It looks like smart home technology — driven by the ever-increasing installed base of smart speakers — is igniting all around us. According to estimates...
Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. In fact, they are at least 557 years old. The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand...
The voice-activated assistant is gaining currency with consumers. Use of the devices is growing like gangbusters. Research from eMarketer shows that as many as 35 million...
When is milk not milk? This is no trick question — it’s a distinction that artificial intelligence (AI) is going to have to learn to make...
“Can I afford a Tesla? If not, can you help me save for one?” These questions were once reserved for financial advisers. Technically they’re still...
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...
It’s been a little over a year since our Digital Banking Tracker heralded the “Dawn of Banking Voice Technology.” Now it’s more like the high...
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...
Pegasystems, the software company, announced Tuesday (April 18) the launch of Pega Intelligent Virtual Assistant, an artificial intelligence-powered (AI) bot that turns applications into smart...