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Amazon Echo (shortened and referred to as Echo) is a smart speaker developed by Amazon.com.

The device consists of a 9.25 inch (23.5 cm) tall cylinder speaker with a seven-piece microphone array.

The device connects to the voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant service Alexa, which responds to the name "Alexa".

This "wake word" can be changed by the user to "Amazon", "Echo" or "Computer".

The Kindle Fire is a tablet computer developed by Amazon.com.

Built with Quanta Computer, the Kindle Fire was first released in November 2011, featuring a color 7-inch multi-touch display with IPS technology and running a custom version of Google's Android operating system called Fire OS.

The Kindle Fire HD followed in September 2012, and the Kindle Fire HDX in September 2013.

In September 2014, when the fourth generation was introduced, the adjective "Kindle" was dropped.

In September 2015, the fifth generation Fire 7 was announced, starting at, followed by the sixth generation Fire HD 8, in September 2016, at.

Kindle Direct Publishing is Amazon.com's e-book publishing unit launched in 2007, concurrently with the first Amazon Kindle device.

Amazon launched Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) to be used by authors and publishers to independently publish their books directly to Kindle and Kindle Apps worldwide.

Authors can upload documents in several formats for delivery via Whispernet and charge between $0.99 and $200.00 for their works.

These documents may be written in 34 languages.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, offers a suite of cloud computing services that make up an on-demand computing platform.

These services operate from 16 geographical regions across the world.

They include Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, also known as "EC2", and Amazon Simple Storage Service, also known as "S3".

AWS has more than 70 services, spanning a wide range, including compute, storage, networking, database, analytics, application services, deployment, management, mobile, developer tools and tools for the Internet of things.

Amazon markets AWS as a service to provide large computing capacity quicker and cheaper than a client company building an actual physical server farm.

Amazon Fire TV refers to two generations of digital media players and microconsoles developed by Amazon.com.

It is a small network appliance and entertainment device designed to stream digital audio/video content to a high-definition television.

The device also allows users to play video games with the included remote, via a mobile app, or with an optional game controller.

The first-generation device featured 2 GB of RAM, MIMO dual-band Wi-Fi, and a Bluetooth remote control with a microphone for voice search.

It supported 1080p streaming and Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 surround sound but was dependent on internet bandwidth of the user.

Unveiled on April 2, 2014, the Amazon Fire TV (1st Generation) was made available for purchase in the US the same day for US$99 and was launched with a video game called Sev Zero.

In 2015, the Amazon Fire TV (2nd Generation) was released with improved processor speed and 4K UHD support.