To ensure that voice-enabled products offer customers flexibility and choice through multiple, interoperable voice services, Amazon and top technology firms announced the Voice Interoperability Initiative. Over 30 companies are supporting the effort, with the inclusion of global brands such as Amazon, Salesforce, Sonos, Spotify, Bose and...
Bose has announced the upcoming launch of the Bose Portable Home Speaker, which boasts a proprietary voice pick-up system that works with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. According to a company press release, the compact speaker–weighing only 2.3 pounds–has up to 12 hours of battery...
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest plan to challenge Amazon, along with PayPal’s expansion of its money transfer service. Google also has new plans for digital payments, while Bose thinks bigger...
Bose, the home audio company, announced news on Tuesday (August 28) of the launch of its Bose® Home Speaker 500 for music and the Bose Soundbar 700 and Soundbar 500 for music and home theater, which comes with Alexa already integrated. In a press release,...
January 16, 2020
Audio equipment company Bose has announced it is closing 119 retail locations due to changing customer demand, according to a report. Part of the issue lies in the fact that brick-and-mortar stores are finding it harder to compete with Amazon and its next-day shipping offer. Hundreds of workers will lose their jobs. Bose’s first store […]
September 24, 2019
To ensure that voice-enabled products offer customers flexibility and choice through multiple, interoperable voice services, Amazon and top technology firms announced the Voice Interoperability Initiative. Over 30 companies are supporting the...
August 23, 2019
Bose has announced the upcoming launch of the Bose Portable Home Speaker, which boasts a proprietary voice pick-up system that works with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. According to a...
August 28, 2018
Bose, the home audio company, announced news on Tuesday (August 28) of the launch of its Bose® Home Speaker 500 for music and the Bose Soundbar 700 and Soundbar 500...