Now that the Amazon Echo has the ability to change the color of its top ring, each color represents a feature that the device can do.
We have compiled a handy cheat sheet that you can download and have it near your Amazon Echo.
To download it, just click here or go to the top menu, and select A.I. > Amazon > Light Meaning.
(CNN): "The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs" is set to open on Saturday night at the Santa Fe Opera, home to the largest summer-opera festival in U.S.
Most of the narrative is taken from what's been written about Jobs, blended with an interpretation of who he was in his personal life.
"Everyone in the world thinks they know Steve Jobs because they've read about him and seen him do product launches," said librettist Mark Campbell, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Music for his opera "Silent Night." "But we wanted to make this icon a human being and [explore] the things in his life that weren't great or beautiful, his foibles, strengths and qualities."
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“Verizon Wireless customers this week noticed that Netflix’s speed test tool appears to be capped at 10Mbps, raising fears that the carrier is throttling video streaming on its mobile network,” Jon Brodkin reports for Ars Technica. “When contacted by Ars this morning, Verizon acknowledged using a new video optimization system but said it is part of a temporary test and that it did not affect the actual quality of video. The video optimization appears to apply both to unlimited and limited mobile plans.”
“But some YouTube users are reporting degraded video, saying that using a VPN service can bypass the Verizon throttling,” Brodkin reports. “‘We’ve been doing network testing over the past few days to optimize the performance of video applications on our network,’ a Verizon spokesperson told Ars. ‘The testing should be completed shortly. The customer video experience was not affected.’ …Verizon told us that the video optimization limits are applied ‘the same whether you are tethered or not.'”
“Verizon appears to have changed course from an earlier statement that it passes along video in the same quality provided by the video service. ‘We deliver whatever the content provider gives us. We don’t manipulate the data,’ Verizon said when it introduced its new unlimited plan in February,” Brodkin reports. “We asked Verizon if the new video optimization is a change in policy… ‘We’re always looking for ways to optimize our network without impacting our customers’ experience,’ the company replied. Verizon provided no further details.”
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Although most of us know about this, you'd be surprised at how many users don't know ghat Alexa is in a lot of other devices.
One such device is the Amazon Fire TV. An end user not only can run many Amazon Echo skills on their TV, but also have additional features to help them get the most out of the device - and your TV.
Here's what you need to get Alexa on your TV:
All of the above devices come with an Amazon-Alexa compatible remote. Just press the microphone button and say:
"Alexa, open [name of skill]".
So, what ever skill(s) you have installed on an Alexa device can be accessed through your TV.
