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Home Depot Wants To Be the Control Hub for All Your Smart Devices  
Home Depot Wants To Be the Control Hub for All Your Smart Devices  
September 02, 2021  |  Voice Activation

The Home Depot has introduced an app that makes it easier for consumers to control compatible smart home products by saying, “Hey Google” or “Alexa.”  ...

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Amazon Upgrades Echo Show Devices, Debuts Kids’ Version
Amazon Upgrades Echo Show Devices, Debuts Kids’ Version
May 12, 2021  |  Amazon Technology

Seattle-based Amazon has released its latest Echo Show devices: the new Echo Show 8, Echo Show 5 and the first Echo Show 5 Kids. In...

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L’OCCITANE Taps Contactless Payments To Bring Digital-Minded Consumers Back To The Store
L’OCCITANE Taps Contactless Payments To Bring Digital-Minded Consumers Back To The Store
May 12, 2021  |  Consumer Payments

Consumers’ shopping and payment preferences have shifted broadly over the past year, with the pandemic prompting many to make a larger portion of their transactions...

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The Week In Voice Technology: Upgrades, Investments And Digital Wine Discoveries
The Week In Voice Technology: Upgrades, Investments And Digital Wine Discoveries
April 22, 2021  |  Voice Activation

Voice spent much of the last week or so making itself heard in a variety of applications designed to be more relevant to consumers’ day-to-day...

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Home Now The Hub For The Digital Economy
Home Now The Hub For The Digital Economy
October 20, 2020  |  Internet of Things

Before 2014, talking to a virtual assistant and instructing it to turn on the lights, start the dishwasher or order up the groceries was the...

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Consumers Feather Their Connected Home Nests
Consumers Feather Their Connected Home Nests
October 12, 2020  |  Internet of Things

Among the more unexpected effects of the COVID-19 pandemic over the last half-year or so is the sudden home improvement boom it set off among...

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Amazon Debuts Alexa For Property Managers
Amazon Debuts Alexa For Property Managers
September 03, 2020  |  Voice Activation

Amazon has introduced a service that vows to make it easy for property managers to install and manage Alexa-powered smart devices in their properties, the...

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Facebook, Amazon And Google Smart Displays Will Soon Have Zoom
Facebook, Amazon And Google Smart Displays Will Soon Have Zoom
August 19, 2020  |  Voice Activation

Zoom Video Communications is expanding its massively popular video chat platform to smart devices as the pandemic continues to keep much of the country working...

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Alexa Could Spill Users’ Personal Data, Report Finds
Alexa Could Spill Users’ Personal Data, Report Finds
August 13, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Alexa, how could you? Check Point researchers have flagged a flaw in Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant platform, which could it to spill the beans on...

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