voice-activated

Amazon Debuts Third Alexa Accelerator Program
Amazon Debuts Third Alexa Accelerator Program
February 26, 2019  |  Alexa

Amazon’s Alexa Fund has announced the launch of the third year of the Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars. Up to ten companies from around the world...

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Apple Buys Voice App To Boost Siri
Apple Buys Voice App To Boost Siri
February 18, 2019  |  Apple

PullString, a San Francisco maker of technology that enables people to design and publish voice-activated apps, was acquired by Apple. Axios, citing multiple sources, reported...

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Apple’s Siri Without A Biz Head
Apple’s Siri Without A Biz Head
February 04, 2019  |  Apple

The head of Siri at Apple has moved on to another position within the company. Bill Stasior, who has been in charge of Siri since...

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Alexa Voice Shopping Up 3X This Holiday Season
Alexa Voice Shopping Up 3X This Holiday Season
December 27, 2018  |  Alexa

Amazon’s record-breaking holiday shopping season was powered in part by voice-activated shopping, with the eCommerce giant saying orders placed via Alexa were three times higher...

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Amazon Alexa ‘Asks The Audience’
Amazon Alexa ‘Asks The Audience’
December 07, 2018  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon has launched an invite-only program that asks customers to submit answers to Alexa’s more difficult questions. According to a report, Amazon has been internally...

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Is Voice The Glue Of The Google Ecosystem?
Is Voice The Glue Of The Google Ecosystem?
November 28, 2018  |  Ecosystems

Five years ago, a voice-activated device was mostly something that existed in the realm of science fiction. Siri had been around for a year or two...

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Connecting The Dots On Paying With Connected Devices
Connecting The Dots On Paying With Connected Devices
November 13, 2018  |  Payment Methods

Black Friday looms. The holidays loom. Time to take stock, then, of How We Will Pay – in the retail setting, of course, the focus of...

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Ecosystems: Google, Disney And The Power Of Parental Spend
Ecosystems: Google, Disney And The Power Of Parental Spend
October 31, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

There are some hit toys from the 1960s that were genuine classics – so much so that they are still with us today. This year, Ken Dolls,...

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TD Ameritrade Enables Voice Trading Via Alexa
TD Ameritrade Enables Voice Trading Via Alexa
October 24, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Wednesday (Oct. 24) that it has enhanced its Alexa skill, enabling customers to place trades via voice...

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