voice commerce

Cerence Gains First Customers for Voice Assistant in Elevators, Motorcycles 
Cerence Gains First Customers for Voice Assistant in Elevators, Motorcycles 
November 23, 2021  |  Voice Activation

Cerence, a provider of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) products and technology, announced Monday (Nov. 22) that it has gained its first customers in two new...

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Google Developer Knocks Future of Voice Search Despite Major AI Advances
Google Developer Knocks Future of Voice Search Despite Major AI Advances
November 16, 2021  |  Artificial Intelligence

A top Google software engineer is causing some controversy — and possibly dropping hints — by downplaying the future of voice-enabled search in favor of other modalities....

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Walmart Acquires Botmock Tech Assets to Advance Voice, Chat Tools
Walmart Acquires Botmock Tech Assets to Advance Voice, Chat Tools
November 02, 2021  |  Walmart

Walmart is acquiring technology assets from conversation design startup Botmock to advance its own conversational platform and offer non-technical teams like customer service access to...

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Wizard Snags $50M in Series A Funding for Conversational Commerce Platform 
Wizard Snags $50M in Series A Funding for Conversational Commerce Platform 
October 06, 2021  |  Investments

Former Walmart head of U.S. commerce Marc Lore is now co-founder, chairman of the board and investor in “conversational commerce” B2B startup Wizard Commerce, which...

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Wendy’s Hints at Voice Commerce Intentions with New Promotion
Wendy’s Hints at Voice Commerce Intentions with New Promotion
September 28, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Hey, Wendy, which contextual commerce technologies are you working on to succeed in the rapidly evolving digital marketplace? Wendy’s Canada announced Monday (Sept. 27) that,...

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Today In Retail: California Law Raises Supply Chain Concerns; Coty Partners with Perfect Corp for Beauty Tech
Today In Retail: California Law Raises Supply Chain Concerns; Coty Partners with Perfect Corp for...
September 27, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, a new California law has industry experts concerned about its ramifications on the retail supply chain, and voice tech company...

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Automotive Alexa Applications to Star at Amazon Hardware Event
Automotive Alexa Applications to Star at Amazon Hardware Event
September 27, 2021  |  Voice Activation

Connected car fanatics are eagerly awaiting Amazon’s annual fall hardware event on Tuesday (Sept. 28), in hopes that whatever cards the platform giant is holding...

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Visual Integrations Could Open Wider Adoption of Voice Commerce
Visual Integrations Could Open Wider Adoption of Voice Commerce
September 27, 2021  |  Retail

Steve Jobs, in introducing the iPhone in 2007, dissed the use of styluses in favor of using fingers on touchscreen phones. But with the rise...

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Growing Stable of Voice-Activated Hardware Keeps Consumers Calling Alexa — and Amazon
Growing Stable of Voice-Activated Hardware Keeps Consumers Calling Alexa — and Amazon
September 07, 2021  |  Alexa

In a classic Amazonian fashion, the stable of Alexa-linked services, commands and devices just keeps growing, supported by a burgeoning stable of purpose-built hardware. From Echo speakers, to displays, earbuds, eyeglass frames, the Ring video...

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