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Monday, 10 January 2022 23:25

Amazon should never have given their assistant a female name, says the Alexa is a human campaign

In this world of modern digital assistants it's become commonplace to call upon your device by name. However, it’s also caused suffering in the lives of ladies named Alexa with everyone they meet thinking it’s funny to boss them around.

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Thursday, 15 February 2018 09:46

Alexa routines now make it smartest smart assistant

The Alexa app has been updated, bringing with it routines and pushing it to the top of the smart home assistant list.

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Sunday, 11 February 2018 15:03

Amazon Echo and Alexa in-depth

Amazon’s voice-controlled Alexa assistant and range of Echo devices are now here in Australia, offering information services, alarms, music, home automation and so much more. iTWire took a look.

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Saturday, 10 February 2018 11:25

Which home assistant is right for you?

We’re living in the future, with self-driving cars and voice-controlled assistants who turn our lights on and off. Our investigations show they're not yet perfect, but maybe there's a home assistant right for you.

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