Alexa voice-powered apps and Internet usage can lead to mental illness

In this episode of WRLWND Radio, Marcello Sukhdeo talks about the rapid growth of voice-powered apps on Amazon's Alexa voice platform, also, a study that reveals that extreme Internet usage can lead to mental illness and he touches on the growth of video-gamers worldwide. Amazon's Alexa voice platform has now passed 15,000 skills, these are the voice-powered apps. This is up from last September when it was around 10,000. Today, Amazon is currently the leader in voice-powered devices and it is expected to control 70 percent of the market this year -- well ahead of Google Home, Lenovo, LG and others. Due to the increased interest in voice-powered devices, Apple has joined the party with the with its own Siri-powered device, the HomePod which will be released this December.