Amazon's Alexa app store hits 3000 “skills,” up from 1000 in June
Following its accidental reveal of a newer, cheaper version of its Alexa-powered Echo Dot speaker on Monday, Amazon this morning announced new numbers detailing the rapid growth of its Alexa “app store,” which it calls the “Skills” section in its Alexa app. The company says the selection of these voice-activated apps has grown by 3x since June, and now includes over 3,000 skills. Skills are what Amazon calls the optional features consumers can add to their Alexa-powered devices, like the Amazo..>> view originaliPhone 7 Reviews: Apple's Cocky Vision Of The Future
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A few weeks ago, a disturbing article by Kashmir Hill at digital media site Fusion prompted me to remove my phone number from my Facebook account. The article describes the way Facebook fb may be using your phone’s address book to recommend new friends to other users. Like many well-meaning tech product features, this seems innocent enough—until you encounter examples where it’s not. In this case, Facebook was recommending a psychiatrist’s patients add one another as friends, possibly be..>> view originalWhy the Big Enemy of Online Ads Is Launching Its Own Ad Platform
More than 100 million people use the Adblock Plus extension in their browsers to make sure they don’t see annoying advertising. So it may come as a surprise to many that Adblock Plus is launching its own ad platform. Yet, it shouldn’t be all that surprising. This is a logical extension of the company’s “acceptable ads” scheme and a new way in which Adblock Plus can make money from that program—a useful move for the company due to a recent court ruling in its home country of Germany. It has long..>> view originalMossberg: Choosing the iPhone 7 is tougher than in the past
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GM spent $160 million on new tooling and equipment for the five-seat electric crossover to travel down the same line as the Verano and Sonic.(Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr / Detroit News)Orion Township — General Motors Co. is preparing its Orion Assembly Plant for retail production of the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, a pure-electric vehicle with a 238-mile range that’s on schedule to hit dealerships by the end of the year.The Bolt will go head-to-head with the upcoming Tesla Model 3 in price and driving ra..>> view originalThe 10 biggest changes coming to your iPhone today with iOS 10
Apple has two brand new iPhones set to launch this Friday, and after reading all the early reviews, there’s precious little question that the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are the best iPhones Apple has ever made. But you don’t need to shell out between $650 and $970 to experience “new,” because Apple is releasing a fresh new version of the iOS operating system on Tuesday. That’s right, the final version of iOS 10 will finally make its way onto iPhones and iPads around the world beginning today, a..>> view originalToshiba OCZ VX500 512GB Review
September 13th, 2016 at 2:00 pm - Author Simon Crisp Toshiba OCZ already has the RD400 in the high-end/enthusiast SSD market segment and the TR150 at the value end of it. Notably missing was a new up to date drive to compete in the mainstream market. That gap has now been filled with the launch of the VX500 series. It will take over from the old VT180 (Vector 180) mainstream series as that product line becomes end of life. The VX500 range is made up of 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1TB capaciti..>> view original
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