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Google Snags Alexa’s Top AI Visionary
Google Snags Alexa’s Top AI Visionary
February 28, 2018  |  Google

A former senior manager and lead for Alexa AI has left Amazon for a new position at Google. According to Quartz, Ashwin Ram is now...

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Snips Debuts Voice-Activated In-Vehicle SDK
Snips Debuts Voice-Activated In-Vehicle SDK
February 23, 2018  |  Intelligence of Things

Snips, the French startup with a voice assistant software developer kit (SDK), is showing off its technology through a voice-activated assistant embedded in a vehicle....

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Tapping The Power Of Text Messaging To Empower Customers
Tapping The Power Of Text Messaging To Empower Customers
February 20, 2018  |  Retail

SMS text messaging is a little over 20 years old. For a human, that’s young. For a digital technology, on the other hand, it’s ancient....

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Alacriti CEO: Voice And The Rise Of ‘Elegant’ Payments
Alacriti CEO: Voice And The Rise Of ‘Elegant’ Payments
February 19, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

“Elegant” as a descriptor doesn’t make many appearances in the world of financial services or payments, which tend to favor other terms. “Disruptive” is a common attribute, as is “innovative.” “Cutting-edge,”...

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‘Alexa – Send A Text’
‘Alexa – Send A Text’
January 31, 2018  |  Amazon

Android smartphone users in the United States are in luck: They can now send text messages using Alexa. Before, users had to have the Alexa...

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Alexa Tops Apple’s App Store
Alexa Tops Apple’s App Store
December 27, 2017  |  Retail

Notch yet another win for Amazon and Alexa. Shortly after reporting the Echo Dot was Amazon’s top seller during holiday 2017, Alexa, the artificial intelligence...

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Amazon Boosts Prime Membership During Holiday Runup
Amazon Boosts Prime Membership During Holiday Runup
December 27, 2017  |  Amazon Commerce

Amazon has announced that the 2017 holiday season was its “biggest” ever. According to news from CNBC, Amazon said on Tuesday that customers shopped on...

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Today In Data: Cash Flow Concerns, Holiday Spending Bumps And Amicus Briefs
Today In Data: Cash Flow Concerns, Holiday Spending Bumps And Amicus Briefs
December 19, 2017  |  Today In Data

Today in PYMNTS’ data, employees are stealing from their employers, Amazon’s voice-activated virtual assistant Alexa is contributing to contextual commerce, Australian small- and medium-sized businesses...

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Google Assistant Now Integrated With Waze
Google Assistant Now Integrated With Waze
November 30, 2017  |  Mobile Applications

Now you can ask for directions without taking your eyes off the road: Navigation app Waze, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, has...

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