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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What Payments Innovators Can Learn From Monkeys
What Payments Innovators Can Learn From Monkeys
January 15, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

About 30 days from now, most of you reading this who made a New Year’s resolution will have broken it. Don’t feel too bad –...

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Smart Speakers, By The Numbers
Smart Speakers, By The Numbers
January 15, 2018  |  Intelligence of Things

Smart speakers get an awful lot of press — other than cars, they seemed to be everyone’s favorite gadget of the future at CES this...

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Alexa And Voice Commerce: Thinking Outside The Cylinder
Alexa And Voice Commerce: Thinking Outside The Cylinder
January 12, 2018  |  Voice Activation

The 2018 Amazon Alexa Voice Challenge is a different competition than in years past — naturally, since the voice-activated assistant herself has evolved and matured, and...

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Amazon Moves Deeper Into Auto Parts
Amazon Moves Deeper Into Auto Parts
January 11, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon is adding a new collection of smart products — that can place orders when supplies run low — to its Dash replenishment program, the company...

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Domino’s To Grab Bigger Slice Of Retail Food Pie?
Domino’s To Grab Bigger Slice Of Retail Food Pie?
January 08, 2018  |  Retail

Is Domino’s among the stocks on Wall Street worth sinking one’s teeth into? Credit Suisse thinks so. The sell-side firm upgraded its rating on the company...

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Google Defends Google Home At CES
Google Defends Google Home At CES
January 08, 2018  |  Google

For the first time in years, Google had an official stand-alone booth at CES – a sign to buyers that it is ready to collaborate...

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Payments 2018: Think This — Not That
Payments 2018: Think This — Not That
January 08, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

In 800 B.C., when people wanted to know the answer to “what’s next” about their personal futures, they flocked to Delphi and asked Pythia, the...

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Alexa-Friendly Glasses Debut At CES
Alexa-Friendly Glasses Debut At CES
January 08, 2018  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon Alexa has been finding its way into all sorts of devices – and at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the annual tech conference held...

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Alexa Gets Friendly With Developers For Wearables
Alexa Gets Friendly With Developers For Wearables
January 05, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon has rolled out a new Alexa developer kit for on-the-go devices, making it easier for manufacturers to integrate the wildly popular voice assistant into...

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