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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Chatbot Tracker: Helping Productivity
April 25, 2017  |  Chatbots

Chatbots have moved into a unique position over the past few years. Rather than using chatbots to resolve customer service issues solely on company websites or...

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Amazon’s Future Is In AI, Logistics, AWS
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April 25, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

As Amazon’s Q1 earnings report quickly approaches, here’s a glimpse of the future. Amazon is hardly a stranger to reinvention. Lest we forget, the online...

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New Amazon Alexa Policy Banning Ads?
New Amazon Alexa Policy Banning Ads?
April 21, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

Under the radar, Amazon made some changes to its Alexa Skills Developer agreement. To help lessen the amount of advertisements that appear on Alexa’s voice...

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Amazon Sets Lex (The Tech Behind Alexa) Loose
Amazon Sets Lex (The Tech Behind Alexa) Loose
April 20, 2017  |  Amazon

Alexa’s been in the spotlight for awhile now as Amazon’s darling voice-activated AI assistant. But the deep learning technologies behind the voice of Echo, Echo...

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Amazon Helps The World Build Better Bots
Amazon Helps The World Build Better Bots
April 20, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

The race to voice-activated software is on. This week, Amazon announced it’s rolling out the technology behind its voice assistant Alexa. With this information, developers have...

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Voice-Activated Tracker: Google Home Gets Personal
Voice-Activated Tracker: Google Home Gets Personal
April 18, 2017  |  Retail

Ready or not, here they come … marketers, that is. Everyone’s itching to get on the smart speaker monetization train. Burger King — rather than wait...

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Amazon Opens Alexa Up To Other Hardware Developers
Amazon Opens Alexa Up To Other Hardware Developers
April 14, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

Amazon’s suite of Echo products could end up at other hardware companies, with the eCommerce giant announcing it’s making its technology available to those that want...

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Voice-Activated Tracker: Location, Location, Location
April 11, 2017  |  Voice Activation

We had a bit of fun last week writing that Alexa was taking time out to work on itself — but the reality of the...

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