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24 alternatives to Too Embarrassed to Ask - Dan Seifert, Senior Editor, The Verge
Alexa, Is Jeff Bezos Spying on Me?
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Too Embarrassed to Ask - Dan Seifert, Senior Editor, The Verge launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Chatting AI in the home, FB at work & Snap IPO
2016 · its alternatives →
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Why Alexa is an even bigger deal than it seems
2016 · its alternatives →
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The "gigantic" potential of artificial intelligence
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart feed on TWTR & FB + DJ Khaled inspiring Justin Khan
2016 · its alternatives →
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Amazon has plans for smart home world domination
2016 · its alternatives →
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This podcast is the Uber for “Why?”
2016 · its alternatives →
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Jeff Bezos has been misbehaving, view his report card
2021 · its alternatives →
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A podcast co-hosted by Amazon's Alexa
2016 · its alternatives →
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An Amazon Alexa skill for What The F**k Just Happened Today.
2017 · its alternatives →
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Kara speaks w/ Marc about their ambitious Amazon competitor
2015 · its alternatives →
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News + personalized flow of thoughtfully curated stories
2017 · its alternatives →
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Matthew Rehm from PodXRef on Entrepreneurship
2016 · its alternatives →
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Virtual reality and why Google has 'lost its mind'
2015 · its alternatives →
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Ben and James discuss the Amazon Echo.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Tech, startups & media w/ Jason L. Baptiste and Ben Parr
2016 · its alternatives →
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I've made a Hacker News skill for Alexa so people can get tech news while driving, cooking, or cleaning. The first version lists post titles and summarizes articles: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CKVDXC3 I'll have lots of time over the next few months to refine it and add things like - comment summaries - selecting posts by topic, and eventually - answering questions about articles What do you think of the skill? What I should add to it? What do people think about voice assistants in general? To keep in touch, talk to me on Twitter or by email:…
2018 · its alternatives →
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Hey there HN! So for the last few weeks I decided I wanted to learn more about selling on Amazon and FBA - so I did what any normal hacker would do. I bought a website - https://www.chargeduck.com - Wrote some funny copy (Well I think its funny, but I suppose thats subjective) and then I went a step further. I called up suppliers, had samples made, designed packaging and even through some of that cheeky copy on the box. As I've been talking to people over the last week or two - especially other entrepreneurs its become apparent that this is a world a lot of people don't understand…
2018 · its alternatives →
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