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The Best Tech Deals Available on Amazon Prime Day 2019 (UK)
Prime Day is here, the biggest sales event at Amazon. This time, it is now extended into a 48-hour event, featuring hundreds of heavily discounted items. As a tech enthusiast, this is also a good time to hunt for deals besides Black Friday. This year Prime Day starts at 12:01…
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NHS Medical Advice Will Soon Be Available Via Amazon’s Alexa
The UK government and Amazon are teaming up to make NHS advice readily available to citizens. Using Amazon’s Alexa AI voice assistant, blind and elderly patients will soon be able to get answers to their medical questions quickly. Completely in the privacy of their own home. With just an Alexa-powered…
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Amazon’s Alexa is Now “Hands-Free” on All Windows 10 PCs
Optional Push-to-Talk Still Available Amazon launched their Alexa app for Windows 10 back in November. Now, the latest update finally enables a completely hands-free experience. By simply issuing the wakeword “Alexa”, users can now issue commands to their PC like they would on an Amazon device. This of course, requires…
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Amazon Launches Echo Auto Smart Device for Motor Vehicles
Take Alexa for a Drive Not to be outdone by the other companies, such as Garmin with their Garmin Speak device, Amazon has finally released an Amazon Echo for your car. Appropriately called the Echo Auto, the compact device is barely larger than a small battery charger at 85 x…
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Amazon Announces New Echo Sub Smart Speaker
Powerful Subwoofer for the Echo Amazon has announced a new companion subwoofer for their Echo smart speakers. Simply called the Echo Sub, the 202 x 210mm 4.2kg device adds rich bass to your music experience. The Echo Sub delivers down-firing, 100W deep bass sound through a 6″ woofer. When paired…
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Amazing Prime Sale Launches And We Pick Our Top 5 Deals
Amazing Prime Sale Launches And We Pick Our Top 5 Deals The Amazon Prime sale has finally landed. Not good news for those of us who carefully manage our finances. It is, however, here and with a number of deals designed to tempt you to either spend more than you…
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Bionik Labs’ ARKE Exoskeleton Integrates Amazon Echo (VIDEO)
Human-robot integration can be a beautiful thing. While the first thought that comes to mind for most is TV’s Six Million Dollar Man or video games’ Deus Ex series, there are many other passive applications which can greatly benefit society. Take robotic exoskeletons for instance. These are essentially semi-robotic wearables…
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Amazon Officially Unveils Echo Show Touchscreen-Enabled Device
Amazon has officially announced the Echo Show touchscreen-enabled device. Images of this new echo leaked last week so this news may not come as a surprise to some. What is surprising, however, is the affordable price of $229.99 for a touchscreen device. The regular Amazon Echo had an introductory price…
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Apple’s Echo Competitor Is Currently Being Designed
There have been some rumors going around that Apple is working on a device that would compete with the likes of Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Home products, and it would appear that this mysterious project is actually in its final stages of design. The news was revealed via Twitter by Sonny…
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Play Interactive RuneScape Audio Adventures with Amazon Alexa
Developer Jagex is set to release a number of interactive audio adventures, based in the world of its popular MMO RuneScape, that are playable via Amazon’s virtual voice assistant, Alexa. The first such release is an audio adaptation of the One Piercing Note from RuneScape. “We are always interested in…
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Amazon Echo Potential Witness to Murder
Police in the US have requested server records of a particular Amazon Echo device in relation to a murder. The Amazon Echo system – a multimedia speaker with voice control, used to interact with Amazon personal assistant, Alexa – belongs to James Andrew Bates of Arkansas, who is accused of…
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China’s LingLong Want to Add Alexa to DingDong!
Ladies and gentlemen, introducing China’s answer to the Amazon Echo, the LingLong DingDong. Just in case you missed that, it’s called the LingLong DingDong. You’d be forgiven in thinking that this was the ramblings of some chubby western bloke, trying to convince his mates down at the local pub that…
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Google Could Be Working on a Rival for the Amazon Echo
Amazon’s Echo is certainly a useful little gadget, as it is capable of voice interaction and is able to create to-do lists, playback your favorite music and provide useful information regarding traffic and weather. However, rumours indicate that Google might actually be working on its own version of this popular…
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