Amazon Echo

Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice
Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice
October 15, 2018  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon is trying to make Alexa, its voice-activated personal assistant, act as a doctor or nurse, detecting illness by a change in the user’s voice....

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Amazon Echo Speakers Faced Outages In UK, Europe
Amazon Echo Speakers Faced Outages In UK, Europe
September 26, 2018  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon’s Echo smart speakers were facing connectivity issues in the U.K. and elsewhere in Europe earlier on Wednesday (Sept. 26), but are now up and...

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Alexa Hones Voice-Activated Skills With ‘Consumables’
Alexa Hones Voice-Activated Skills With ‘Consumables’
September 26, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon is rolling out new commerce capabilities for its Alexa voice assistant. The company is offering in-skill purchasing with a product dubbed Consumables. By using...

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Amazon, Microsoft Announce Public Preview Of Alexa, Cortana Integration
Amazon, Microsoft Announce Public Preview Of Alexa, Cortana Integration
August 15, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon and Microsoft on Wednesday (Aug. 15) announced a public preview of their plans to integrate Alexa with Microsoft Cortana, a plan announced last summer. In...

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A New Echo Hack Unearthed At Defcon
A New Echo Hack Unearthed At Defcon
August 13, 2018  |  Alexa

Defcon, the annual hackers conference, has turned up a new security concern in smart speakers like the Amazon Echo. Two presenters at the conference, Tencent’s...

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Apple To Debut New HomePod Features
Apple To Debut New HomePod Features
July 24, 2018  |  Apple

According to Mashable, a French blog reported that Apple updated its “HomePod OS 12” speaker with a variety of new features that are expected to...

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Sonos IPO To Reach $264M
Sonos IPO To Reach $264M
July 24, 2018  |  IPO

Wireless speaker pioneer Sonos Inc. plans to raise as much as $264.1 million in its upcoming initial public offering. According to Bloomberg, the company —...

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What To Expect From Prime Day 2018
What To Expect From Prime Day 2018
July 16, 2018  |  Amazon

After another year of waiting, Amazon‘s one-day (ish) annual celebration of all things eCommerce is set to commence this afternoon (July 16) — and run...

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Can Social Media Make Ordering Takeout Less Frustrating?
Can Social Media Make Ordering Takeout Less Frustrating?
June 28, 2018  |  Mobile Commerce

Food ordering and delivery have come a long way since reliance on the Yellow Pages and those paper menus stuck into door frames — no...

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