That’s because the online retail giant has decided to open up what amounts to Alexa’s ears, her 7-Mic Voice Processing Technology, to third party hardware makers who want to build?the digital brain into their devices. The new development kit also includes access to Amazon’s proprietary software for wake word recognition, beamforming, noise reduction, and echo cancellation as well as reference client software for local device control and communication with the Alexa Voice Service.
The 19th National Congress of the CPC will promote further development of the Party's cause, and a bigger role for China to play in maintaining world peace and stability.
That’s one of the questions raised by a cover story about Netflix in the new issue of Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine. The piece by Ashlee Vance focuses on Netflix’s recovery but also includes the back story on Netflix’s decision to go with Amazon Web Services for cloud computing rather than build its own data centers.
The 2017 Hotelier Awards will open for applications on April 24, a process that culminates with a black-tie gala to honor professionals in every category of hotel service. For the second consecutive year, the awards ceremony and dinner will be held in Macao, at a hotel venue yet to be announced.
That said, Amazon’s own insistence on low prices could torpedo its ambitions. The company is asking for a significant discount on a streaming license in its negotiations, compared to the deals labels have struck with services like Rdio and Spotify. Still, the company has staff members who are experienced with landing licensing deals. Michael Paull, the head of its digital music division, was formerly a Sony Music executive, and Principal Content Acquisition Manager Adam Parness used to head up licensing efforts at Rhapsody.
That would account for more than 10 percent of the world's total services imports, according to the report, released during the ongoing China International Import Expo in Shanghai.
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The million marketing campaign in the U.S. and 16 other countries will use the phrase "Famous Original New York City" on billboards, ads, Instagram and other social media. A website at nycgo.com/famousoriginal launched Monday with video, photos and stories.
That nostalgia helped Fujifilm sell five million Polaroid-like Instax cameras last year, a 30 percent increase over 2014. It also drove revenue from vinyl records up 32 percent last year, to 6 million.
That reflects the bigger picture of how fast 3D printing develops and applies in China.
That proposal was rejected by shareholders on Wednesday, but 26 percent did vote in favor of the change, according to the company. SumOfUs said afterward that the total was actually closer to 40 percent if not counting Bezos’ ownership stake of 16.7 percent of Amazon and the fact that Amazon counts abstentions as votes against the proposals.