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Now I can get Alexa in my car... the Roav VIVA is an Alexa-enabled device that plugs into the 12 volt accesssory socket in your car. It has...

I enjoy my smart home things and keep adding to the list. I'm not sure they save me time, but I love the convenience of them - especial...

The House That Spied on Me : "Thanks to the Internet of Things, I could live in my very own tech-mediated Downton Abbey. That’s the ap...

No surprise, I've done it again... I bought another Alexa controllable smart plug. But wait! This one is totally different. It's an ...

Switch Bot allows you to retro-fit traditional switches for control via voice or an app. It is a little mechanical bot that will flip the sw...

Interesting chart about what things are now being done with Alexa and her friends... I know we stream a lot of music (vs. doing it from our...

So Anker/Eufy is adding a better speaker to their Alexa device line up - the ZOLO Halo . (And yes, their naming is as bad as some of the Chi...

I bought a couple of the  Eufy Genie devices  - one for $29 and one for $19. They are basically clones of the  Amazon Echo Dot . They seemed...

I love my Echo , but the attack vectors are scary... Turns out hackers can take control of Siri and Alexa by "whispering" to th...

The new Laverne and Shirley... " Available later this year, this collaboration will allow you to access Alexa via Cortana on Windows ...

I've been thinking about getting another Amazon Echo Dot for a while now. I was especially tempted when they were available as refurbs ...

I'm not sure I understand the pricing... You can get a new Echo Dot for $39.99 (limited time offer) . Or you can get a refurbished E...

You can get a refurb Amazon Echo Dot for $38 . But don't do it... it is a slippery slope. I've got voice control of my thermostats...

I know it's early, but as a follow-up to yesterday's post about addressing your Amazon Echo as "Computer," I cracked up r...

I've been toying with the idea of buying an Amazon Echo . They've made the wake word configurable, so you can say "computer...

So tempted to pick up an Amazon Echo Dot at the sale price of $39.99 .

Google's alternative to the  Amazon Echo  is code-named Chirp . I'm pretty excited for competition in this space. Tools like these s...

So not exactly a $180 Amazon Echo , but for about $10 you can get something pretty close : "For the 3rd instillment of my “Putting Al...