Alexa

Amazon Alexa, known simply as Alexa, is a virtual assistant developed by Amazon, first used in the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot smart speakers developed by Amazon Lab126. Alexa is a cloud-based voice service that allows users to add products to a wish list, re-order items, check order status, and more - using just their voice.

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Instant Brands Teams With Google On Voice-Command Instant Pot
Instant Brands Teams With Google On Voice-Command Instant Pot
January 07, 2019  |  Retail

Instant Brands, the maker of the Instant Pot, announced a new collaboration with Google during the CES show being held in Las Vega this week....

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NEW DATA: What’s Driving $230B In Commuter Commerce?
NEW DATA: What’s Driving $230B In Commuter Commerce?
January 07, 2019  |  Internet of Things

What makes the daily drive miserable for millions of commuters? Yes, there’s the traffic snarls, obnoxious motorists and boredom. However, for a significant share of...

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Alexa Now In More Than 100M Devices
Alexa Now In More Than 100M Devices
January 06, 2019  |  Retail

Amazon’s senior vice president of devices and services Dave Limp told The Verge that more than 100 million devices with Alexa integrated into them have...

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NFL Playoffs Kick Off With New Alexa Skill For Football Fans
NFL Playoffs Kick Off With New Alexa Skill For Football Fans
January 04, 2019  |  Retail

Everyone’s talking about football these days as teams make their playoff runs — even Alexa and Google Assistant, now that the National Football League has...

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InfoSec CTO: How To Improve The Privacy IQ Of Smart Devices
InfoSec CTO: How To Improve The Privacy IQ Of Smart Devices
January 04, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

When it comes to the world of cybercrime touching the connected smart devices that consumers are increasingly using, it is easy to come across some...

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Amazon Alexa Skills Saw Huge Growth In 2018
Amazon Alexa Skills Saw Huge Growth In 2018
January 03, 2019  |  Retail

Amazon saw the number of skills made for Alexa lodge huge growth in the U.S., U.K. and Germany in 2018. According to a report in...

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

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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Santa Vs. The Christmas Tech Blues
Santa Vs. The Christmas Tech Blues
December 25, 2018  |  Commentary

The news had come out, and it was very bad. Santa’d made his helpers really, really mad. The North Pole, they said, he’d tried to...

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Analysts Say Siri Has Gotten Smarter, But Lags The Competition
Analysts Say Siri Has Gotten Smarter, But Lags The Competition
December 21, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

Apple’s voice assistant, Siri, has made some major improvements in the last few months, CNBC reported. Gene Munster and Will Thompson, two researchers from Loup...

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