All posts tagged "amazon"

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  How to Stop Amazon and Google Ads from Stalking You Around the Web

  Ever notice how products you were considering buying follow you around the web? Here's how to put a stop to it.

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  How-To

  Use Your Fire Tablet as Second Screen Experience with Fire TV

  The second Screen experience lets you watch movies on Fire TV and find more information about actors and jump to specific scenes...

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  How to Use Alexa’s Follow-Up Mode on Echo Devices

  Amazon now has Follow-Up Mode for Alexa that allows you to give a series of commands without speaking the wake word each...

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  Set Up Multiroom Music Playback with Amazon Echo Devices

  One feature Amazon added to its Echo devices is the ability to play multiroom audio. Here's how to set it up and...

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  How to Send SMS Text Messages with Alexa on Amazon Echo Devices

  Amazon has added a new SMS texting ability to Alexa devices which adds to the hands-free communication options you have with the...

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  Amazon Fire TV Now Supports Single Sign-on for TV Everywhere Apps

  Signing in to your favorite TV Everywhere apps just got easier with Amazon Fire TV with the Single Sign-on feature.

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  Use the Amazon Barcode Scanner to Purchase Products from Your Phone

  The Amazon app makes it easy to purchase products from the online retail giant, by scanning a barcode with your phone.

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  How to Find and Add Apps to Fire TV from Your Browser

  If you're at work or out and about, you can send new apps to your Fire TV at home through a browser...

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  Delete Your Voice Recordings from Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana and Siri

  Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft keep recordings of your smart speaker voice commands on their servers. Here's how to delete them.

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  New Amazon Fire TV Update Focuses on Live Programming

  Amazon is adding a new focus to live shows on its Amazon Channels which comes as part of your Prime membership.

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  Use Alexa on Your Echo Device to Control Fire TV Hands-Free

  Who needs a remote? You can link your Echo with Alexa to Fire TV and watch what you want completely hands-free.

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  YouTube App on Fire TV Now Redirects to Silk or Firefox Web Browser

  In the ongoing feud between Google and Amazon over YouTube on Fire TV, you're now prompted to open the web version in...

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  Why Does Amazon Ship Tiny Items in Huge Boxes?

  Ever wonder why a logistical paragon like Amazon wastes so much packaging on small items? Here's the best theory so far.

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  Mozilla’s Firefox Web Browser for Amazon Fire TV is Now Available

  Amazon today announced that Mozilla’s Firefox web browser is now available for its Fire TV and the emphasis is accessing YouTube.