The has controlled the speaker niche for nearly two years. But now, there's a second contender: . Both can control smart home devices, play music, answer random questions, and tell you all about ...

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Last year, Amazon (AMZN) introduced Echo, a cylinder about the size of a thermos that includes a speaker, microphone and access to the cloud. It's essentially Siri -- the voice-assistance service on ...