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Which digital assistants are up for grabs right now?

(Image from pixabay -fremell) via GIPHY I recently went on Snapchat to find out, not only what is up with my friends but what is up with the world? Yes, I do check the news on Snapchat as well. If you're unsure of what I am talking about, I am speaking about the Snapchat Discover or Stories. Anyway, enough blabber, let's get right to it. I went on Mashable's Story on Sunday, and they listed "four digital assistants." They had Siri, Alexa, Cortana, and Bixby. I don't have Bixby on any of my devices, but I have spoken with the other three. So with that said, let's start with Bixby. via GIPHY 1.) Bixby was initially activated on the Samsung Galaxy S8 just last week, actually, April 21. On Samsung's website , they separated Bixby with four features: voice, vision, home and reminder. Voice is pretty much the same as the other digital assistants out there. You can tell Bixby who to call, what to turn off, what the weather is like outside,

Besides a camera, what else should I bring?!

After a weekend trip from San Francisco, I thought of making a graphic of what I brought with me. These are five things that I've brought that helped me make time go by faster, but still enjoy each and every minute of it. Let me know if you agree with these or have used ALL of these when you travel!

Whatever happened to those technology we invented as kids?

Image taken from Luca Bravo Whatever happened to those things that we invented as kids? You know: flying cars, robots that eat cookies, hover boards, jet packs -- especially the water jet packs?! Well, I'm already over two decades old and I have yet to see some of them! But hey, it's 2017, and there are disposable chargers for goodness sakes. Let's actually see how close we are to these four things. 1.) Flying cars. I'm not talking about airplanes... via GIPHY Alright, so this concept is still out of our hands. In other words, we're not as advanced quite yet. But maybe we have the materials? Just a few days ago, New York Times published an article which says that Apple received a permit to test self-driving cars in California. Self-driving cars are the rage for automobile technology these days. But it's still quite expensive for the most of us since it's in its beginning stages. For instance, Tesla is one of the many car automakers to made a s