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Alas, Cassettes, We Hardly Knew Ye
SV Staff  |  Aug 04, 2008
I regret to inform you of the passing of the Compact Cassette. At the age of 45 (that's about 135 in technology years) the cassette finally succumbed to market forces. Cause of death, tragically, was the cassette's own offspring, the Compact Disc....
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Alas, VCR, We Hardly Knew Ye
SV Staff  |  Oct 27, 2008
We were all dreading this day. We hoped it would never come. But, of course, now the dreaded day has arrived. The VHS VCR is no more.The butt of endless "flashing 12:00" jokes, and cruelly forced to play more than a few porno tapes, the...
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Alexa Finds Her Way into a Lamp
SV Staff  |  Dec 07, 2016
GE has integrated Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service into a prototype LED table lamp, the first in a planned suite of connected products.
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Alexa Hack Creates Hilarious (Creepy?) Talking Skull
SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2017
Amazon’s Alexa, the voice controlled personal assistant that made its first appearance in the Echo smart speaker a couple years ago, is now showing up in dozens of consumer electronics products, including more speakers, TVs, lamps, refrigerators—you name it.
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Alexa Makes its Debut in Aftermarket Car Audio
SV Staff  |  Jan 17, 2018
Everyone knows Amazon’s Alexa is the star of an ever growing number of smart speakers, but did you know that the popular voice service is also finding its way into aftermarket car stereo?
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Alexa Update Coming to Yamaha MusicCast Products
SV Staff  |  Feb 28, 2017
Yamaha today announced that a free firmware update due out this fall will bring Amazon Alexa voice control to its MusicCast series of wireless multiroom products.
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Alexa Voice Search Added to Vizio SmartCast TVs
SV Staff  |  Sep 17, 2019
Vizio today announced expanded Alexa voice control capabilities for SmartCast TVs dating back to the 2016 model year.
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Alienology Aims to Kickstart 3D-Printed Speakers
SV Staff  |  Mar 17, 2017
With 20 days to go, Los Angeles-based startup Alienology Audio has raised $1,322 of its modest $2,500 goal to help fund the launch of its T3TRA speakers on Kickstarter.
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Alioscopy: No Glasses Required 3D
SV Staff  |  Dec 18, 2008
While companies in London are touting 3D with not-so-dorky-looking glasses, they still have glasses. However, next month in Vegas, Alioscopy is going to be showing off their Autostereoscopic 3D display -- NO GLASSES REQUIRED! Alioscopy and TCL...
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All Eyes (and Ears) on Voice Control
SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2016
The success of Amazon’s voice-controlled Echo speaker/personal assistant apparently has AV companies scrambling.
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