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It's a great little smart speaker that's customizable and cute enough to fit in with any room's decor. You can choose from a variety of cloth and metallic bases in fun colors. The top portion is white and angled gently so the touch-sensitive surface is positioned perfectly for your hands. Although some people say it lo... |
When you say, "Hey Google," or "Okay Google," little lights dance along the top touch surface in Google's signature colors: red, blue, green, and yellow. You can ask Home to play music from Google Play, Spotify, YouTube Music, Pandora, and TuneIn. The sound quality is decent and even at top volume, it sounds as good as... |
Google Home has lots of smart features, including the ability to read you a daily briefing, give you a recap of the day's news from NPR and BBC World News, and answer your questions on just about any topic. Since Home uses Google's search graph to answer you, the entire knowledge of the internet is open to you. Ask abo... |
Google also has lots of experience with different accents, so Home is likely to understand you easily even if you have a strong Colombian accent like my boyfriend. One of my favorite features is playing trivia games with Google. The Assistant will play cheesy game show music and act as the goofy host, giving you a weir... |
Home works with a variety of smart home devices, too, so you can use it to turn off your Phillips Hue light bulbs, control your Nest thermostat, or stream media to your Chromecast. If you have any of these devices in your smart home, Google Home is a great compliment to those products. I've been using Google Home since... |
There are still funny limitations, and Google Assistant may tell you she "doesn't know how to help with that yet," but "yet" is the operative word here. Google will only continue to improve Home, so it's a truly fabulous option for a smart speaker — especially at its price of $129.00 on Jet. |
Expert reviewers across the web agree that Google Home is a great smart speaker, including CNET, Pocket Lint, The Guardian, and The Wirecutter. |
Why you'll love it: The Amazon Echo Dot is the most affordable smart speaker you can buy, and it's just as smart as the original Echo. |
If you don't want to pay more than $100 for a smart speaker, you're in luck, because Amazon's Echo Dot is wildly affordable. For $50, you get all the smarts of the original Echo in a smaller package that can sync up with bigger speakers and other Echo Dots to make your home smarter. |
Just like on the Echo, you can use the Dot to ask Alexa to play music, trigger smart home devices, make calls, read and dictate messages answer questions, play news casts, set alarms, read audiobooks from Audible, and more. |
Since it's a smaller speaker, the Dot doesn't have the same level of sound quality you'd get from a bigger speaker like the Echo or Google Home. Amazon has worked harder to make it sound much better, and it shows. The third-generation Dot has a much fuller sound. |
The Dot can also sync up with multiple Dots or you can connect other speakers you have via Bluetooth or the 3.5 mm stereo cable to increase the sound quality even more. The Echo Dot supports streaming from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn. |
If you have smart home devices, you can use the Echo Dot to control lights, fans, switches, thermostats, locks, garage doors, and more. You can browse compatible smart home devices here. |
The Dot may be small, but it still has Alexa inside, so all those 15,000+ skills are just a voice command away. This is the best smart speaker you can buy on a budget. you can also use it to supplement the original Echo or other Dots in a large home. |
Why you'll love it: The Google Home Mini is an adorable, bite-sized smart speaker that'll fit in any room of the house. |
Google added two new smart speakers to its lineup: the Mini and the Max. The Mini is the ultimate small smart speaker for Google fans. It has all the same smarts as the original Google Home, but it costs less and takes up a lot less space. |
The Mini can connect with any other Google Home in your house, so you could easily buy one of these for your kitchen or bedroom and keep the original Home or the Max in your living room. |
With a simple voice command, the Mini can play music from Google Play, Spotify, YouTube Music, Pandora, and TuneIn. The sound quality is decent and even at top volume, it sounds as good as most similarly sized Bluetooth speakers you can buy for the same price. It is smaller than the regular Home and the Max, so don't e... |
Just like the original, Mini has lots of smart features, including the ability to read you a daily briefing, give you a recap of the day's news from NPR and BBC World News, and answer your questions on just about any topic. Since Home uses Google's search graph to answer you, the entire knowledge of the internet is ope... |
The Mini works with the same host of smart home devices, too, and the list is growing every day. Heavy hitters like Nest, Hue, and Chromecast are all supported. We see the Mini as a great entry point into the smart speaker world or as a great addition to your existing Google Home speaker. |
Why you'll love it: The Amazon Echo Show has all the perks of the original, but it adds a touchscreen for streaming Prime Video and making video calls. |
The new Amazon Echo Show takes all the best features from the original Echo and pops them in a redesigned touchscreen style smart speaker. It's an angular piece of tech that looks best on your kitchen counter, nightstand, or living room table. |
The 10.1-inch touchscreen has a resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels, making it great for streaming Prime Video, checking recipes, and checking out photos. You can also make video calls, thanks to the 5-megapixel camera. |
The screen can also show you the live feed of any Alexa-compatible security cameras you have set up in your home and voice queries pop up on the screen as you talk. The new "Glance" feature lets you see video clips from news networks like CNN, and we expect more apps will take advantage of it as time goes on. |
So far, the screen's potential isn't fully realized, but as more skills are added, you can bet your bottom dollar the Show will be more powerful. You can check out the current 15,000+ Alexa skills here. |
Amazon built two speakers into the Echo Show, so it's great for listening to music on Prime Music, Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and Tunein. You can, of course, control compatible smart home products with it, order things from Amazon, and ask Alexa all your burning questions just like you would on the original Echo or... |
This is the smart speaker to get if you always wanted a smart home hub with voice powers and a nice touchscreen that doubles as a speaker. It is more pricey at $229.99, but the screen makes it a very compelling device. |
Why you'll love it: The Google Home Hub has a 7-inch touchscreen, good speakers, and all the smarts of the Google Assistant. |
The Google Home Hub is a smart speaker with a screen just like the Echo Show. The advantage it has is access to YouTube, Google Maps, and the rest of Google's apps and search graph knowledge. |
The Hub has a 7-inch touchscreen, speakers, microphones, and the Google Assistant inside. The screen sits on top of a base with a linen-like cover that adds some style to the device. |
Two sensors above the display automatically brighten and dim the screen depending on the light conditions of the room it's in, which makes it great for using in the bedroom. I have the Hub in my bedroom and I love seeing the weather, news, and my commute all pop up on the screen when I say good morning to Google. |
The Hub is perfect for Google fans who use all its services. Need directions? Ask Google Maps. Want to watch a video? Ask for it on YouTube. Interested in reviewing your upcoming appointments? If you're a Gmail user, they're just a question away! Want to show someone vacation pictures? Bring them up using Google Photos... |
The Hub also works with third-party apps, including Pandora and Spotify. It can control a wide array of smart home accessories and send video and audio to Chromecast-enabled gadgets. It is smart enough to answer a wide array of questions as well. But integration with Google's first-party apps is its biggest advantage o... |
Why you'll love it: The Google Home Max has great sound and all the smarts of Google, but it comes at a high price. |
The Google Home Max is the kind of smart speaker you put in a big house filled with people who like to party. It's a smart speaker with all the same powers as the original Home and the Mini, but its audio quality is much better. |
It's a large cloth covered speaker that will look at home in your living room. The main downside here is its high price tag. We've seen and heard the Max, and it's impressive. Whether its worth the price really depends on how big of an audio nerd you are. |
Our very own Brandt Ranj reviewed the Max and declared, "The $400 Google Home Max is large, loud, and eerily smart for a speaker — and worth every penny." He liked the balanced, big sound of the speaker, its design, and just how smart the Google Assistant is. |
What can smart speakers do? |
What can a smart speaker with artificial intelligence do? |
Smart speakers can do a number of different things, including answer questions, control smart home devices, set alarms, play music, and more. Each speaker has different strengths and weaknesses, but companies like Amazon, Google, and Apple are working hard to fill the gaps and make these speakers even smarter. |
Perhaps the best thing about having a smart speaker is that it frees up your hands and gets you away from your smartphone. You can ask Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri what the temperature is before you run out the door or ask if you need an umbrella. The voice assistants can also read you recipe instructions or set ti... |
Smart speakers are also fun for parties and kids, because they can answer trivia questions and even play games. If you have an inquisitive child at home or you like to win arguments, you can just ask your voice assistant a question and get the answer immediately without typing a word or opening an app. Once you've used... |
What services and smart home devices work with the Amazon Echo and Google Home? |
Smart home devices: Phillips Hue, Ring, Schlage Smart Locks, TP-Link Smart Home Products, Leviton, Insteaon, SmartThings, Wink, Caseta Wireless, LI-FX Smart Bulbs, GE Link Smart Bulbs, WeMo, iHome Smart Plugs, iDevices Switches, Nest, Sensi Thermostat, EcoBee Thermostat, Lyric Thermostat, August Smart Lock, Arlo Pro, N... |
Services: Amazon's Alexa supports more than 15,000 skills, and it supports far too many services to list here. Big ones include Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, Sirius XM, Uber, Domino's, StubHub, Audible, Dish, NPR, and so many more. You can also buy things from Amazon with a simple voice command. |
Smart home devices: Chromecast, Chromecast-enabled TVs and speakers, Nest, SmartThings, Phillips Hue, LIFX Smart Lights, TP-Link Smart Home, Vivint Home Security, Rachio Sprinklers, Logitech Harmony, Geeni Connected Tech, August Smart Locks, Anova Precision Cooker, Insignia Wi-Fi Smart Plug, Belkin WeMo Insight Smart P... |
Services: Spotify, Pandora, Google Play Music, TuneIn Radio, YouTube, IFTTT, Netflix, Google Services, Domino's, Food Network, Headspace, MadLibs, and more. See the full list here. |
Should I buy a smart speaker? |
Should I be worried about privacy, hackers, and companies selling my data? |
There is a trade-off when you buy a smart speaker like the Amazon Echo or Google Home. Both devices are listening all the time for the wake words — "Hey Alexa," or "Okay Google/Hey Google" — that trigger actions. You can mute the speakers, so they're not listening, but that defeats the purpose of being able to wake the... |
The companies say that nothing is being monitored or recorded until the wake words are spoken, but once they are, Amazon and Google tend to hold on to that voice data to improve the services for you. Luckily, it is all encrypted, so it should be fairly safe though the risk of a breach is always there. You can delete th... |
Of course, neither situation is ideal, as Naked Security by Sophos points out. Gizmodo's Fieldguide has more tips on how to tighten your security and privacy a bit on both devices. The worry here is twofold: either hackers will use that data against you or Amazon and Google will mine it for advertising dollars. Unfortu... |
In contrast, Apple's HomePod advertises that its system is more secure and private than any other smart speaker. The promo page says that HomePod has, "multiple layers of security — including anonymous ID and encryption" to "protect your privacy." This may come at the expense of smarts, though, and it's clear that Siri... |
Both Google Home and Amazon Echo encrypt your voice data, too, but there are two big differences. One, Amazon and Google associate your data directly with you and your account to learn how to serve you better. Meanwhile, Apple does not associate your data with you or your account, but rather with a randomized set of nu... |
This becomes important when government requests for data come in. Amazon and Google can find that data and trace it back to you directly, but Apple literally can't because the numbers are randomized and the data is regularly deleted. Apple has the upper hand here, so if data security and privacy matter to you, you'll w... |
Unfortunately, we don't currently recommend the HomePod to anyone but the most fervent of Apple fans because it is lacking in app support, smarts, and functionality. That may change over time, so we will be watching it closely. |
Should you buy a smart speaker? |
Smart speakers are helpful, fun to use, and a sure sign of things to come in the future of artificial intelligence and the smart home. If you like to be ahead of the curve, you enjoy having a good speaker at home, you own lots of smart home devices already, and you don't mind some of the trade-offs; you'll love these s... |
Apple fans should hold off until the verdict is in on the HomePod, but Amazon Prime subscribers would do well to pick up an Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus, Echo Spot, or Echo Show. Finally, Google fans who aren't into Prime should spring for a Google Home or Mini because the Google Assistant is bound to pick up as many tric... |
Commemorating the assassination of Jean-Jacques Dessalines in 1806, thousands of Haitians marched in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, and in Cap-Haitien on Oct. 17, demanding Michel Martelly resign as president. They were also protesting the dire hunger crisis and the lack of jobs. The political forces and the demonstr... |
Dessalines, a hero of the Haitian revolution and the country’s first leader, was assassinated by elements of the new ruling class who vehemently opposed his nationalizations and the democratic distribution of land formerly owned by the French slave-owners. |
Protesters say the U.S.-backed Martelly and his family are corrupt, and that they waste the nation’s resources on travel, parties and other luxuries. They do this while people are hungry and can’t afford school fees for their kids. |
The demonstration in the northern city of Cap-Haitien was called by the Collective to Liberate Haiti. There, marchers banged on empty plates with spoons, to show that they could not feed their families. As the protesters dispersed, police attacked with tear gas and live fire; no casualties were reported in the media. |
The protest in Port-au-Prince was called by the Patriotic Force for Respecting the Constitution, which is close to Aristide’s Fanmi Lavalas party. Starting from Bel Air, a working-class community in the center of the capital, the march wound its way through the poor neighborhoods of La Saline, Cité Soleil and Delmas, w... |
The demonstration reached Jean-Jacques-Dessalines Square. As marchers approached the Champs de Mars, the site of Haiti’s ruined presidential office [it was devastated in the 2010 earthquake], it was met by a strong force of Haitian SWAT teams and the United Nation’s Minustah cops. Although police forces broke up the pr... |
6/26/07 Placed RHP Fernando Rodney on the 15-day disabled list and activated LHP Nate Robertson. |
6/22/07 Traded LHP Mike Maroth to the Cardinals for a player to be named later on or before Sept. 15, 2007; Reinstated LHP Kenny Rogers from the 60-day disabled list. |
6/20/07 Acquired LHP Macay McBride from the Braves for LHP Wilfredo Ledezma. |
6/18/07 Optioned RHP Yorman Bazardo to Triple-A Toledo and recalled RHP Eulogio De La Cruz from Toledo. |
6/11/07 Optioned RHP Aquilino Lopez to Triple-A Toledo. |
6/10/07 Designated RHP Aquilino Lopez for assignment. |
6/7/07 Placed RHP Zach Miner and LHP Nate Robertson on the 15-day disabled list; Recalled RHPs Yorman Bazardo and Aquilino Lopez from Triple-A Toledo. |
6/5/07 Activated RHP Fernando Rodney from the 15-day disabled list. |
6/3/07 Released RHP Jose Mesa. |
This is the teenager shot dead by police for brandishing a pellet gun in the hallway of his school - posing with a friend holding the 'weapon'. |
Jaime Gonzalez, 15, was gunned down because he would not lower the gun which officers believed was a loaded pistol. |
The two officers who shot the eighth-grader have been suspended while police carry out an investigation into his death. |
The report which sent officers rushing to Cummings Middle School in Brownsville, Texas stated that a student had been seen holding a gun, according to the town's police chief Orlando Rodriguez. |
Robert Valle, 13, was among the school's 750 students locked down in their classrooms during the confrontation. |
He said he heard police run down the hallway and yell 'put the gun down,' before several shots were fired. |
'He had plenty of opportunities to lower the weapon and he didn't want to,' Mr Rodriguez said. |
Two officers fired three shots, striking Gonzalez at least twice. He was taken to hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. The autopsy results are pending. |
Before the confrontation with police, the teenager is reported to have walked into a classroom and punched another boy in the nose. |
Gonzalez's godmother Norma Leticia Navarro said she couldn't imagine what led to the fatal confrontation. |
While she accepted that officers were doing their jobs, she said she was frustrated by the tragic outcome of the incident. |
'I'm not saying he was perfect or an angel, but he was a very giving person,' she added. |
She said both of his parents work, and that his stepmother raised him from infancy and was very strict with him. |
As word of the shooting spread quickly through the city on Texas' southern tip, where violence frequently spills over from Mexico's drug wars, frantic parents rushed to reach their children. |
Those who got there early on were able to retrieve their frightened children, but some who arrived later found the street outside the school blocked by police. |
About two hours after the shooting, school officials announced that all remaining children had been transported to a local high school and could be picked up there. |
Julie Tomalenas waited for an hour to pick up her 13-year-old sister before being told of the relocation. |
'It was very stressful not knowing if she was OK, where she was, when we could see her again,' Ms Tomalenas said. |
Huawei Y5 Lite has been unveiled as the company's second Android Go smartphone. The new model sits after the Y3 (2018) that was launched back in May last year as Huawei's first Android Go model. Among other entry-level specifications, the Huawei Y5 Lite features an 18:9 display panel and comes with an 8-megapixel rear ... |
The Huawei Y5 Lite price in Pakistan has been set at PKR 16,499 (roughly Rs. 8,200) for the lone 1GB RAM/ 16GB storage variant. The smartphone comes in Blue and Black colour options. |
Details about the global launch of the Huawei Y5 Lite are yet be announced officially. Nevertheless, considering its price, the smartphone is likely to arrive in emerging markets such as India and Indonesia in the coming future. |
The dual-SIM (Nano) Huawei Y5 Lite runs Android 8.1 Oreo (Go edition) and features a 5.45-inch HD+ (720x1440 pixels) IPS FullView Display panel along with a 295ppi pixel density and an 18:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, there is a quad-core MediaTek MT6739 SoC, paired with 1GB of RAM. |
Huawei has provided an 8-megapixel camera sensor at the back of the Y5 Lite that supports a panorama mode and comes along with an LED flash. The rear sensor has an f/2.0 aperture and autofocus (phase detection autofocus). For selfies, the smartphone has a 5-megapixel front camera sensor along with an f/2.2 aperture. Th... |
The Huawei Y5 Lite has 16GB of inbuilt storage that is expandable via microSD card (up to 256GB). In terms of connectivity, the smartphone has 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.2, GPS/ A-GPS, Micro-USB, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Sensors on board include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, and a proximity s... |
The Pakistan launch of the Huawei Y5 Lite was first reported by ProPakistani.pk. |
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