Simplifying the smart home has long been a big part of Alexa, and it will continue to be a key priority going forward. Amazon is focused on making the digital assistant a more “ambient Alexa,” which adds value to the home. Daniel gave an example of the new Alexa Guard program — where Alexa listens for things like a smoke alarm or shattered glass when no one is home and sends a notification with something is amiss — to show the value the company wants Alexa to have for people.
Similar to the small European country, Amazon is increasingly operating like a sovereign nation. With its sprawling empire of facilities and robust delivery infrastructure — not to mention growing lobbying efforts and connections to seats of power — Amazon is assuming an impressive position of influence. As the company becomes more entwined in political affairs, its employees are exploring the right to protest authority that denizens before them have exercised throughout history.
Shooting family photos at traditional studios during Spring Festival is still in vogue, Xu Lin reports
Since 2015, the government has introduced a host of incentives to push entrepreneurship and innovation to a higher level and wider scope.
Shi said the Abe administration has always believed that the unstable situation in the Korean Peninsula is a persuasive reason for the upgrading of Japan's military forces, as well as providing a chance to tell his nation of his government's "important role" in international issues.
Similar to Airbnb, owners offer vacant space to BULA; teachers book the space and conduct pop-up classes while students can discover classes around them, giving them easy access to the available places and variable classes close to them on a pay-as-you-go basis.
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Ships get ready for their voyages in the foreign trade container terminal of Qingdao port in Shandong province. [Photo by Yu Fangping / For China Daily]
Since 2013, the provincial environmental protection department has issued dozens of regulations, including a rule establishing a red line for protected coastal areas covering more than 19,800 square km.
Silk floss trees across Quanzhou, Fujian province currently sport the most beautiful pink flowers, capturing the attention of visitors to the city. [Photo provided by www.qzwb.com/For chinadaily.com.cn]
Since China began to open up and reform its economy in 1978, GDP growth has averaged almost 10 percent a year, and more than 850 million people have been lifted out of poverty. But about 373 million Chinese are still living below the upper-middle-income poverty line of .50 a day, the World Bank said.