Smart Speaker

Amazon’s Alexa Bases Updates On User Behavior
Amazon’s Alexa Bases Updates On User Behavior
January 26, 2021  |  Artificial Intelligence

Amazon has released Alexa’s latest round of updates and features designed to make the voice assistant more useful, more helpful and a bit more proactive....

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Ex-Apple Designer Plans Launch Of New Home Audio System
Ex-Apple Designer Plans Launch Of New Home Audio System
May 26, 2020  |  Innovation

Former Apple design engineer Christopher Stringer — who has over 1,400 patents to his name — is developing a smart speaker that will compete with...

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Today In Payments: Banks Brace For Forbearance Program Expiry Dates; Shopify To Launch Merchant Banking, BNPL Tools
Today In Payments: Banks Brace For Forbearance Program Expiry Dates; Shopify To Launch Merchant Banking,...
May 21, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, banks brace for the end of their mortgage forbearance program, and Shopify launched a business account for merchants and POS credit...

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Today In Payments: Mastercard To Join China’s $27T Payments Market; Uber, Postmates Lose Bid To Halt Gig Worker Law
Today In Payments: Mastercard To Join China’s $27T Payments Market; Uber, Postmates Lose Bid To...
February 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top payments news, Mastercard was approved for a bank card clearing business in China, and a judge rejected Uber and Postmates’ request to stop...

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Amazon Expected To Control 70 Pct Of US Smart Speaker Market By Next Year
Amazon Expected To Control 70 Pct Of US Smart Speaker Market By Next Year
February 11, 2020  |  Amazon

Amazon holds the dominant edge in the market for smart speakers, as about 70 percent of people in the U.S. who use the devices are...

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Turning Voice Assistants Into Medical Assistants
Turning Voice Assistants Into Medical Assistants
September 26, 2019  |  Intelligence of Things

Handling patient billing and other paperwork can keep doctors from focusing on patients and drag down optimal care. But, using smart voice assistants in exam...

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Dr. Alexa? How Voice Assistants Can Cure Patient Billing’s Ills
Dr. Alexa? How Voice Assistants Can Cure Patient Billing’s Ills
September 25, 2019  |  Intelligence of Things

Fifth generation (5G) networks are slated to be in use around the world by 2020. These networks offer higher data processing, lower latencies and more...

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Can Google Keep Up In The Jammed AI Voice Race?
Can Google Keep Up In The Jammed AI Voice Race?
August 28, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Since Google launched its smart speaker artificial intelligence (AI)-backed voice assistant product Google Home in November 2016, the state of the race for voice ecosystem...

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China Surpasses US In Smart Speaker Shipments
China Surpasses US In Smart Speaker Shipments
May 21, 2019  |  International

China has surpassed the United States to lead the smart speaker market. According to new data from Canalys, China’s smart speaker shipments grew by 500...

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