SlashGear

Amazon Echo Wall Clock With Alexa Timer Support Is Now Available

In September, Amazon took the wraps off the Echo Wall Clock, a seemingly basic analog clock with the ability to pair with an Echo device. In addition to its traditional appearance, the Echo Wall Clock ...
Digital Trends

Amazon cuts price of Echo Wall Clock featuring visible Alexa timer countdowns

Using the Alexa Timer is so easy, it’s the first skill many Echo smart speaker owners try out. Just say, “Alexa, set a timer for 12 minutes,” to start a countdown. When we bought our first Echo Dot ...
Variety

Turner Tests TV Commercials With On-Screen Timer That Ticks Down Seconds Until Program Returns

TV viewers, generally speaking, hate ads. Now Turner Broadcasting — hoping to deter audiences from skipping or tuning out commercials — has ripped a page from the online-video playbook with the test ...
Birmingham Mail

Review: Is this the coolest countdown timer you've ever seen?

This weird little cube might be one of the funkiest gadgets I've tested this year. It's a countdown clock, but surely the coolest countdown clock on the market. Using accelerometers and ...
Gizmodo

The History of NASA’s Iconic Countdown Clock (And a Look at the New One)

A few days ago every space enthusiast got sentimental when, after 45 years of operation, the iconic countdown clock at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site was disassembled for removal. Perhaps ...