Amazon Alexa

Voice AI Devices Vulnerable To Ultrasound Hacks
Voice AI Devices Vulnerable To Ultrasound Hacks
September 08, 2017  |  Voice Activation

Scientists have discovered that Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and other voice assistant programs can be controlled using inaudible ultrasound commands. The Verge reported news that researchers...

READ MORE >
Amazon Goes Brick And Mortar At Kohl’s
Amazon Goes Brick And Mortar At Kohl’s
September 07, 2017  |  Amazon

Kohl’s is the latest brick-and-mortar retailer partnering with Amazon, with shoppers at designated locations soon being able to purchase some of the online retail giant’s...

READ MORE >
US Bank Launches Alexa Skills For Customers
US Bank Launches Alexa Skills For Customers
September 07, 2017  |  Amazon

U.S. Bank is teaming up with Amazon, enabling customers to complete tasks by speaking to the eCommerce giant’s voice-activated digital assistant Alexa. In a press release,...

READ MORE >
Alexa Can Now Make Third-Party Skills Suggestions
Alexa Can Now Make Third-Party Skills Suggestions
September 06, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon recently launched a new feature that allows Alexa to offer suggestions of third-party skills in response to questions she cannot answer. In the past,...

READ MORE >
Making Voice Assistants Allies In Health
Making Voice Assistants Allies In Health
September 01, 2017  |  Voice Activation

Orbita CEO Bill Rogers has a relative with dementia. As dementia patients often do, she repeats a lot of the same questions, and it drives...

READ MORE >
Amazon Expands Alexa Skills To Include Kid Skills
Amazon Expands Alexa Skills To Include Kid Skills
September 01, 2017  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon wants everyone to use Alexa, including children and it has launched new skills in the U.S. targeted at America’s youngest consumers. In a blog...

READ MORE >
Google Assistant To Be Integrated Into A Bevy Of Devices
Google Assistant To Be Integrated Into A Bevy Of Devices
August 31, 2017  |  Google

Alphabet’s Google, aiming to expand the use of its voice-activated assistant and close the gap on Amazon’s Alexa, is gearing up to put its Google...

READ MORE >
eCommerce Firm Ocado Launches Skill For Amazon Alexa
eCommerce Firm Ocado Launches Skill For Amazon Alexa
August 30, 2017  |  Retail

As consumers get busier and more digitally savvy, their need for new tools to help them manage the simpler aspects of life grows as well....

READ MORE >
Sonos Is Reportedly Rolling Out Its Own Voice Activated Speaker
Sonos Is Reportedly Rolling Out Its Own Voice Activated Speaker
August 29, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

Sonos, the technology and speaker company, is reportedly preparing to roll out a new voice-controlled speaker. According to a report citing a filing with the Federal...

READ MORE >