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Apple Switches Gears With New Exec To Lead Siri
Apple Switches Gears With New Exec To Lead Siri
September 04, 2017  |  Apple

Reports in Apple Insider first noticed the change: Senior vice president of internet software and services Eddie Cue is no longer in charge of Siri. On...

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Alexa And Cortana Forge Virtual Friendship
Alexa And Cortana Forge Virtual Friendship
August 31, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana are now on voice command speaking terms. The companies announced news on Wednesday (Aug. 30) that owners of either company’s...

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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...

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Barclays Account Holders Can Now Make Payments With Siri
Barclays Account Holders Can Now Make Payments With Siri
August 22, 2017  |  Mobile Payments

Customers with a Barclays bank account can now make payments simply by asking Siri to do it for them. 9to5Mac reported that the feature, added...

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Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Empathy
Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Empathy
August 18, 2017  |  Voice Activation

Paging Dr. Alexa: How are you feeling? It may not be long before virtual, voice-controlled assistants can tell and answer accordingly. Mattersight VP of Product...

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Voice-Activated Tracker: Smart Home Edition
Voice-Activated Tracker: Smart Home Edition
July 27, 2017  |  Retail

Nearly two decades ago, Disney debuted its “Smart House” movie in which a young boy wins a computerized home. At the time, it may have felt...

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Alibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker
Alibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker
July 05, 2017  |  Retail

In its latest effort to keep up with its American big brother Amazon, China’s eCommerce giant Alibaba has announced the debut of its own smart...

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360i Pits Amazon Alexa Against Google Home
360i Pits Amazon Alexa Against Google Home
June 30, 2017  |  Retail

360i asked Amazon Alexa and Google Home 3,000 questions and found out that the Home is (sometimes) smarter than Alexa — it all depends what...

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The Over/Under On Apple’s Ecosystem
The Over/Under On Apple’s Ecosystem
June 14, 2017  |  Apple

HomePod If the Amazon Echo is white wine and Google Home is red, then Apple’s new Siri-voiced HomePod is a fine champagne: fine-tuned, exclusive and...

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