The First Alexa Skills to Enable on Your New Amazon Echo. So, you bought an Amazon Echo during Prime Day, but you’re not sure what to do with it other than ask it silly questions, set timers, and roll a dice. Before you return it, know there’s a whole bunch else you can do with that smart speaker. The Echo currently has more than 3,0. Amazon. But since writing a guide for all its talents would probably be longer than a Nicholas Sparks novel, here is a quick list of the best, practical skills you should start using right away. Amazon’s trying to kill your controller with a new Alexa skill designed to make watching TV super…Read more Read.

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Get your daily morning news briefing. One of my favorite Alexa skills is the morning news briefing, since I get to lie in bed or prepare breakfast while getting the news read to me. Just ask, “Alexa, read me the news” and Alexa will let you know what’s going on in this crazy world, courtesy of NPR. She’ll even finish the briefing with a weather update. You can customize your flash briefing in the Alexa mobile app. Or, install the Guardian skill and ask Alexa to read you headlines and even full articles. Work out with Alexa.

Sometimes it’s hard to go to the gym when you have such a busy schedule, but Alexa can help you fit in a quick workout in the morning. Just say, “Alexa, start 7- minute workout,” and the AI will guide you through a series of workout repetitions that will surely make you sweat. If you don’t know what the workout looks like, you can just look them up on your phone and follow along. Amazon’s beefing up some basic features in Alexa, its voice- controlled assistant. Your favorite…Read more Read.

Control your lights. This skill is one of the most basic and known, but also one of the most convenient—or maybe I’m just lazy. But if own Philips Hue Lights, you can ask Alexa to turn them on/off without having to get up from your bed or couch. It’s ideal for when you’re going to bed, or already sat down at your couch with the popcorn and about to watch a movie. Change the wake word.

If having “Alexa” as the wake word—the word that triggers the voice assistant—is causing to much trouble because someone in the house is named Alex or Alexis, you can change it to something less common. You can change the wake word to Amazon, Echo, or Computer. Sure, the options are limited right now, but hopefully Amazon lets us change it to whatever we want in a near future.

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Amazon has added a new accepted wake word to…Read more Read. Find your smartphone. Are you the type of person who constantly loses their phone around the house? Well, Alexa has a neat skill to help you find it.

If you sign up for a Track. R account, you can just ask, “Alexa, find my phone,” and the smart speaker will make sure your smartphone rings at full volume—and guess what? It was probably under the couch cushion again. Check airport security wait times before you leave the house.

Plan better and avoid long lines the day you travel. Just say, “Alexa, ask airport security for the wait time at La Guardia (or whichever airport),” and the AI will check the TSA’s public API for the last reported wait times at the airport checkpoint. If you’re a last minute planner when traveling, this trick will help you a lot while your packing in a rush the morning of your flight.

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Set Spotify as the default music streaming service. Amazon announced last year that it would add a Spotify skill to Alexa’s catalog, but in order to have it work properly consumer has to say, “Alexa, play Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen On Spotify.” If you didn’t specify Spotify, Alexa would try and find the song on Amazon Music, which has a very limited song catalog. However, there’s a way to make Spotify the default so when you ask to play a song, it’ll automatically fetch the media from the select streaming service. Open the Alexa App and under Settings go into Music & Media. Once there, just select Spotify as the default music service and save your changes. For whatever reason, controlling blinds in a smart home has always been a bit of a holy grail for…Read more Read.

Get exclusive deals through Alexa. If you’re looking for a new way of shopping, all you have to do is ask, “Alexa, what are your deals?” and the smart speaker will recite a list of Prime- member- exclusive deals. If you have Alexa synced with your Prime membership and your payment method of choice, you can just Alexa to place an order for you. Add a code to avoid accidental purchases. Since Alexa is very easy to trigger with language that resembles her name, you might sometimes end up accidentally making an unwanted purchase. However, there is a way to prevent an unintended purchase from Alexa by setting up a 4- digit voice shopping code through the corresponding app. To input a code go to the Alexa app’s Settings and choose Voice Purchasing, then just input your code and select Save Changes.

Learn more skills. You can also discover more Alexa skills by using the Skill Finder. All you have to say is, “Alexa, tell Skill Finder to give me the skill of the day” and you will unearth new, cool skills. You can also learn about new talents by category by asking, “Alexa, tell Skill Finder to list the top skills in the games category.”.

Tudou - Wikipedia. Tudou, Inc. Screenshot Screenshot of Tudou home page. Type of business.

Private. VC- Funded. Type of site. Video hosting service. Available in. Chinese. Founded. February 1. Headquarters. Shanghai, China. Key people. Gary Wang, CEOSam Lai, CFOGrace Wang, CAOSarah Jiang, CCOEvelyn Wang, CSODeng Wei, VPAnita Huang, VPYongzhu Song, VPYu Bin, VPParent.

Youku Tudou. Slogan(s)"Today's TV Network, Tomorrow's Tudou"每个人都是生活的导演Websitewww. Alexa rank 5. 94 (April 2.

Registration. Optional(required to upload)Launched. February 1. 5, 2. Current status. Active. Tudou, Inc. (simplified Chinese: 土豆网; traditional Chinese: 土豆網; pinyin: Tǔdòu Wǎng; literally: "Potato Net") is a video- sharingwebsite headquartered in Shanghai, China, where users can upload, view and share video clips. Tudou went live on April 1. September 2. 00. 7 served over 5. Tudou states they are one of the world's largest bandwidth users, moving more than 1 Petabyte per day to 7 million users.

You. Tube serves a larger number of videos per day, but since the average Tudou video is longer in duration, meaning the total amount of minutes of video being streamed daily from Tudou is significantly larger - about 1. You. Tube.[2]The Shanghai- based service uses Adobe Flash technology to publish more than 5. TV clips, and music videos. Unregistered users can watch videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos, using on- line and Windows- based upload tools.[3]On March 1. Youku reached an agreement to acquire Tudou in a stock- for- stock transaction, and the new entity will be named Youku Tudou Inc.[4]History[edit]Tudou was founded by Gary Wang and Dutchman Marc van der Chijs, whom Wang met while at Bertelsmann Media Group in China. The name Tudou is Chinese Pinyin (Romanized Chinese) for Potato.

It was previously known as Toodou. Tudou. com in August 2. According to CEO Wang, the name comes from the English idiom "couch potato." He stated that his goal was to move couch potatoes from the television screen to the computer screen.[5]Prior to Tudou, Wang lived in the United States and returned to China to work for multi- national companies. Tudou was originally conceptualized as a video blogging company and the site launched on April 1. You. Tube. Like many technology startups, Tudou was started on a small budget with a raw technology team.

It was initially self- financed at about $1. Its first major funding round was in 2. IDG China, GGV Capital (formerly Granite Global Ventures), and JAFCO Asia. Tudou's second funding was in early 2.

Boston- based General Catalyst Partners and Shanghai- based Capital Today, with other existing investors participating.[2] The fourth round of funding was on April 2. IDG Technology Venture Investment (IDGVC), Granite Global Ventures and General Catalyst Partners, and also included a member of the Rockefeller family.[6] The most recent funding was announced on August 5, 2. Temasek Holdings and existing investors.[7]Rapid growth[edit]During the summer of 2. Nielsen/Net. Ratings reported that Tudou was one of the fastest growing websites on the Web, growing from 1.

According to a July 1. Tudou, with an additional 2. Neilsen's measurements indicate the website averages nearly 4. According to Chinese tracking service i. Research, as of the mid- 2. Tudou has over 5.

Chinese online video market.[1. Research reported Tudou reached 9. June 2. 00. 9, and 1. Watch My Fair Lady Online Iflix. June 2. 01. 0. Funding[edit]Tudou completed its financial fund series A to E between year 2. November 2. 00. 5, April 2.

April 2. 00. 7, April 2. August 2. 01. 0 respectively. A total of US$1. 35 million was raised from a roster of venture capital organizations including IDG Ventures China, Jafco Asia, GGV Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Capital Today, KTB, JAIC, Cyber Agent, Venrock, Crescent Point, and Temasek Holdings. Recent events[edit]In July 2. Tudou introduced one of the world's first large- scale video advertising systems for video sites, several months ahead of You. Tube.[1. 0] In late September 2. Intel and Tudou announced a partnership to explore wireless video sharing technologies and video applications for mobile devices.

Tudou also agreed to increase its use of Intel CPUs in its rapidly growing video encoder server farms. Intel will also promote its products through the Tudou advertising system.[1. In December 2. 00. Tudou introduced videos in the H.

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Tudou received its license[1. SARFT. Copyright and video review[edit]Copyright[edit]A portion of Tudou's content comes from commercial sources and is not user- generated. The company says that the Chinese often go to Tudou for TV- like saq- media, instead of using their televisions. Starting 2. 00. 8 Tudou launched licensed content acquisition and partnership programs aggregating selective premium professional contents. Nevertheless, Tudou still comes under criticism for its disregard of some copyright policies. Video review[edit]Tudou's in- house reviewers watch, approve, and categorize all uploaded videos. The reviewers screen for inappropriate content such as pornography and categorize / tag each video.[1.

Technical notes[edit]Video format[edit]Tudou's video playback technology is based on Macromedia's Flash Player. This technology allows the site to display videos with quality comparable to more established video playback technologies (such as Windows Media Player, Quick.

Time and Real. Player) that generally require the user to download and install a web browserplugin in order to view video. Flash also requires a plug- in, but the Flash 7 plug- in is generally considered to be present on approximately 9. The video can also be played back with gnash(cannot) or VLC.

It has pixel dimensions of 3. Videos run at 2. 5 frames per second with a maximum data rate of 3. Tudou accepts uploaded videos in a variety of formats, including . WMV, . AVI, . MOV, MPEG and . MP4.[3]Video can be seen in windowed mode or full screen mode; it is possible to switch the mode during the viewing of any video without reloading it because of the full- screen function of Adobe Systems.

Flash Player 9. Because of the copyright and licensing issues, some Tudou videos are blocked to international IP addresses. Bandwidth[edit]Tudou reports that it's one of the world's largest bandwidth users, sending over 1. PB (Petabyte) of video files per day, which is nearly 1.

Gbit/s of sustained traffic. The company uses a variety of proprietary and commercial content distribution networks (CDNs), such as China. Cache to distribute videos around China.[1.

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Launches Video Advertising Platform"American Venture Magazine. July 1. 6, 2. 00. Intel Sets Out to Work with Tudou to Further Video Tech"Xin. Hua News. September 2. Tudou Site h. 2. 64 Announcement"Tudou Site. December 2. 00. 7.^"Marc van der Chijs' Shanghaied Weblog: Tudou gets SARFT license". Marc. cn. September 1.

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