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Amazon Echo Look: The Follow-Up to Amazon Echo and Amazon Dot

If you own and use an Amazon Echo or an Amazon Dot like I do, you’re probably pretty impressed with the things Alexa can do. And now Amazon is introducing a follow-up product that sounds intriguing.

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Alexa’s Cool New Feature: Get Fitbit Stats on Amazon Echo

Have an Amazon Echo? Have a Fitbit fitness tracker? Now you can set them up to “talk” to each other. One of the most recent tricks Alexa (the Siri-like speaker on the Amazon Echo digital assistant) can do is give … Continue reading

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Amazon Echo: An Awesome Gift

It’s just a slim black cylinder, but — oh, the things the Amazon Echo can do! I own one and love it! The Echo is a very cool gift for anyone – from grammar schooler to nonagenarian. It’s  fun — … Continue reading

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20 Things You Can Do with Amazon Echo, the Cool Digital Assistant and Music Player

The Amazon Echo is an amazing personal assistant and music player. Simply plug the slim black cylinder into a wall socket, and it runs on your wireless Internet. The things it can do are mind-boggling! I’ve had one for about … Continue reading

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90th Birthday Party Gift and Decoration Ideas

What a blessing to celebrate a 90th birthday! When a friend or relative reaches the big 9 – 0, here are some party and gift ideas for the special day:

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Highs and Lows of January

January was unique this year! I celebrated Christmas and entered the 21st century. Here’s a recap. Good things 1) My family celebrated Christmas at my house starting Jan. 1 for a week. We’d never done Christmas in January before, but … Continue reading

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I’ve (Finally!) Been Invited to Buy a New Amazon Echo

In early November 2014, I wrote a blog post after reading about the cool new Amazon Echo digital household assistant, raving about what a great Christmas gift it would be. Well… that didn’t work out because you had to be “invited” … Continue reading

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Amazon Echo — the Coolest Christmas Gift of 2014

— **Update Jan. 13, 2015: I registered to be “invited” to buy the Echo in early November and, for two months, when I checked my account on Amazon, it said this: Thank you for your request. If selected, you will … Continue reading

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