https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-17/amazon-is-laying-off-hundreds-of-people-in-alexa-division? Amazon.com Inc. is cutting hundreds of employees in the division responsible for its voice-activated Alexa assistant, according to a memo sent to employees on Friday. Daniel Rausch, an Ama...Read more
Hello, I just cleared Amazon SDE 3 interviews for Vancouver, and the next step is team selection. The recruiter has sent below list: Alexa, AWS, Cloud, Transport & Logistics, Consumer & Retail, Payments, Kinesis Data Streaming. Please help me selecting the team? which team will be the best to start...Read more
I am looking for apps that will let me stream international music, especially Indian music. Will primarily stream on the phone but ability to work with Alexa is a bonus. The most important criteria is breadth of content and how quickly new content gets added. YouTube red seems to have the biggest c...Read more
Wondering how are the following teams in Amazon/AWS .Looks like some are tier 1 services . Most of the jobs locations are based in Seattle or Bay area/Irvine CA. How is the wlb/learning scope/on call/Attrition/pip etc ? Thanks in advance . AWS Global Accelerator AWS Anti DDos AWS ec2 nitro AWS EC...Read more
Like all parents, I have been subjected to an almost constant stream of kid’s songs on Alexa and YouTube. Cocomelon, Dave & Ava, etc I have actually grown to really enjoy some songs. They are very nicely done. Sometimes, I will listen to them on Spotify for my own enjoyment. Anyone else on this boa...Read more
Hi Everyone, I have 1st round interviews coming up next week for the Sr.TPM (Nvidia)/ Principle TPM(Alex auto) under automotive stream, with both Nvidia and Amazon Alexa Automotive. Can any one share the details about interview process, technical qsts or any materials that I can go through, what c...Read more
I see Alexa has gotten worse again. For some music channels it no longer lets you replay a song now, saying that you need to subscribe. "Repeating a song is only available with Amazon Music Unlimited" It's just a nonstop stream of marginally making the Echo have fewer and fewer features, until Ama...Read more
If Microsoft gets a search engine integrated with GPT it will maul Google search in terms of ease of access. We no longer need 6 ads and sponsored links before any relevant data shows up. It will trigger a downward spiral on the effective cost of search in terms of time and additional revenue to se...Read more
Looking at so many startups laying people off I have come to realize from an buisness point of view FAANGs and Googe/Amazon in particular are basically conquering the world by having so many different revenue streams Amazon is invested in cloud, e-retail, retail(Whole Foods), Alexa, Kindle, Prime T...Read more
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-leader-on-alexa-echo-and-other-devices-plans-to-leave-cde4f689 David Limp, Amazon.com’s devices chief, is planning to retire in the coming months in the latest departure of a longstanding top executive since Andy Jassy took over as chief executive of the e-comme...Read more
Wanted to watch a movie, couldn't find it on the two other streaming services I already have (Netflix, HBO Max), looked it up on Amazon Prime Video, rented it for $3 for the night. I have Amazon Prime already for shopping, so I get some great movies/TV shows for free as well. I am spending $30/mon...Read more
Doomsday Scenario: People start to use Bing with ChatGPT integrated, force people to download Edge. Google starts to lose the market share in both Search and Chrome. Google makes a comeback with Bard but 1. Data Microsoft has accumulated via first mover's advantage makes ChatGPT perform better 2. ...Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of our lives, transforming various industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. In the realm of mobile app development, AI is playing an increasingly significant role, enhancing user experiences, improving app performanc...Read more