digital assistant

Can Digital Assistants Take Luxury Retail To The Next Omni Level?
Can Digital Assistants Take Luxury Retail To The Next Omni Level?
February 11, 2019  |  Retail

A common, enduring fantasy for many consumers — a group that likely includes many PYMNTS readers and writers — is walking into a high-end retail store, chain...

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Microsoft Admits That Cortana Can’t Compete With Alexa, Google Assistant
Microsoft Admits That Cortana Can’t Compete With Alexa, Google Assistant
January 18, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft is taking its digital assistant Cortana in a new direction as it has fallen behind Google Assistant and Alexa in the past year, according...

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Apple HomePod To Arrive In China This Week
Apple HomePod To Arrive In China This Week
January 14, 2019  |  Apple

Apple said it is bringing its Siri-enabled wireless smart speaker HomePod to China and Hong Kong this week, on Jan. 18, according to reports. The...

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Samsung’s Bixby To Support Google Apps
Samsung’s Bixby To Support Google Apps
January 08, 2019  |  Internet of Things

Samsung Electronics’ voice-activated digital assistant Bixby will support Google apps, the company revealed during CES, the consumer electronics show held every January in Las Vegas....

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Apple HomePod Plans 2019 Chinese Debut
Apple HomePod Plans 2019 Chinese Debut
December 06, 2018  |  Apple

Apple’s HomePod wireless speaker is set to go on sale in China next year, beating Amazon and Google speaker offerings into the country. According to Bloomberg,...

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Alexa Goes To Mexico
Alexa Goes To Mexico
November 07, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon announced Wednesday (November 7) that its voice-activated digital assistant Alexa and its smart speaker Echo are now available in Mexico. In a press release, Amazon...

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Five At Five: Apple Slumps In China
Five At Five: Apple Slumps In China
October 15, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes a new smartphone forecast and Alexa’s ambition...

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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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Messaging App LINE Eyes FinServ With $1.3B Fundraise
Messaging App LINE Eyes FinServ With $1.3B Fundraise
September 05, 2018  |  Investments

Japan’s LINE Corporation is raising around 148.1 billion yen ($1.33 billion) through convertible bonds so it can expand into the financial services (FinServ) business. LINE,...

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