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Former Android Boss Launches Devices To Compete With Google Pixel And Google Home

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A former employee of Google, and creator of the Android OS, Andy Rubin, unveiled two new products from his new company – a high-end smartphone and a stand-alone virtual assistant.  The “Essential Phone” and “Essential Home” are intended to compete with the products of his former employers, the Pixel and Google Home, as well as those from Apple …

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Amazon Introduces ‘Echo Show,’ A New Alexa Device With A Screen That Can Make Calls

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There other news outlets who have reported that Amazon is introducing a new Alexa-powered device that will feature a touchscreen, which will really change up the market for digital assistant devices.  It’ll cost $229 and will be available on June 28. This new deice is like a 7-inch Amazon Fire tablet with Alexa and a good …

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Amazon’s Happy Holidays: 9x Growth In Echo Family Device Sales

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It looks like Amazon had a good year, and a better Christmas this year, especially when we talk about their Echo devices.  Echo Dot, the newer and smaller edition of the Echo, sold quite well on Amazon this holiday.  In fact, it was Amazon’s top-selling item.  Chances are though, this was probably spurred on by …

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Amazon Launches 100+ Spots In New Alexa Ad Campaign In Anticipation of Google Home

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Amazon has been making a nice push to sell more of their Alexa-enabled devices with “Alexa Moments,” which is a new ad campaign that launched on October 3rd, and features over 100 different spots in rotation over the next few months. Amazon has said that the ad campaign was inspired by the “unique, creative ways …

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Amazon Enables Product Orders Through Echo

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A feature that a number of Amazon Echo users were looking forward to (probably!) has finally arrived.  Those who are Amazon Prime members can now talk to the device and order any Prime-eligible product that Amazon is selling.  Previously, any shopping done via Echo was limited to reordering items from pas Amazon purchases. Those who want …

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