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3PO-Labs: Alexa, Echo and Voice Interface

Alexa must've skipped logarithm day in math class...

2/27/2016

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Because it turns out she gives you the wrong answer for logarithms.  The problem is that she always calculates the natural log, even when that's not what you asked for.  There's no way (that I've found) to get her to calculate a common base-10 log.  Screenshots after the break...

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Thoughts after the Alexa + Smarthome Event

2/18/2016

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So, tonight Amazon held an Alexa + Smarthome tech talk at one of their new buildings in Seattle (which is awesome, btw).  The talk itself was fairly uninteresting for the existing development community, as it was targeted at an audience new to the tech.  The good thing about the event (aside from free food and drink), was that there were a ton of Alexa team members there for us to pester.  And boy did I ever.  Recap after the break...

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The Power of Alexa Skills Reviews

2/6/2016

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Last week, we wrote about the rising trend of self-reviewing happening among Alexa skills.  That article made the argument that astroturfing is happening, and it's decidedly uncool.  Today, I want to attempt to quantify this with a little bit of data.

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    We're 3PO-Labs.  We build things for fun and profit.  Right now we're super bullish on the rise of voice interfaces, and we hope to get you onboard.



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