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Amazon’s Alexa-powered speaker Echo. When Amazon unveiled Alexa  three-and-a-half years ago, it was roundly jeered. Now, against all expectations, even though its sometimes unpredictable and unpolished, Alexa is here to stay
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Amazon’s Alexa-powered speaker Echo. When Amazon unveiled Alexa three-and-a-half years ago, it was roundly jeered. Now, against all expectations, even though its sometimes unpredictable and unpolished, Alexa is here to stay

Shuma Raha
A for Alexa. Now a year old in India, Amazon’s cool, AI-powered personal assistant has given Indians the experience of voice recognition, music-on-demand, and even some home automation. According to Amazon, Indians say “I love you” to Alexa once every minute and ask “Will you marry me?” every three minutes. 

B for Bling. On retina-scorching display at the celebrity weddings of Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh, Isha Ambani-Anand Piramal and Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas. Oh, and Britain’s Prince Harry got hitched to commoner Meghan Markle — but with a shocking lack of over-the-top razzle-dazzle. And they called it a royal wedding!

C for Cow. The
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