John W. Ancelet, Jr.Make Alexa Do Whatever You Want With New Amazon Alexa Skill BlueprintsForbes - Anthony KarczAmazon's Alexa is a great little helper AI, but there are times when it feels frustratingly locked in to a single set of responses. Sure, your pet sitter can figure out how to turn on the lights and play some music with your Echo, but what about your pet's schedule, or where you keep the leash, or …
John W. Ancelet, Jr.There’s No Such Thing as Big Data in HRverified_publisherHarvard Business Review - Peter CappelliHR departments are always under pressure to be more analytic, employing big data techniques — which is justified to some extent. Some wishful thinkers believe that the application of big data analytics will somehow rid HR of the some of the attributes they don’t like about it, such as the …
John W. Ancelet, Jr.Tips for Avoiding Power Cord Problemsverified_publisherconsumerreports.org - By Allen St. JohnWhen I walk into my office at Consumer Reports, I'm greeted by some cool drawings made by my friend Allison, the third grader from Newark, N.J., whom …
John W. Ancelet, Jr.AT&T Updates Unlimited Plans In Wake Of Verizon, T-Mobile Changesverified_publisherconsumerreports.org - by Ashlee KielerThe unlimited data plan wars are heating up. Days after Verizon’s surprise announcement that it was bringing back unlimited data options and …
John W. Ancelet, Jr.Your next home phone may be an Amazon Echo or Google Homeverified_publisherCNET - Ry Crist Senior Editor / Reviews - LabsAmazon and Google are reportedly looking to bring speakerphone functionality to their smart speakers.
John W. Ancelet, Jr.Amazon Echo and Google Home want to be your new house phoneverified_publisherEngadget - Derrick RossignolRight now, you can order a pizza, manage your to-do list and call an Uber on Amazon Echo and Google Home. The latest development from the smart speakers would give us yet another reason to leave our phones in our pocket. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon and Google are considering adding …
