UJeff Bezos kufanele ukuthi ujabule kakhulu. Kunzima komunye wamadoda acebe kakhulu emhlabeni ukuthi angacebi nsuku zonke, kodwa ngezitatimende zakamuva ezenziwe I-Verge ngosekela mongameli wenkampani wamadivayisi namasevisi, u-Dave Limp, kungenzeka ube nesineke kusuka endlebeni kuya endlebeni. Ngoba? Ngoba Alexa Isivele ingaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100 zamadivayisi athengisiwe.
Umsizi ohlakaniphile abamfuna kakhulu
Njengoba kuchazwe kahle ku-The Verge, isibalo sezigidi eziyi-100 sifihla okuningi kunenombolo elula. Okokuqala, inani lamadivayisi ane-Siri kanye ne- Umsizi weGoogle Idlula kude lezo zisetshenziswa eziyizigidi eziyi-100, nokho, kunomehluko omkhulu phakathi kwazo. Ngenkathi abasizi be-Apple nabakwaGoogle befika ngokubekwa, i-Alexa esikhundleni salokho ifika ngomshini otholwe ezimweni eziningi ukuze uhlanganyele nezwi elihlakaniphile.
Umkhiqizo ongalawulwa?
Emikhiqizweni engu-150 ehlukene emakethe ene-Alexa eyakhelwe ngaphakathi, engu-50 kuphela eyenziwa yinkampani ngokwayo. Ingabe lokho kusho ukuthi umthengi angase athintwe umuzwa omubi ngaphandle kokulawulwa yi-Amazon? U-Limp uqinisekisa ukuthi akuyona into ekhathaza umdondoshiya, ngoba umthengi unesipiliyoni esanele sokungasoli i-Alexa ngokudumazeka okubangelwa ukuthengwa komkhiqizo. Ukukhathazeka kwe-Amazon kuphela ukuthi kuhlale kunomkhiqizo omuhle kuzo zonke izigaba, kungaba ipulaki, isikhulumi noma isibani. Okuthi, ngokusho kwabo, kwenzeka futhi kugcwaliseke.
Ngabe i-Amazon ifuna ukubusa imakethe ngokukhansela bonke abanye abakhona?
Ibhrendi ngomphathi wayo ikhuluma ngokungagwegwesi. Namuhla abayiboni impi efana naleyo ejwayele ukwenzeka emzabalazweni ojwayelekile wamafomethi namapulatifomu. Abasizi kufanele bahlale ndawonye, nokuthi idivayisi inabasizi ababili ngesikhathi esisodwa kuyizindaba ezinhle kakhulu kumsebenzisi. Eqinisweni, i-Amazon ingathanda ukukwazi ukwabelana nokudala izindlela ezivamile ukwenza ulwazi lomsebenzisi lube lula, esikhundleni sokusebenzisa imiyalo ehlukene ngokuya ngewizadi yomsebenzi ofanayo.
Nakuba i-Amazon ibe nesandla esivulekile ngale datha, inani lamadivayisi anikwe amandla yi-Alexa athengiswe ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi lihlala liyinani elingaziwa, njengoba umdondoshiya uqhubeka nokungabelani ngezibalo ezithile zokuthengisa. Into abakwazile ukuphawula ngayo wukuthi abanazo izinhlobo zabo Ama-Amazon Echo kuze kube maphakathi noJanuwari, futhi abasakwazi ukulinda ukulayisha i-747 futhi bathole izindawo zabo zokugcina izimpahla. Azizimbi ngokusungulwa, kunjalo.