virtual assistant

A virtual assistant is generally self-employed and provides professional administrative, technical, or creative assistance to clients remotely from a home office.

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Shopify Now Lets Merchants Hire Virtual Employee ‘Kit’ For Free
Shopify Now Lets Merchants Hire Virtual Employee ‘Kit’ For Free
June 07, 2017  |  Innovation

Today in retail news, employee of the week award goes to Kit, Shopify’s virtual assistant for Shopify merchants, who handles digital marketing and advertising for...

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Samsung’s Bixby Still Learning English
Samsung’s Bixby Still Learning English
June 02, 2017  |  Mobile

Individuals patiently looking forward to the release of Samsung’s Bixby, the company’s mobile virtual assistant that will go head-to-head with Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa...

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Amazon Pays Top Alexa Skill Developers Directly
Amazon Pays Top Alexa Skill Developers Directly
May 18, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

This month, Amazon launched a new program that directly pays top-performing Alexa skills. While the specifics of the program are scarce as of now, here’s...

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Softbank Debuts New Solution To Easily Program Pepper The Robot
Softbank Debuts New Solution To Easily Program Pepper The Robot
May 02, 2017  |  Innovation

Softbank has debuted Promoter, a browser-based solution that lets anyone customize Pepper the robot’s movements. According to TechCrunch, the Promoter application combines choosing between responses...

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Amazon’s Alexa Gets A New Set Of Speaking Skills To Sound More Human
Amazon’s Alexa Gets A New Set Of Speaking Skills To Sound More Human
May 01, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon announced that Alexa is going to sound more human, with a new set of speaking skills that allow her to do things like whisper,...

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Facebook Tricks Out Messenger With Food Ordering, Games, QR Codes
Facebook Tricks Out Messenger With Food Ordering, Games, QR Codes
April 19, 2017  |  Facebook

More big things have just come to Facebook Messenger and its native virtual assistant chatbot M, the company said at the ongoing F8 developer conference....

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Hollywood’s Newest Special Effect, Digital Banking?
Hollywood’s Newest Special Effect, Digital Banking?
April 19, 2017  |  Digital Banking

Who knew King Kong and digital banking had anything in common? The Hollywood magic behind some big-name blockbusters is now powering a series of realistic-looking...

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NEW REPORT: How A Hollywood Special Effect Became An AI Banking Assistant
NEW REPORT: How A Hollywood Special Effect Became An AI Banking Assistant
April 18, 2017  |  Digital Banking

From selfie authentication to finance tools that respond to emojis to computer-generated avatars that look and act like real people, new technological tools are giving...

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Google Home Serves Up Beauty and The Beast Ad
Google Home Serves Up Beauty and The Beast Ad
March 20, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

Google is using its Google Home internet-connected speaker to serve up ads in what could be the start of showing ads more in its internet-enabled...

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