Alexa

Amazon Alexa, known simply as Alexa, is a virtual assistant developed by Amazon, first used in the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot smart speakers developed by Amazon Lab126. Alexa is a cloud-based voice service that allows users to add products to a wish list, re-order items, check order status, and more - using just their voice.

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Amazon Taps Disney Exec To Lead Alexa Division
Amazon Taps Disney Exec To Lead Alexa Division
January 09, 2019  |  Amazon

Online giant Amazon has hired Disney Senior Vice President Kyle Laughlin to run its Alexa Gadgets division, TechCrunch reported on Wednesday (Jan. 9). Laughlin worked...

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Qualcomm To Add Amazon Music, Prime Video Into Cars
Qualcomm To Add Amazon Music, Prime Video Into Cars
January 08, 2019  |  Amazon

Qualcomm Technologies announced that it is planning to provide Amazon Music, Prime Video, Fire TV and Audible services in next generation vehicles. “The vision behind Qualcomm...

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KitchenAid Develops A New Smart Oven
KitchenAid Develops A New Smart Oven
January 07, 2019  |  Retail

KitchenAid, a home appliance company founded in 1919, announced on Monday (Jan. 7) that it is releasing the brand’s first connected oven, the KitchenAid Smart...

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Instant Brands Teams With Google On Voice-Command Instant Pot
Instant Brands Teams With Google On Voice-Command Instant Pot
January 07, 2019  |  Retail

Instant Brands, the maker of the Instant Pot, announced a new collaboration with Google during the CES show being held in Las Vega this week....

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NEW DATA: What’s Driving $230B In Commuter Commerce?
NEW DATA: What’s Driving $230B In Commuter Commerce?
January 07, 2019  |  Intelligence of Things

What makes the daily drive miserable for millions of commuters? Yes, there’s the traffic snarls, obnoxious motorists and boredom. However, for a significant share of...

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Alexa Now In More Than 100M Devices
Alexa Now In More Than 100M Devices
January 06, 2019  |  Alexa

Amazon’s senior vice president of devices and services Dave Limp told The Verge that more than 100 million devices with Alexa integrated into them have...

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NFL Playoffs Kick Off With New Alexa Skill For Football Fans
NFL Playoffs Kick Off With New Alexa Skill For Football Fans
January 04, 2019  |  Amazon

Everyone’s talking about football these days as teams make their playoff runs — even Alexa and Google Assistant, now that the National Football League has...

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InfoSec CTO: How To Improve The Privacy IQ Of Smart Devices
InfoSec CTO: How To Improve The Privacy IQ Of Smart Devices
January 04, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

When it comes to the world of cybercrime touching the connected smart devices that consumers are increasingly using, it is easy to come across some...

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Amazon Alexa Skills Saw Huge Growth In 2018
Amazon Alexa Skills Saw Huge Growth In 2018
January 03, 2019  |  Alexa

Amazon saw the number of skills made for Alexa lodge huge growth in the U.S., U.K. and Germany in 2018. According to a report in...

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