Amazon Canada now carries the Echo Show 8

If you need a larger display and louder sound from your smart speaker, then the Amazon Echo Show 8 is for you. The speaker launched during Amazon's September hardware event is now available on the online retailer's site for $169.99. This smart speaker comes with an 8-inch display and has built-in Alexa voice controls. It promises louder sound for spaces like the living room and kitchen, even with a relatively smaller footprint.

Get 12 months of free Amazon Prime with new Koodo activations

If you activate a new talk, text, or data plan with Koodo from now until November 24, you can get 12 months of Amazon Prime Canada for free. To avail of the promotion online, you need to add the code "AMAZONPRIME" at checkout. For current Prime members, the free months will be added to your existing membership. According to Telus, the deals exclude Wireless Home Phone, prepaid, talk and text, and data-only activations.

Those who use the promo code will get their membership code within 35 business days. And you must agree to Prime's terms and agreements. The member costs $79.99 per year with faster shipping options and access to Amazon Prime Video.

Amazon Fire TV gets SEGA Classics games

If you’re feeling a bit nostalgic and want to play some classic SEGA games, all you need is an Amazon Fire TV and you’re good to go. Amazon just launched the SEGA Classics bundle, which includes 25 of the most popular games on the SEGA Genesis platform like Sonic the Hedgehog, Streets of Rage, The Revenge of Shinobi, to name a few. Fire TV customers just need their remotes or use a compatible Bluetooth controller. Get in on the family fun as there are 15 multiplayer games included in this bundle. The SEGA Classics bundle goes for $19.99.

Amazon Web Services to provide developers with free credit for storage and computing for Alexa skills

A new program from Amazon might encourage developers to keep building and working on Alexa skills. Amazon Web Services is offering US$100 promotional credit as well as another additional US$100 per month to help pay for extra cloud computing and storage costs third-party developers might incur when their Alexa skills exceed the limits of the existing AWS Free Tier. By taking extra cost out of the way, this benefits Amazon’s own Echo smart speakers that are powered by Alexa, among other Alexa-powered devices. Skills are the system’s version of apps and by having more developers work on those, it gives more options and capabilities to users, which in turn can entice more people to use Amazon Echo products over its competitors.

Source: Geekwire