWS , announced at a press conference […]

September 29, 2016

Building on the system update for the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick that rolled out earlier in September, Amazon is rolling out a new Fire TV Stick equipped with an Alexa Voice Remote. The streaming device is available […]

September 27, 2016

Anker is one of a select few brands on Amazon that offers consistently high quality across all of the products it sells, which is pretty impressive considering just how many different kinds of products Anker sells. Well guess what: to […]

September 15, 2016

Amazon is making it easier to outfit your entire home with Alexa-enabled devices. The company announced a second-generation Echo Dot on Wednesday that costs just $50. The new Dot can be pre-ordered now—and by anyone, not just Prime members who […]

September 12, 2016

If you’ve always felt like Twitter needed more in the way of voice control and response, good news: the platform has announced its very own Amazon Alexa skill, which means the digital assistant app can read out trends, tweets, notifications […]