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Not every TV needs to be a wall-dominating cinematic masterpiece. Sometimes you just want something simple that works; whether it’s for a second bedroom, the kitchen, or that random spot in the basement gym you swore you’d use. The Amazon Fire TV 32″ 2-Series is a no-fuss, HD smart TV …

A solid second screen, a smart upgrade for the guest room, or just a main TV that doesn’t drain your budget—whatever the use case, the Hisense 50” A7 Series 4K Smart Fire TV fits the bill. And with Amazon’s Spring Sale in full swing, it’s now $239.95 (20% off).This TV …

(Photo: Jan Antonin Kolar/Unsplash)When it comes to smart assistants and data privacy, it appears Amazon’s Alexa is your worst bet. A new analysis conducted by Reviews.org has revealed that out of the smart assistants you could have on your phone or in your home, Alexa collects the most user data—including …

  Amazon this morning announced it’s teaming up with ATT on a new feature that will allow some ATT customers to make and receive phone calls through their Alexa-enabled devices, like an Amazon Echo smart speaker. Once enabled, customers with supported devices will be able to speak to the Alexa …

Amazon adds ‘hands-free’ Alexa to its Alexa mobile app Amazon is making it easier for mobile users to access its Alexa virtual assistant while on the go. The company announced today it’s making it possible to use Alexa “hands free” from within its Alexa mobile app for iOS and Android, …

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google to fix missing data from Search Console analytics report soonMar 13, 2017 by Barry Schwartz No need to panic over the Google Search Analytics report’s …

WebMD just launched an Alexa skill that promises to answer health and medical questions. But it seems there’s a lot it doesn’t know. The company’s press release offers a number of sample questions the assistant can potentially answer, such as: “Alexa, ask WebMD to tell me about type 2 diabetes.” …

Google has acquired the company and team behind CoWatch‘s software, an Android-based smartwatch OS that differed from most in that it also offered Amazon Alexa access on your wrist. Cronologics announced on its site that it will be joining Google, working on Android Wear, after having developed its Android-based OS …

The Amazon Alexa enabled devices have been very popular for the company, we heard yesterday that Amazon had sold around five million Alexa devices in the US since the first device launched in 2014. According to a recent report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Amazon is working on a high end …

Seems Alexa’s made her way into everything these days. Between Amazon’s own Echo offerings and an ever-growing array of third-party participation, the steady home automation takeover of the company’s AI assistant appears to be going about as well as could be expected. Between Alexa connected washing machines and a detergent …