| A new report reveals Alexa's underwhelming shopping stats, Twitter takes a noncommittal position on Alex Jones and smartphone voting might be a dodgy idea. Here's your Daily Crunch for August 7, 2018. 1. Surprise, no one buys things via Alexa That's according to The Information, which says that among 50 million Alexa users, only about 100,000 have bought something more than once via the voice interface. None of this is shocking, exactly, but it suggests that conversational commerce remains more of an aspiration than a reality. 
2. Here's Twitter's position on Alex Jones (and hate-peddling anti-truthers) Google, Apple and Facebook have all removed at least some Infowars content from their platforms in recent weeks, but Twitter said Jones and Infowars are not in violation of the platform's terms of service — at least, not yet. 3. West Virginia raises concern over smartphone voting for troops West Virginia is going ahead with plans to allow some limited voting through a smartphone app called Voatz, with ballots recorded using blockchain technology. Naturally, not everyone is thrilled about the idea. 4. June's second-gen oven starts at $599 The second-gen June Oven isn't cheap by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a fraction of its predecessor's cost. 5. FCC admits it was never actually hacked Chairman Ajit Pai blamed a former chief information officer and the Obama administration for providing "inaccurate information about this incident to me, my office, Congress, and the American people." 6. New unicorn Klook raises $200M to expand its travel activities platform worldwide Klook sets out to make booking travel activities as easy as arranging flights and hotels. That could mean visits to adventure parks, scuba diving, more localized tours or basics such as train travel, food or airport transfers. 7. Microsoft decides to support Skype Classic 'for some time' after users revolt In July, Microsoft announced Skype 8.0 was launching on the desktop, and that it would be shutting down version 7.0 (aka Skype Classic) as a result. However, the company has decided to hold off on Skype Classic's shutdown for the time being, following significant user backlash. | 
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