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Via theverge.com
Amazon Will Now Deliver to Your Car
In a fascinating move, Volvo, General Motors and Amazon announced that customers can choose their car as their preferred delivery location for Prime orders. Beginning today, the offer is open to GM …
Via digiday.com
Retail’s Brick-and-Mortar Reasoning in the Age of Amazon
At Shoptalk retail conference, brands found themselves doing more than outlining next moves. Much attention has been given to redefining purpose and even defending their right to continue, in essence proving that …
Via reuters.com
Amazon.com Opens a Rainforest-Filled Office
Equal parts greenhouse and office space, Amazon.com’s $4 billion downtown Seattle Spheres structure features verdant walkways and non-traditional, chair-laden meeting spaces. There also happens to be about 40,000 plants of 400 species, …
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Real life Star Wars destinations, a blue moon eclipse, growing materials for robots and more
Via endgadget.com
Amazon’s Alexa Moves into the Kitchen
First there were lightbulbs, then door locks. But soon, Amazon’s Alexa will have power in the kitchen, too. Amazon has added cooking abilities within Alexa’s Smart Home Skill framework. This means users …
Via theverge.com
Amazon Patent’s Mirror for Virtually Trying on Clothes
Utilizing a camera scanning system, displays and projectors, Amazon’s patent for a blended-reality mirror describes an item that could (if produced) allow users to try on clothes virtually. The device would be …
Echo Show
$229.00
A true upgrade to smart-home assistance, the Amazon Echo Show offers innumerable functionality. With eight microphones, the Echo Show can hear requests through Spotify streams and background noise. Users can play Amazon …
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Drawing logos from memory, redesigning the classic bra, a Gloria Steinem biopic and more
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Amazon’s New Echo Spot
Unveiled today, Amazon’s newest device, the Echo Spot is essentially a smart alarm clock. With a 2.5-inch screen, the Spot is also capable of acting as a nanny cam and making video …