The iLive Platinum Concierge is one of the first stand-alone speakers to use the Amazon Alexa voice service (AVS). The iLive Concierge emulates the Amazon Echo in both design and capabilities. The goal of the Concierge is, however, to be even better than the original Amazon Echo. It offers several important features that are missing […]
Amazon Dash Wand – Part of Amazon’s New Lineup of Gadgets
Our high tech world is changing quickly. Just a few short years ago we could only communicate with devices by typing or touching. Now we can gather information and control devices with our voices. From computers to smart phones, voice control is now being built into all of our hardware. Amazon started this movement with […]
Amazon Turns an “Eye” to Fashion with the Echo Look
Amazon recently unveiled its first Echo device with a built-in camera called the Echo Look. It’s wasn’t geared toward home security. It wasn’t focused on video communication. Instead, it surprised many pundits by being focused on fashion. The Look lets people take full-length photos of their outfits by simply saying, “Alexa, take a picture”. It […]
Digital Assistants Becoming Ubiquitous
Siri, the first real digital assistant, appeared only six years ago, as a feature in Apple’s iPhone 4S in October of 2011. Since then many others have imitated Siri. Some, like Google Now were limited to smart phones and were not very good. But in 2015 Amazon broke through with the release of the voice […]
Amazon Echo & Google Home Battle for Your Home
Two giants are battling for your home. Both Amazon Echo and Google Home want to be the device that you use at home to answer questions, play music, and control all of your household devices. They are both are very easy to set up and very similar in their capabilities. Each listens for their trigger […]
Sony H.ear Go — A Speaker with Great Connectivity
There are many wireless speakers on the market today. In choosing one you must look at the portability, build quality, connectivity, and sound quality. With the Sony H.ear Go SRS-HG1 wireless speaker, you can put a checkmark in all four of those boxes. Design & Build Quality Measuring 2.5 by 8.0 by 2.4 inches (HWD) […]
Harmony Remote Elite Plays Nice with Alexa
Way back in 1950 Zenith released the first remote control for the television. It was called the Lazy Bone. At that time, it was said that by using remote controls we would all become couch potatoes. Instead devices as well as their remote controls proliferated like rabbits. They now are the cause of much frustration […]
Samsung Galaxy S8 Makes It’s Debut
It’s official, after months of guesses and speculations, the details of Samsung’s new Galaxy S8 and S8+ have been announced. Many of the revelations about the phones matched what I had predicted, but there were also some pleasant new revelations. Infinity Display The first surprise was what a great job Samsung did on the new […]