Amazon executive Daniel Rausch stood onstage before a crowd of hundreds at Berlin's IFA tech show Saturday to share a few big numbers about Alexa."Just this year," he said, "Alexa has sung Happy Birthday millions of times to customers, and she's told over 100 million jokes."Maybe Alexa, Amazon's voice assistant, hasn't sung Happy Birthday to you just yet, but -- considering the way things are going -- there's a good chance it'll get invited to your nex...
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Facebook’s Portal smart displays have had an uphill battle, trying to convince people to willingly give the notoriously security-lax social media company another avenue into their homes. But it seems some people are pretty happy with their Portals: Facebook employees, who were just caught leaving five-star reviews for their own product on Amazon.But it’s not just a coincidence. Facebook executive Andrew “Boz” Bosworth has seemly confirmed on Twitter that they’re ind...
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Idea Factory International launched Megadimension Neptunia VIIR back in May for PlayStation VR. This week its the turn of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, with the title arriving on Steam with a week long discount as well as several bundle offers.For the Steam release this week Idea Factory International has knocked 25 percent off the regular price, dropping Megadimension Neptunia VIIR down to £23.24 GBP – from £30.99. Additionally, there are three bundles available netting gamers new...
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Netflix Inc, Amazon.com Inc and technology companies poised to benefit from U.S. corporate tax cuts are attracting fresh attention on Wall Street after their shares shrugged off recent market turbulence.Amazon on Wednesday rose over 2 percent and touched $1,500 for the first time, while Netflix rose also rose over 2 percent and nearly hit its own record high.Investors, left nervous after major indexes slumped into correction territory at the start of the month but still confident about the healt...
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FRVR has made its name as a publisher of lightweight HTML5 games such as Basketball FRVR, which has been played more than 5.6 billion times. And now it has raised $3 million in a round of funding led by Accel Partners.The Malta-based game publisher will use the money to expand its games to new markets and platforms and continue its team growth. FRVR creates games for both chat and “post-app store” platforms like Facebook Messenger.Besides Accel, other investors include Makers Fund an...
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Comcast has officially ended its bidding war with the Walt Disney Company for 21st Century Fox’s cable and studio assets.In a statement, Comcast said it will not try to top Disney’s $71.3 billion bid for Fox and will instead focus its efforts on buying Sky.“I’d like to congratulate Bob Iger and the team at Disney and commend the Murdoch family and Fox for creating such a desirable and respected company,” said Comcast CEO Brian Roberts in a statement....
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