SAN FRANCISCO / AP Amazon.com is introducing two devices designed to amplify the role its voice-controlled assistant Alexa plays in people’s homes and lives. The products are echoes of Amazon’s Echo, a cylinder-shaped speaker with Internet-connected microphones that became Alexa’s first major showcase when it debuted in late 2014. Set these gadgets up and they’ll listen for your voice and ...

Relaxnews According to ABI Research, this year’s Mobile World Congress proved the perfect springboard for showcasing virtual reality, so much so that the company is now predicting that 50 million headsets will be shipped globally every year by the end of the decade, including devices that work with a smartphone. The most basic virtual reality design, Google’s Cardboard, has already ...

Relaxnews Mobile messaging service WhatsApp is now rolling out a document sharing feature on iOS and Android devices reports Tech Crunch. The new feature has begun to appear on users’ phones, enabling them to share PDF documents. The document sharing joins existing sharing features for photos, videos, contacts, and locations, however, although it is now available for iOS and Android ...

Bloomberg Xiaomi Corp. Chief Executive Officer Lei Jun has reportedly said that Chinese handset maker, valued at US$45 billion by a 2014 funding round, wasn’t planning a public listing “at the moment.” Lei, speaking to reporters at the opening of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, said he wants Xiaomi’s initial public offering to be a natural process and noted ...

Relaxnews As Google gears up to launch its digital wallet service, Android Pay in the UK, many experts are still less than convinced that the idea of replacing a credit card with a smartphone is really going to gain mainstream consumer appeal. According to Juniper Research, by the end of 2016, 148 million people around the world will be reaching ...

Bloomberg Every March 17 brings thousands of small, missed fashion opportunities. Yes, a shamrock shirt is fun—as is everyone in the office dressing in the same colour for a holiday. But in America, St. Patrick’s Day is too frequently the only time each year that men dig their single green sweater (or tie) out of the closet and then, grudgingly, ...

Relaxnews With Paris Fashion Week running March 1-9, we caught up with Indian fashion designer Rahul Mishra whose Fall-Winter 2016 collection was unveiled at the event. He outlined what to expect from this new ready-to-wear line-up, from inspirations and iconic pieces. What was the inspiration behind the new collection? Responding to what is happening right now in the world, with ...

Relaxnews If the shows that have taken place so far during Paris Fashion Week are anything to go by then accessories will be strong for Autumn/Winter 2016. Chunky jewellery is an easy and modern way of keeping a look on point, as proven byLoewe, whose spiral bangles were layered and heaped upon the models’ wrists. The house also went big ...

AFP Paris fashion has rediscovered its taste for rebellion with designers playing fast and loose with the old rules of couture. The mould-breaking French label Vetements — the new darling of the fashion press — staged a show full of teenage revolt and defiance in a cathedral late Thursday, while American Rick Owens flirted with the law by completely shrouding ...

ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business Building upon its dependable repute of acting as a fertile ground for facilitating industrial deals and MoU pacts, ISNR 2016’s Business Connect team is all set to arrange more than 3,000 meetings between government, private sector buyers, and exhibiting companies in the forthcoming edition. This is a nearly 60 percent growth over its 2014 edition, ...