Austrian drag artist Conchita Wurst has been named the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The singer received praise for her James Bond-esque ballad âRise Like A Phoenixâ, which she sang in a golden dress surrounded by dry ice.
Amazon Echo, also known as Alexa, is a voice command device from Amazon.com that is always listening. Its functions include question answering, playing music and controlling smart devices.
mid-14c., from Latin echo, from Greek echo, personified as a mountain nymph, from or related to ekhe sound, ekhein to resound, from PIE root *swagh-to resound (cf. Sanskrit vagnuh sound, Latin vagire to cry, Old English swogan to resound). Related: Echoes.