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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Alexa Voice Shopping Up 3X This Holiday Season
Alexa Voice Shopping Up 3X This Holiday Season
December 27, 2018  |  Alexa

Amazon’s record-breaking holiday shopping season was powered in part by voice-activated shopping, with the eCommerce giant saying orders placed via Alexa were three times higher...

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Santa Vs. The Christmas Tech Blues
Santa Vs. The Christmas Tech Blues
December 25, 2018  |  Commentary

The news had come out, and it was very bad. Santa’d made his helpers really, really mad. The North Pole, they said, he’d tried to...

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Analysts Say Siri Has Gotten Smarter, But Lags The Competition
Analysts Say Siri Has Gotten Smarter, But Lags The Competition
December 21, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

Apple’s voice assistant, Siri, has made some major improvements in the last few months, CNBC reported. Gene Munster and Will Thompson, two researchers from Loup...

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Amazon Sends Thousands Of Alexa Recordings To German User  
Amazon Sends Thousands Of Alexa Recordings To German User  
December 20, 2018  |  Amazon Technology

A man in Germany was curious what Amazon’s Alexa had recorded in his home, so he contacted Amazon and asked to listen back to his...

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Amazon’s Smart Speaker Dominance To Shrink
Amazon’s Smart Speaker Dominance To Shrink
December 20, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

As smart speaker users and potential buyers have more choices and brands, the Amazon Echo will lose its prominence as the go-to device, according to...

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Did Payments 2018 Predictions Come True?
Did Payments 2018 Predictions Come True?
December 17, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

In about two weeks, 2018 will be one for the history books. And from a payments and commerce perspective, it really has been one heck...

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Alexa Can Now Read Emails, Prompt Location-Based Services
Alexa Can Now Read Emails, Prompt Location-Based Services
December 11, 2018  |  Alexa

Just in time for the holiday season, Amazon is adding a bunch of new features to its voice-activated digital assistant Alexa, including the ability to...

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Amazon Alexa ‘Asks The Audience’
Amazon Alexa ‘Asks The Audience’
December 07, 2018  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon has launched an invite-only program that asks customers to submit answers to Alexa’s more difficult questions. According to a report, Amazon has been internally...

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Amazon, WeWork Halt Alexa For Business Pilot
Amazon, WeWork Halt Alexa For Business Pilot
November 29, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Amazon and WeWork have reportedly pressed pause on their partnership to introduce Alexa for Business into workspaces, reports in CNBC said this week. The two...

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