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11-14-2017, 03:15 PM
Amazon Echo accessory comes with pretty much the worst name ever
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When you're selling an accessory to a microphone made by a company that wants access to customers' homes (http://mashable.com/2017/10/25/amazon-key-last-foot-problem/) and an electronic eye in their bedrooms (http://mashable.com/2017/04/26/amazon-echo-look-alexa-data-privacy?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source), maybe think long and hard about what name you give it. Or don't, and just call the damn thing "DOX."*
That appears to have been the approach of electronics manufacturer Ninety7 (https://ninety7life.com/), which this fall introduced the newest addition to its lineup — a battery pack for the Amazon Echo Dot. Unfortunately, whoever decided on the name appears to not have done a simple Google search first. If they had, it would have revealed all the unflattering connotations that come along with the three-letter moniker.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/amazon-echo-dot-dox/)
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When you're selling an accessory to a microphone made by a company that wants access to customers' homes (http://mashable.com/2017/10/25/amazon-key-last-foot-problem/) and an electronic eye in their bedrooms (http://mashable.com/2017/04/26/amazon-echo-look-alexa-data-privacy?utm_campaign&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source), maybe think long and hard about what name you give it. Or don't, and just call the damn thing "DOX."*
That appears to have been the approach of electronics manufacturer Ninety7 (https://ninety7life.com/), which this fall introduced the newest addition to its lineup — a battery pack for the Amazon Echo Dot. Unfortunately, whoever decided on the name appears to not have done a simple Google search first. If they had, it would have revealed all the unflattering connotations that come along with the three-letter moniker.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/amazon-echo-dot-dox/)
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