We learn about Amazon’s grocery ideas, from the struggling Amazon Fresh to the much-hyped Go automated stores, and ultimately the stunning acquisition of Whole Foods. Amazon Unbound dives into the company’s many initiatives over the last eight years, both the failures and the successes. That soothing female voice that has worked up so many men into a hot lather? We learn for the first time that it belongs to small-time voice actress Nina Rolle, who declined to speak with Stone due to confidentiality agreements with Amazon (this place is more secretive than the CIA). It’s these little details that really make the book. How about “Jacklyn” (Bezos’s mother) or “Finch” (the title of a fantasy novel)? It’s like how George Lucas almost made Han Solo a green alien in Star Wars…makes you wonder what if. Imagine if the device’s wake word was simply “Amazon,” which for awhile was a leading contender alongside Alexa. Had you finished the book and immediately ran out and bought Amazon stock, you could have made ten times your money by now.īezos’s first concept sketch of the Amazon EchoĪs we know, the Echo became a smash hit…although it almost didn’t. Stone’s final-page conclusion that Amazon “is just getting started” absolutely nailed it. In 2013, Stone’s previous effort The Everything Store chronicled the rise of Jeff Bezos and the Amazon retail juggernaut (the book holds a well-earned place on the Tycoonist reading list). Alexa, Tell Me About Yourselfīrad Stone’s new book Amazon Unboundis the sequel that we never knew we needed. Alas, that’s all we knew of her origins-until now. Speaks only when spoken to and always tells me what I want to hear.Īlexa, of course, hails from exotic locale of Seattle, Washington, where Daddy Bezos began inseminating over 100M homes with the device. And really, who wouldn’t? She’s the perfect companion.

If so, he might be cheating with another woman-Alexa.Īccording to a survey from sex toy company We-Vibe (obviously a credible source), 14% of men got the hots for their Amazon Alexa device during quarantine. Ladies, do you feel your husband or boyfriend has been distant lately? Do you hear him talking to someone in another room, only to fall silent when you enter? Facebook 0 Tweet 0 LinkedIn 0 Email 0 Print 0

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