Smart Car

Alexa’s Expanding Ecosystem
Alexa’s Expanding Ecosystem
January 08, 2020  |  Alexa

When Alexa was first introduced in November 2014, it didn’t look much like the next big thing in user interfaces. There wasn’t very much like...

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Volvos Will Soon Come With Google Assistant
Volvos Will Soon Come With Google Assistant
May 08, 2018  |  Google

Volvo Cars has announced it will embed Google Assistant, Google Play Store, Google Maps and other Google services into its next-generation Sensus infotainment system. The...

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Alexa And Apple CarPlay To Ride The 2019 Toyota Corolla
Alexa And Apple CarPlay To Ride The 2019 Toyota Corolla
March 27, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

The 2019 Toyota Corolla will include some cool new features, including Apple’s CarPlay and Amazon’s Alexa. According to The Verge, the car will make its...

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IBM Gives Alexa Another Rival With Watson Assistant
IBM Gives Alexa Another Rival With Watson Assistant
March 21, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

IBM has launched Watson Assistant, an artificial intelligence (AI) agent for companies looking to build their own voice-activated virtual assistants. According to Kareem Yusuf, Ph.D....

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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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The Smarter Car: Who Will Get There First?
The Smarter Car: Who Will Get There First?
September 08, 2017  |  Intelligence of Things

Apple won’t be building that self-driving car — or, at least, not the way it originally envisioned. It came to light last month that the tech...

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Car Commerce Tracker: Integration, Investment
Car Commerce Tracker: Integration, Investment
February 14, 2017  |  Innovation

Another busy week in car commerce. This time around, an Alexa integration, a new partnership leveraging telematic capabilities and a major manufacturing investment by BMW...

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Visa + Honda Show In-Vehicle Payments
Visa + Honda Show In-Vehicle Payments
January 06, 2017  |  Innovation

This year’s ongoing Consumer Electronics Showcase has been a non-stop stream of innovation, collaboration and new technologies. The latest in the smart car and mobile...

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