Virtual assistants like Amazon’s Alexa are becoming more and more integrated into our daily lives. Recently, Google released their competitor to Amazon’s product. Aptly named, Google Home, the Google Home Assistant can help you in surprising ways you might not have realized at first. Here are 15 features that might surprise you. 1. Use It
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Kohls is your virtual mega retail mall that brings to you a wide variety of lifestyle products from some of the leading brands of the world. At Kohls, you can “expect great things” as their shopping directory features a mammoth selection of products ranging from kitchen & dining, bed and bath, luggage and backpacks, electronics,
A Few Tips and Tricks For Using Vanilla Beans
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Throughout different cultures the rooster has been a symbol of many things one of the most predominant is luck. Having some form of Rooster in your kitchen is said to bring you luck and could just make you feel good. Here is a little more information about Roosters and Rooster folklore. First a little bit
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Five Great Guatemalan Desserts
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Now that I’ve brewed my first lager, I’m venturing into the land of all-grain brewing. There is a lot a vocabulary between the grain and the beer that I have gotten confused a number of times. I thought that it would be advantageous for me to put my ducks and a row and figure out
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There is no doubt that everyone has heard several ways to prevent or cure hangovers, but who knows better than a college student. All the ins and outs of smart drinking come with a price; firstly someone has to buy the alcohol and, let us just say, it would save everyone some time if my
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