Amazon Echo and Alexa launch in Brazil, just three weeks after arrival of Amazon Music

Alexa experience has been ‘built from the ground up’ for Brazil
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The number of smart speakers in US households grew by 78% in 2018

53 million people – or 21% of the population — now own at least one smart speaker
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Pandora Premium can now be streamed through Amazon Echo devices

The company published a blog post announcing the news ‘just in time for the holidays’
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Will Our Amazon Echo One Day Be Used Against Us in a Court of Law?

Will your smart home device like the Amazon Echo turn into the ultimate crime-solving tool? Can it plead the fifth? In November 2015, police arrested, and subsequently, charged James Andrew Bates with first-degree murder. He allegedly murdered a man named Victor Collins. Police found Collins’ lifeless body in Bates’ hot tub. Bates owned several smart […]

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Amazon To Launch Music Streaming Service At Half the Price, But There’s a Catch…

The old saying goes, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. But according to Amazon, if you don’t want to join ‘em, just beat ‘em at half price. Tech news site Recode reported yesterday that Amazon is looking to double-down on its own music streaming service at reportedly half the price of its competitors like […]

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