https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye Brad Stone en-us 2023-02-01 20:12:57 UTC 2023-03-20 19:44:05 UTC hello@padlet.com hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2465201615 Stone, Brad. Amazon Unbound. Simon and Schuster. New York. May 2021]]> 2023-02-01 20:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2465201615 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475750809 Jeff Bezos starts off amazon.com as an online library and bookstore. The website was created in a garage on a desk made out of two wooden doors.]]> 2023-02-09 23:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475750809 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475753113 "Jeffrey Preston Bezos quit his high-paying job at the esteemed Wall Street hedge fund D. E. Shaw to start a seemingly modest business: an online bookstore" 5]]> 2023-02-09 23:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475753113 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475755411 In this Year, Jeff Bezos brought the kindle to stores for purchase, with each book and the device costing only %9.99]]> 2023-02-09 23:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475755411 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475756615 "and with the AWS and the Kindle-vaulted amazon back into the graces of Wall Street." 9 ]]> 2023-02-09 23:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475756615 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475759016 In 2008, Jeff Bezos's company got high enough of stocks and business to be deemed higher on the stock market than eBay]]> 2023-02-10 00:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475759016 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475760823 "In 2008, Amazon surpassed eBay in market capitalization and was begining to be mentioned in the same breath as Google, Apple, and the new Silicon Valley upstart, Facebook." 9]]> 2023-02-10 00:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475760823 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475765923 In 2010, Jeff Bezos began to start thinking beyond the succesful online marketing business they had become. he started to think about other possibilities. This led to most of their more modern products]]> 2023-02-10 00:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475765923 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475768167 "Invention is in our DNA and technology is the fundamental tool we wield to evolve and improve every aspect of the experience we provide to our customers." 22]]> 2023-02-10 00:13:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475768167 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475774798 The picture depicts a cube with several buttons, such as the mute and off button. This drawing was created after a long meeting between Bezos and his TA.]]> 2023-02-10 00:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475774798 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475776782 2023-02-10 00:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2475776782 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484076813 In 2012, Jeff Bezos baught the company know as Ivona for their text to speach softwares. This would help further develope the Alexa project.]]> 2023-02-15 20:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484076813 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484078696 "The purchase, for around $30,000,000, was consummated in 2012 but would be kept secret for a year."29]]> 2023-02-15 20:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484078696 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484084285 After a long screening process that took months, Jeff Bezos and GM Voices chose the supposed Nina Rolle as the voice for alexa. I say supposed becasue Amazon has never officially revealed the voice of Alexa.]]> 2023-02-15 20:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484084285 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484086097 "They ranked the best ones, asked for additional samples, and finally made a choice. Bezos signed off on it."30]]> 2023-02-15 20:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484086097 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484091867 2023-02-15 20:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484091867 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484096925 Jeff Bezos finally introduced testing of the Alexa into modern homes. The main thing they monitored was the use of the wake word and Alexa's when asked questions involving uncommon words]]> 2023-02-15 20:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484096925 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484098559 "...the device moved into limited trials in the homes of Amazon employees at the start of 2013."32]]> 2023-02-15 20:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2484098559 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2492978490 Evi was a company that started out as finding new ways to mix different words around to creat the same question or phrase. They later used it to give immediate answers to questions. Jeff Bezos bought this company to change the way Alexa answers questions]]> 2023-02-23 18:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2492978490 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2492982873 "Amazon won out in late 2012 with a rumored $26 million deal."34]]> 2023-02-23 18:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2492982873 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493001094 Rohit Prasad joined Jeff Bezos's company to introduce a new way alexa could learn and talk, deep learning. Deep learning would help alexa establish the meaning behind words and not just what they are saying. This would untimatetly be what Jeff Bezos decided to use in alexas brain, and not the product Evi had made.]]> 2023-02-23 18:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493001094 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493008175 "Persuaded, Prasad joined to work on the problems of far-field speech recognition, but he ended up as an advocate for the deep learning model." 36]]> 2023-02-23 18:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493008175 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493009730 https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-artificial-intelligence-flywheel/ ]]> 2023-02-23 18:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493009730 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493021025 After seeing the vast but not innovative world of smartphones, he thought he and his company should try and make a much more advanced smartphone.]]> 2023-02-23 19:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493021025 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493024458 "In one brainstorming session he proposed a robot that a carelessly discarded phone and drag it over to a wireless charger."39]]> 2023-02-23 19:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493024458 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493039662 In 2014, Jeff Bezos held an event in Seattle where he showcased the Fire Phone to the public. They planned on it having a 3D screen and gesture tracking for extra immersion to the user.]]> 2023-02-23 19:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493039662 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493042737 https://time.com/2895275/amazon-fire-phone/]]> 2023-02-23 19:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493042737 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493051445 After the official release of the Fire Phone, many people had negative reviews on the product. It barley sold any copies and had an estimated $170 million lost in unsold product. Thankfully, this did not stop Jeff Bezos or his company from going forward.]]> 2023-02-23 19:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2493051445 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518669924 in order to have the alexa out-do it's rivals, Amazon began preforming AMPED tests. An AMPED test is where Alexas would be hidden in a room, observing various coworkers reading scrips from i-pads, having the Alexa recognize speech patterns. This gave the Alexa to have even more fluidity in it's speech and grammar]]> 2023-03-16 02:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518669924 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518680698 After years of hard work, Jeff Bezos and his company were finally able to release the first model of what is now known as the Alexa. The speech compatibility was beyond anything rivals like Siri were even close to doing. This was the first major step to amazon earning the title it has today.]]> 2023-03-16 02:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518680698 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518685707 Several weeks after the release, people found it to be one of the most inovating pieces of technology yet. After this, bunches and bunches of coworkers went down to the local bar (along with Jeff Bezos) to celebrate the success of their long awaited product.]]> 2023-03-16 02:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518685707 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518691421 several months after the release, Jeff Bezos immediately started working on new features to the Alexa. This included various things like shopping and playful speak. Along with this, the Amazon team started working on brand new models, like the Echo dot.]]> 2023-03-16 02:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518691421 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518695088 during the holiday season of 2015, Jeff Bezos was able to get to get the couple hundred thousand up to a whopping 1 million sales by Christmas. This sale boost also made Alexa the most sold device ever produced by Amazon up until this point. ]]> 2023-03-16 02:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518695088 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518703090 During the still booming success of the Echo, Amozon needed more and more workers to suit the Echos needs. To help with this issue, Jeff Bezos hired Mike George as head of the Alexa project for about a year. During this time, he was able to gather more and more people for work, even to the point where the team needed to split off to different work forces led by, "single-threaded leaders."]]> 2023-03-16 02:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518703090 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518715598 After countless reworks, bug fixes, and miss-communication, Jeff Bezos and his team were finally able to hit the 100 million mark for the Echo. This made Jeff rethink his life up until that point. Working in a garage into being head of one of the biggest companies in the world. Jeff Bezos was happy, but still hungry for more. More inovation and more progress. All this from a scribble on a whiteboard. ]]> 2023-03-16 03:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518715598 hoveyjus000 https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518720139 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw4nX21b74A ]]> 2023-03-16 03:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hoveyjus000/7vvtehloh09jnbye/wish/2518720139