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Introducing Alexa Live–a Free, Online Conference for Voice Developers
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Eve’s HomeKit-Enabled ‘Eve Flare’ Offers Awesome Mood Lighting, Long Battery Life, and Water Resistance
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Renters Save Money With Smart Home Products
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Apple Ends Support for Funding Person-to-Person Payments With Credit Cards, Renames Apple Pay Cash...
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Voice Assistants
Amazon’s latest Echos show the smart home space hitting its stride
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Your Cheesy Assistant
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New Alexa Design Guide: Create Engaging Alexa Skills Using Situational Design
We’re excited to announce the publication of the new Alexa Design Guide for skill builders, built around the principles of situational design so...
Summoning Actual Fire, or Other Automations, When the Bomb Goes Off in CS:GO via...
A few years back, I wrote about integrating my dumb gas fireplace into Home Assistant using a Wemos D1 Mini. A few weeks ago...
[Update: Texas] Google Duplex on Pixel expands to 43 US States, coming to more...
One of the most impressive tech demos Google has ever shown off was the reveal of Google Duplex back at I/O last year. While...
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How to Wipe Your Smart Gadgets Before You Get Rid of...
You probably know you have to wipe your old computers and smartphones clean before you sell, donate, or recycle them. After all, you don’t...
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