Tag: Alexa
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A child was told by Alexa to do a potentially lethal challenge involving a live electrical plug and a coin
"Go through internet safety and not trusting things you read without research and verification"
December 29, 2021 -
Fire TV brings new Alexa voice feature to Netflix
Customers in the US and Canada can simply say, "Alexa, Play Something on Netflix" and Netflix will launch a show or movie you might enjoy.
November 16, 2021 -
Big B 1st celebrity voice on Amazon Alexa in India
Alexa is also available on the Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, Fire TV Edition, the free Alexa app as well as the Amazon shopping app (Android only).
September 14, 2020 -
Amazon to partner with Paymentus to support utility bill payments with Alexa
Amazon first embedded the payment function within Alexa in 2017 and added the ability to make charitable donations through Amazon Pay and Alexa in 2018.
October 28, 2019 -
Now Ask Alexa to pay monthly bills, here’s how
Users can also add money to the Amazon pay by saying, ‘Alexa, add Rs XXX to my Amazon Pay balance’.
October 17, 2019 -
Amazon Alexa offering over 30,000 skills in India
The Indian Alexa Skills Store features skills across categories including astrology, bollywood, cricket, devotion, entertainment, education, food, housing, and children.
August 29, 2019 -
Pros and cons of modernization
Although constant technological evolution has indeed changed the world, it has also taken away many traditions that have lasted for centuries.
June 27, 2019 -
Amazon accused of violating kids’ privacy with Alexa
Reacting to the allegations, the e-commerce giant said it not only worked closely with organisations like the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) while developing Echo Dot Kids Edition but also followed industry's best practices for securing verifiable parental consent. "Specific to Echo Dot Kids Edition and FreeTime on Alexa, we want you to know that Kid skills in Amazon FreeTime do not collect personal information and we require verifiable parental consent from all customers before enabling FreeTime on Alexa," Amazon wrote in a blog post.
May 10, 2019 -
Giving human touch to Alexa or Siri can backfire
For the study, the researchers recruited 141 participants through Amazon Mechanical Turk, a crowd-sourced site that allows people to get paid to participate in studies.
April 21, 2019 -
The incredible story of Alexa
Beaten and left with a broken leg, a few months old Alexa needed medical attention and a lot of help to be back on her four feet. She got everything, and how!
March 11, 2019 -
In pictures: Top 5 gadgets that grabbed eyeballs in India in 2018
The new Watch has an electrical heart sensor with two new features -- low heart rate notifications and faster heart rate reading. The moment you get furious, Watch Series 4 sends you an immediate notification about your heart rate going through the roof, requiring you to cool down.
December 16, 2018 -
Facebook starts selling Portal video chat devices in US
Consumers can purchase Portal for $199 and Portal+ for $349 from portal.facebook.com, Amazon.com, BestBuy.com as well as Amazon Books and Best Buy stores, Facebook said.
November 8, 2018 -
Reddit beats Facebook to become third most popular platform in US
Google is still the most visited site, followed by YouTube, Reddit, Facebook and Amazon. Reddit's daily page views are impressive, at 9.73 per visitor.
May 31, 2018 -
Amazon’s Alexa ‘heard and sent private chat’
The couple from Portland in Oregon had joked that their Amazon Alexa might be listening in to their private conversations.
May 25, 2018 -
Voice control your world
Amazon’s Echo range of smart speakers presents a novel way of interacting with technology.
April 1, 2018 -
Microsoft, Amazon collaborate to integrate Cortana, Alexa capabilities
In a rare collaboration, Microsoft and Amazon have come to an agreement wherein Cortana users will have access to Alexa and vice-versa. According to a report in the New York Times, the two rival tech firms have been coordinating behind the scenes for the past year to make artificial intelligent assistants Alexa and Cortana communicate …
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August 31, 2017