Are you sick? Ask Amazon Alexa for a doctor

A company called HeathTap, a company that lets end users contact a board certified doctor from the comfort of their iPhone or iPad, has announced (via Fox Business) a new service that’ll let someone who has an Alexa device obtain medical advice from their vast network of doctors and other related medical fields.   Users […]

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How to enable Amazon Alexa Skills without the Alexa App

For those of us who have the Amazon Echo, we know that by going to the Alexa app own our smartphones that we can enable any skills that we choose. But did you know that there is a way to enable such skills without using the app?  Here’s how: Go to the Alexa Skills web page […]

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Can your Amazon Echo, Google Home, or Siri be used AGAINST you in Court?

(WSB TV): Voice assistants like Siri, Google Home and Amazon Echo take convenience to a new level, but does that convenience come with a price? Channel 2 Consumer Advisor Clark Howard says the in-home technology could impact your privacy. The assistants work by listening for the “wake word.” For Echo, that word is “Alexa,” for Google […]

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Plex users can now play their content by asking Amazon Echo

Plex users now have an easier way to get their content. The media player has launched a new Alexa skill that’ll allow a user to just ask it to play a movie or TV show, and Alexa will play it without having to use a remote. This new feature will work with all Alexa connected devices including the […]

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