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Amazon's Kid-friendly Echo Dot, Crowdfense Zero Day Exploit Bounties - TMO Daily Observations 2018-04-26

Jeff Gamet · 1:34 PM EDT, Apr 26th, 2018 · Add Comment

Bryan Chaffin and Andrew Orr join Jeff Gamet to share their thoughts on Amazon’s new kid-focused Echo Dot, plus they discuss Crowdfense and the state of zero day exploit bounties.

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How to Set Up Multi-room Music Streaming for the Echo and Echo Dot
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How to Set Up Multi-room Music Streaming for the Echo and Echo Dot

Jeff Gamet · 11:04 AM EDT, Aug 30th, 2017 · Add Comment

Here’s how to set up Amazon’s new multi-room music streaming for your Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show devices.

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Amazon Updates Echo With Home Intercom Feature

Jim Tanous · 9:55 AM EDT, Jun 27th, 2017 · Add Comment

The feature works with the Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, and even with the Alexa iPhone app, so you’ll be able to annoy your family from anywhere in the world.

How to Set Up iCloud Calendar for Alexa
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How to Set Up iCloud Calendar for Alexa

Jeff Gamet · 6:44 PM EDT, May 31st, 2017 · Add Comment

Read on to learn how to link Alexa and your Echo or Echo Dot to iCloud Calendar.

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Amazon’s Alexa Calling Feature Works From Your iPhone, too
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Amazon's Alexa Calling Feature Works From Your iPhone, too

Jeff Butts · 3:07 PM EDT, May 12th, 2017 · 1 Comment

Amazon’s Alexa Calling feature works great on the Echo and Echo Dot, from the testing TMO staff have done so far. Jeff Butts and Jeff Gamet also took the time to check out how the feature works from the Alexa app on the iPhone. Here’s what they found out, and how you can use it, too.

Alexa Calling: Amazon Adds Voice Calling to Echo, Echo Dot
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Alexa Calling: Amazon Adds Voice Calling to Echo, Echo Dot

Jeff Gamet · 4:41 PM EDT, May 9th, 2017 · Add Comment

The just announced Echo Show isn’t the only device in Amazon’s lineup getting voice calling support. A new feature dubbed Alexa Calling is coming to the Echo, Echo Dot, and Alexa mobile app today. For now, the calling features are limited to the Echo lineup and Alexa app, but that could be the first step in turning the devices into speaker phones fro our homes.

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