Amazon and its voice-activated assistant, Alexa, is dominating the burgeoning digital personal assistant market, with research firm eMarketer predicting it will command 70.6 percent of the market share this year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
The rumor mill has been turning for months now about the prospects of Amazon‘s break-out smart speaker device Amazon Echo gaining a touchscreen in its next iteration. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
To celebrate the arrival of its Academy Award winning film, Manchester by the Sea, on Prime Video, Amazon is sending a gift box to every residents’ home in Manchester-by-the Sea, MA this week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Amazon announced that Alexa is going to sound more human, with a new set of speaking skills that allow her to do things like whisper, take a breath to pause for emphasis, adjust the rate, pitch and volume of her speech, “bleep” out her words...
Is apparel retail reaching a tipping point, whereafter it becomes a mostly digital experience? And is Amazon about to be the big beneficiary of that change? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
When it comes to reporting quarterly earnings, there’s beating Wall Street’s expectations, really beating them, and then there is what Amazon did yesterday. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Dialpad, a cloud-based business communications platform, announced Tuesday (April 25) an integration with Amazon Echo that enables users to perform business phone tasks by voice commands. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
A new study from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) estimates that Amazon Prime memberships doubled in the past two years to more than 80 million people in the U.S. — and about 60 percent of all U.S. Amazon shoppers are now Prime members. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Amazon shares (AMZN) continue to ride high through April, skirting the 900 line with prices fluctuating just above and below, closing out the third week of April trading just below. AMZN was up 1.05 percent from the past week’s close in pre-market trading, looking to start...
