Google introduced a countertop display called the Home Hub at an event in October. The Home Hub is powered by Google Assistant, the company’s digital helper. A month earlier, Amazon unveiled roughly 70 new products and features at a similar presentation. Almost all of them revolved around its Alexa voice assistant. Apple […]
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TP-Link has been enjoying a very good run on Amazon.com. Two of the company’s Alexa-enabled smart plugs have dominated Amazon’s electric plugs best-seller list for most of this year, helping the Chinese manufacturer sell thousands of plugs. Unfortunately for TP-Link, it’s about to get fresh competition — from Amazon itself. […]
For some, mowing the lawn is intensely satisfying. For others, it’s a time-consuming chore. If the latter sounds like you, take heart. Help is on the way from iRobot, the company that gave us the Roomba robot vacuum. Its latest creation, the iRobot Terra, is a grass-cutting robot designed […]
Your smart home can do more than just make your daily routine more convenient. As strange as it may seem, the couple hundred dollars you spend on a fancy connected gadget might actually save you money in the long run. From better heating and cooling to more efficient watering, […]
Amazon executive Daniel Rausch stood onstage before a crowd of hundreds at Berlin’s IFA tech show Saturday to share a few big numbers about Alexa. ‘Just this year,’ he said, ‘Alexa has sung Happy Birthday millions of times to customers, and she’s told over 100 million jokes.’ Maybe Alexa, Amazon’s […]