Articles tagged "Amazon"

Amazon will be launching the Fire TV Stick in India soon, according to a report by TechPP. The streaming device was supposed to launch late last year when Amazon launched the Prime service in India but got delayed for some...

The main Amazon app for iOS is getting a big upgrade today (though it is a staged rollout so it will take a week to show up for everyone). Alexa, the company's very own virtual assistant, is now integrated into the app. You can use it by tapping the...

There are many upset folks venting on Reddit regarding the situation between Amazon and the amount of customers that are upset their Nintendo Switch consoles have not yet been shipped. These who pre-ordered Nintendo’s new hybrid console won’t be...

Amazon launched its voice-activated Fire TV Stick in the US back in October. It costs $39 and has a button for voice control to ask Alexa to do things for you. Now the company has announced that starting April 3 everyone in Great Britain will...

The Google Assistant inside the Google Home device and Alexa from Amazon's Echo line of smart speakers may soon be able to make and take phone calls for you. This information comes from a new report allegedly originating with "people familiar with...

The Amazon Tap is a Bluetooth speaker that Amazon released back in March of last year, also integrating the company’s voice-assistant named Alexa. Up until now, you had to press the physical button on the Amazon Tap speaker to bark a command to...

Amazon India is now well into the second day of its "Great Indian Sale" promotion and the deals are now arguably at their peak, as far as mobile tech goes. Lenovo and its subsidiary Motorola seem to be at the forefront of the event. You can save a...

AI has been a major buzzword for well over a decade now, so picking it out as a distinct 2016 phenomenon wouldn't be justifiably be any measure. However, there is no denying that the field has really been flourishing as of late, hence the influx of...

Amazon Inc. reported it had the best holiday season yet. The retailer said it shipped more than 1 billion items including its Prime and Fulfillment services. Earlier we told you about a record number of orders for Alexa devices that got the smart...

Amazon sold out all its voice-activated Echo speakers, reported Bloomberg earlier. The $179.99 Echo ($139.99 holiday price) will be available for purchase in January and it’s smaller variation Echo Dot will be available for $39.99 just after...

Amazon is one of the more ambitious retail giants of this generation. Even more so now with the company’s unveiling of Amazon Go: a retail store that sells foods, snacks, lunch items, and groceries. There’s nothing special about a 7Eleven-type of...

The smart speaker space was once filled only with Amazon's Echo-branded offerings, but now Google has launched its own entry into this area. So Amazon is reportedly thinking of how to out-innovate its competitors, and apparently its solution is...

Amazon's most basic Kindle Fire tablet - the Fire 7 - has received a price cut in the US, where the 8GB variant (with special offers) is currently going for $33.33, down 33% from its usual price of $49.99. Amazon has the device listed on its website...

Amazon has definitely opened a new world of possibilities when it launched the Echo just a couple of years ago. It’s already possible to place orders for items on Amazon with Alexa, but Amazon has just announced its newest deals to get everyone in...

In the battle with new competitors such as Google Home, Amazon's Echo line of smart speakers still have the edge at least in one area - third party support. The retail giant has had an Alexa API for a while now, which has led to many "skills" being...

Family plans are all the rage in the world of online music streaming services. And why shouldn't they be? Clearly you're more likely to sign up for something like this if all of your family can access the same subscription. Following similar moves...

Amazon’s Echo has been a great success, and it took a while for Google to finally catch up to the online retailer giant when it finally introduced its own home assistant, Google Home. The Amazon Echo is now smaller and more affordable than...

If you're a subscriber to Amazon Prime, then you already have access to an unlimited photo storage service for no additional fee. However, today Amazon has introduced a new feature for its Prime Photos service: it's called Family Vault. This...

It's official, Amazon just threw its glove into the thriving music streaming business. It's new Music Unlimited service is now live in the US and just like Spotify or Apple Music, promises access to a catalogue of "tens of millions" of songs from...

Amazon has announced that its already excellent Prime membership will now include free ebooks and magazines, on top of the already long list of benefits. Customers will now have access to a rotating collection of over thousand top Kindle...