Tag: Amazon
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New ways to manage your medications at home using Alexa
Amazon Blog – 11.26.19 We introduced Alexa five years ago, and early on customers began to rely on Alexa for day-to-day tasks such as setting their morning alarm, managing their schedules, creating reminders, to-do lists, routines, and more. After receiving a number of stories and reviews from customers, we noticed a trend: many customers were…
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Top 10 food trends for 2020
Amazon Blog – 10.22.19 (10.21.19) Whole Foods Market’s global buyers and experts revealed the most anticipated and innovative food trends for 2020 in the retailer’s fifth annual trends predictions announcement. Each year, more than 50 Whole Foods Market team members including local foragers, regional and global buyers, and culinary experts compile the report based on…
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Stream music the way artists want you to hear it
Amazon Blog – 10.21.19 (10.18.19) Amazon Music recently announced the launch of Amazon Music HD, a new tier of premium quality music with more than 50 million songs in High Definition, and millions of songs in Ultra High Definition, the highest quality streaming audio available. We spoke with Andre Stapleton, head of label relations in…
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Introducing Intersect Music Festival
Amazon Blog – 10.17.19 Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduces Intersect, a music festival celebrating creativity, innovation, and community taking place December 6-7, 2019 in Las Vegas, NV. Headlining artists like Foo Fighters, Kacey Musgraves, Beck, and Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals will be joined by Brandi Carlile, Leon Bridges, H.E.R., and more. Source: Introducing Intersect Music Festival
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Amazon Music now available on Apple TV 4K
Amazon Blog – 10.10.19 Amazon Music announces its new app for Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD running tvOS 12.0 and later. Starting today, customers can download the Amazon Music app from the App Store for Apple TV and get access to stream millions of songs and thousands of playlists and stations on Apple…
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Bringing STEAM education to more families
Amazon Blog – 8.8.19 National Children’s Museum in Washington D.C. is undergoing a huge makeover right now. Founded in 1974, the Congressionally-designated museum has served the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia areas, in addition to tourists from all over the world, for more than 45 years. In the spirit of our Amazon Future Engineer program, which aims to increase…
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“Alexa, speak slower”
Amazon Blog – 8.8.19 (8.7.19) Beginning today, customers in the U.S. can ask Alexa to speak slower or speak faster, enabling Alexa to adapt to a diverse set of customer needs. Whether customers ask Alexa for the weather, the latest news, a sports update, about an upcoming event on their calendar, for a definition, and…
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Prime Wardrobe – Try Before You Buy
Amazon YouTube Channel – 8.7.19 (8.5.19) Fall in love with thousands of brands with Prime Wardrobe. Try up to 8 items, only pay for what you keep. Source: Prime Wardrobe – Try Before You Buy
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Raising the minimum wage is something all companies and Congress should get behind
Amazon Blog – 7.23.19 (7.18.19) Last October, Amazon announced a $15 minimum wage for all of our full-time, part-time, temporary, and seasonal employees across the U.S. Every one of our more than 350,000 hourly workers across the country got a pay raise. Today, the House of Representatives passed the Raise the Wage Act, voting to raise the…
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Meet one of the teams making Alexa smarter every day
Amazon Blog – 7.19.19 (7.18.19) When we introduced Alexa in November 2014, she could do 13 things – she could tell you the weather, play music, answer basic questions, set timers, and catch you up on news headlines. Customers told us the experience was magical – it was a completely new and improved way to…