If you've noticed your Amazon Echo being a little less chatty than usual, don't panic – a spell of downtime in Amazon's cloud servers knocked out the Alexa app for a few hours, but all systems are go again and your Echo should be back to full functionality.Apparently Amazon Web Services was out of action for a brief spell, causing Echos around the world (or at least in the US) to respond with a "lost connection" message whenever their users wanted to know the latest weather or needed to find out just how tall the Eiffel Tower was.Other users reported sluggishness in Alexa's responses, so the digital assistant could still respond to questions, but needed a good long think about them first. Most areas are now reporting that Alexa is back up and running normally.Not-so-smart homesAmazon Web Services, which underpins a host of apps such as Slack as well as everything Amazon does on the web, is responsible for around a third of all cloud services, according to Wikipedia. When it hits … [Read more...] about Amazon downtime shuts up Alexa for a few hours
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Amazon will soon stop selling all Nest products
Nest products won’t be sold by Amazon.com any longer once current stock runs out, according to a report from Business Insider. Amazon last year declined to offer some of Nest’s newer products like the Nest Cam IQ and latest-generation smart thermostat. After weeks of simply ignoring the products and being unresponsive to Nest, Amazon informed the company of its decision by phone late in the year and said the directive “came from the top,” something Nest took to mean it had been handed down by CEO Jeff Bezos. There has been no direct confirmation of this, however. As a result, Nest has decided to halt further restocks at Amazon once remaining product inventory is exhausted. It’s unclear whether third-party sellers will continue selling Nest gadgets, but Amazon itself will not. In removing itself from Amazon, Nest’s reasoning is that the powerful retailer should be selling its entire product family or nothing at all. Right now, several Nest products … [Read more...] about Amazon will soon stop selling all Nest products
Amazon Prime: 20 beneficios para cualquier miembro
Amazon Prime es mayormente conocido por dos cosas: entregas gratuitas en dos días y un servicio de streaming de video similar al de Netflix. Ambas son características que bien valen la pena, sobre todo si se considera el precio relativamente bajo por una suscripción anual de US$99; sin embargo, la suscripción a Prime te ofrece mucho más que eso.Aquí te presentamos un vistazo a cada beneficio que incluye la suscripción --junto con algunos servicios de Amazon que quizá creías que estaban incluidos, pero que en realidad generan un costo extra. La lista completa de beneficios de Prime es sorprendentemente larga, pero empieza con el favorito de todos: 1. Entrega gratuita en dos días [o menos] Muchos, si no la mayoría, de los productos físicos que entrega Amazon llegarán a las puertas de tu casa en dos días —al menos si vives en la parte continental de Estados Unidos (con perdón de los hawaianos). Lo … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime: 20 beneficios para cualquier miembro
Amazon may stop selling Google’s Nest products
Amazon may stop stocking Google's Nest line of products, continuing the companies' already rocky history of support for each other's products.According to a Business Insider report Friday, Amazon told Nest late last year that the online retailer wouldn't be listing any of Nest's newer products, which include a smart thermostat and other home appliances.Amazon declined to comment on the BI report, and Google didn't respond to a request for comment.When the listings disappear, Nest products might still be available from independent sellers on Amazon. Otherwise, they'll be going the way of Google's Chromecast and Home speakers, neither of which is in stock on Amazon and which compete, respectively, with Amazon's Fire TV streamers and Echo speakers.The news comes days after Amazon bought Ring, the maker of the Ring Video Doorbell. Amazon has also been beefing up its own home security products, such as its Cloud Cam. … [Read more...] about Amazon may stop selling Google’s Nest products
Paga US$2 en Amazon Prime para ver películas nominadas a los Oscar
La entrega de los premios Oscar 2018 tomará lugar este domingo, 4 de marzo, y si ya has visto todas las películas nominadas para este año, puedes aprovechar una oferta de Amazon para ver las películas de antaño.Por tiempo limitado Amazon le ofrece a los suscriptores a su servicio Prime un descuento del 50 por ciento en el alquiler de 20 películas que fueron nominadas, en años pasados, a los premios Oscar en la categoría de la mejor película. La lista incluye largometrajes como Mad Max Fury Road, Selma y The Imitation Game.Normalmente, la versión digital de estas películas cuesta US$4, pero en estos momentos los usuarios pagarían sólo US$2. Amazon no ofrece un descuento en la compra de las mismas películas.Sin embargo, si deseas agregar algunos filmes permanentemente a tu biblioteca digital también deberías considerar que iTunes ofrece paquetes de cuatro películas ganadoras de los premios Oscar … [Read more...] about Paga US$2 en Amazon Prime para ver películas nominadas a los Oscar