What Is the Amazon Echo? Useful Virtual Assistant for Your Home or Snazzy Speaker? Time Will Tell. By Scalper1 | November 14, 2014 0 Comment Scalper1 News Amazon wants to control a little piece of your home. Last week, the company introduced Echo, a sort of personal assistant meant to function as a life organizer. Amazon explained how the device will work on Scalper1 News Scalper1 News Related posts: This Is Amazon.com’s Take On The Virtual Assistant Siri vs Cortana vs Dom: Is Domino's Virtual Assistant A Game-Changer or Ridiculous? Microsoft to Apple: Our virtual assistant is cooler than yours Intel Acquires Ginger Software Assets – Analyst Blog