UJeff Bezos kufuneka wonwabe kakhulu. Kunzima komnye wamadoda azizityebi emhlabeni ukuba angabi sisityebi mihla le, kodwa ngeengxelo zamva nje ezenziwe esengozini ngusekela mongameli wenkampani yezixhobo kunye neenkonzo, uDave Limp, kunokwenzeka ukuba ube ne-grin ukusuka endlebeni ukuya endlebeni. Ngoba? Ngokuba Alexa Sele ingaphezulu kwe-100 lezigidi zezixhobo ezithengisiweyo.
Oyena mncedisi onobulumko bamfuna kakhulu
Njengoko kuchaziwe kwi-Verge, inani le-100 lezigidi lifihla ngaphezulu kwenani elilula. Okokuqala, inani lezixhobo ezineSiri kunye ne Umncedisi kaGoogle Ingaphezulu lee kwezo zixhobo zizigidi ezili-100, nangona kunjalo, kukho umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwazo. Ngelixa abancedisi be-Apple kunye noGoogle befika ngokunyanzeliswa, i-Alexa endaweni yoko ifika ngesixhobo esifunyenwe kwiimeko ezininzi ukunxibelelana nelizwi elikrelekrele.
Imveliso engalawulwayo?
Kwiimveliso ezahlukeneyo ze-150 kwiimarike kunye ne-Alexa eyakhelwe ngaphakathi, kuphela i-50 eyenziwa yinkampani ngokwayo. Ngaba oko kuthetha ukuba umthengi unokuchaphazeleka ngamava amabi ngaphandle kolawulo lweAmazon? U-Limp uqinisekisa ukuba akusiyo into ekhathazayo enkulu, ekubeni umthengi unamava okwaneleyo ukuba angatyhola i-Alexa ngenxa yokudumala okubangelwa ukuthengwa kwemveliso. Inkxalabo yeAmazon kukuba kuhlala kukho imveliso entle kuwo onke amanqanaba, nokuba yiplagi, isithethi okanye ibhalbhu yesibane. Oko, ngokutsho kwabo, kwenzeka kwaye kuzaliseke.
Ngaba iAmazon ifuna ukulawula imarike ngokurhoxisa abanye abakhoyo?
I-brand ngomphathi wayo icacile. Namhlanje ababoni imfazwe efana naleyo yenzeka ngokwesiko kumzabalazo oqhelekileyo weefomathi kunye namaqonga. Abancedisi kufuneka bahlale kunye, kwaye ukuba isixhobo sinabancedisi ababini ngaxeshanye ziindaba ezimnandi kuphela kumsebenzisi. Enyanisweni, i-Amazon ingathanda ukukwazi ukwabelana kunye nokudala iindlela eziqhelekileyo ukwenza amava omsebenzisi abe lula, endaweni yokuba asebenzise imiyalelo eyahlukileyo ngokuxhomekeke kwiwizadi yomsebenzi ofanayo.
Nangona i-Amazon inesisa kakhulu ngale datha, inani lezixhobo ze-Alexa ezithengiswayo ngexesha leKrisimesi lihlala liyinani elingaziwayo, njengoko isigebenga siqhubeka singabelani ngamanani athile okuthengisa. Ekuphela kwento abaye bakwazi ukuphawula ngayo kukuba abanayo imodeli zabo Amazon Echo kude kube phakathi kuJanuwari, kwaye abanakulinda ukulayisha i-747 kunye nabo kwaye bazalise iindawo zabo zokugcina. Abakho kakubi kunye nokuqanjwa, kunjalo.