Tag: Amazon

Bengaluru: Amazon on Monday released “Alexa Skill Blueprints” allowing users to create personalised skills and responses for its voice-based assistant Alexa in India. Users need to select their blueprint template from “Alexa Skill Blueprints” website, where they can also browse through 30 “Skill Blueprints” across four categories including “Fun and Games”, “Learning and Knowledge”, “At […]

San Francisco: Following its partnership with Amazon to integrate their two Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered assistants Alexa with Cortana, Microsoft has now started selling Amazon’s Echo devices in its retail stores. Amazon’s Echo Dot and Echo devices are available online and in Microsoft Stores in the US, The Verge reported on Saturday. Microsoft introduced Cortana on […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the Centre’s response on a plea for removal of vulgar and sexually explicit content from online platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and others. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar Rao listed the matter for further hearing on February 8. The […]

Bengaluru: Four Indian manufacturers on Monday announced to launch new products like portable headsets, smart speakers and set-top boxes with the Amazon Alexa built-in. The hardware manufacturers are iBall, Sirena Technologies, boAt and MyBox who have integrated Alexa into their products with the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) which enables developers to integrate Alexa directly into […]

San Francisco: Amazon on Tuesday announced a new investment of $10 million in Closed Loop Fund (CLF) to support recycling infrastructure in the US aimed at cutting the amount of waste treated at landfills. Amazon said its investment will increase the availability of curbside recycling for three million homes in communities across the country, making […]

San Francisco: Amazon.com on Tuesday said it was raising the minimum wage for all its US employees to $15 an hour, starting from November 1. The move comes after the company faced criticism about the pay and benefits for its warehouse workers. The new minimum wage will cover more than 2,50,000 current employees and 1,00,000 […]

New Delhi: Amazon on Thursday refreshed its line-up of Echo smart home devices and also introduced an Echo companion device for the Indian market. The new Echo devices are currently available for pre-order on Amazon.in and can be experienced first-hand, exclusively at the “Amazon Festive Home”. Amazon Echo devices are smart speakers designed around users’ […]

New York : Amazon on Tuesday became the second US public company after Apple to hit the $1 trillion valuation mark. Last month, Apple became the first US company to become a $1 trillion company. According to a report in CBS News, Amazon shares hit $2,050.49 — climbing 1.5 per cent in the morning trade […]

New Delhi : Strengthening its online presence in the premium segment before the festive quarter, Samsung India on Friday refreshed its Galaxy A8 series with “Galaxy A8 Star” for Rs 34,990. The smartphone, with dual “Intellicam” camera, will be available on Amazon India from August 27 and in retail stores starting September 5 in midnight […]

New York: Apple on Thursday became the first publicly traded US corporation to reach a market capitalization of $1 trillion, beating other tech giants, such as Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft, in the race to reach the milestone. After closing up nearly 6 percent in the previous trading session, Apple shares climbed another 2.4 per cent […]

New Delhi: Using simple voice commands with Alexa, your kids will now be able learn about the stories from “Amar Chitra Katha” and know about the animal kingdom from Shikari Shambu of “Tinkle”, thanks to a new range of Alexa skills that Amazon launched specifically for children under 13 years of age in India. These […]

San Francisco: Amazon has started rolling out its “FreeTime Unlimited” service that houses collections of television shows, books and movies for children from Disney, Nickelodeon amd more, on iOS devices. Launched five-and-half-years back, Amazon FreeTime Unlimited is essentially the e-commerce giant’s subscription service for children aged between 3-12 years that gives unlimited access to over […]

San Francisco: Cloud major Oracle is in for some tough times ahead as Microsoft and Google are fast eating into its core tech and Cloud businesses, JPMorgan analysts have said. According to a report on Fox Business on Thursday, JPMorgan analyst Mark Murphy has downgraded Oracle to neutral from overweight based on the CIO survey […]

Bengaluru: World’s largest e-commerce player Amazon has invested an additional Rs 2,600 crore in its India operations ahead of the US retail giant Walmart taking over the country’s e-tail major Flipkart. “The Amazon board has accorded consent to allot 260 crore shares of Rs 10 face value aggregating Rs 2,600 crore to the shareholders on […]

How lucky you will feel if you get an air conditioner at just Rs 5,900? What if you were told that the air conditioner’s actual price is around Rs 1 lakh. Don’t believe it? Many online buyers reportedly cashed in on this offer on Amazon India.