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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Digital Ordering: Do It Right, Or Not At All
Digital Ordering: Do It Right, Or Not At All
August 03, 2017  |  ResTech

Digital ordering is a win for everybody. It’s easy for modern consumers, who would rather tap or click to order than talk to someone on...

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Amazon Acquires Startup Graphiq To Help Improve Alexa
Amazon Acquires Startup Graphiq To Help Improve Alexa
July 21, 2017  |  Amazon Acquisitions

Amazon has acquired Graphiq, Inc., a data analysis and search engine startup, to help improve its Alexa virtual assistant and other services. The Los Angeles Times...

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Alexa And Echo SVP At Amazon Bows Out
Alexa And Echo SVP At Amazon Bows Out
July 17, 2017  |  Personnel

Alexa, how should one enjoy retirement? News came Friday that Amazon VP Mike George — one of the driving forces behind Alexa, the voice assistant, and...

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Why Shopping Online May Be The Only Truly Safe Summer Activity
Why Shopping Online May Be The Only Truly Safe Summer Activity
July 15, 2017  |  Retail

Summer –  the season of fun, sun, beaches, ice cream and blockbuster movie premieres – is also the most dangerous time of the year, according to the American Pediatrics Assn....

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Amazon Is Overhauling The Echo To Steal HomePod Thunder
Amazon Is Overhauling The Echo To Steal HomePod Thunder
July 14, 2017  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon’s Echo is getting an overhaul for the first time in more than two years since the voice-activated speaker powered by virtual assistant Alexa hit...

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Peapod And Alexa Deliver Greater Grocery Ordering Convenience
Peapod And Alexa Deliver Greater Grocery Ordering Convenience
July 13, 2017  |  Retail

Peapod was one of the earliest Internet startups to offer grocery delivery services, so it only makes sense that the company would strive to stay...

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Prime Day Just May Beat Previous Sales Records
Prime Day Just May Beat Previous Sales Records
July 12, 2017  |  Retail

It’s the day after Amazon’s Prime Day, and reports are already coming out that the eCommerce giant is on its way to breaking its previous...

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