New technology is never perfect,” Alyssa Pereira reports for The San Francisco Chronicle. “Amazon, one of the latest companies forced to reckon with such imperfections in their own products, is now finding itself apologizing to a family for an embarrassing snafu.” “The family’s parents, who recently bought an Echo Dot equipped with ‘Alexa,’ Amazon’s virtual personal assistant […]
Did you know that you can get Siri to make a phone call and activate the speakerphone for you? Here’s how: Trigger Siri by holding down the Home Button or (if active in Settings) say “Hay Siri.” Then say “Call Jim Smith using Speakerphone.” If the name is in your Contacts, iPhone will dial the number. […]
When I reviewed the Amazon Echo 13 months ago, I predicted that people would want one in every room. The Echo can control your home’s lighting, play music, estimate your commute time, operate a timer, answer trivia questions, read books and news bulletins to you, tell you which movies are at your local theater, and […]
According to the Alexa online portal, Amazon.com has given the device the ability to highlight special deals for the Holidays that will only be available via the Amazon Echo device. To find out the latest Holiday deals, just ask Alexa: “Alexa, what are your deals?” When Alexa announces a product, the user can say the […]
