Posted on 04/12/2016 8:11:13 AM PDT by upchuck
A research firm estimates Amazon.com has sold 3 million Echo voice-controlled home speakers, and that close to half of U.S. Amazon customers are aware of the product. [snip]
The device, which sells for $180, also has given Amazon a big role in the emerging field of home automation, as many people use it to control thermostats or lights that work off Wi-Fi. [snip]
Launched in late 2014, the Echo slowly picked up speed as word spread about its uncanny abilities — from answering questions to turning on the living-room lights.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...
There’s not.
#11 You like it because it is your soul mate. Did you get it at the Galleria?
ref from Big Bang Theory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vti6yzyuy1I
“New and improved technology from “1984” and we even install it ourselves.”
And we pay for it out of our own pockets. Orwell was a cynic, but we have managed to outdo him.
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