Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft: The scramble to beat Apple, dominate hardware, and own your future

At home, I have an Apple TV, iPad, 3 iPhones, and a Macbook Air. These all communicate seamlessly. I haven’t taken the Apple Watch plunge, and have no plants to get one. Now, Apple is extending that ecosystem with the HomePod, its own voice-activated …
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