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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Google Home Arrives In India
Google Home Arrives In India
April 10, 2018  |  News

Google expands the market for its voice-activated smart speakers by rolling out its Google Home devices in India. According to news from BGR, the Google Assistant-powered...

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Possible Hardware Debut Looms For Spotify — The Vehicular Kind?
Possible Hardware Debut Looms For Spotify — The Vehicular Kind?
April 09, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

April 24 looms large for Spotify. The digital music streaming service last week said it would share news on that date at an event to be...

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How Smaller Grocers Can Tap Into Digital Offerings
How Smaller Grocers Can Tap Into Digital Offerings
April 09, 2018  |  Payment Methods

With Amazon, Kroger and other large retailers in the grocery business introducing digital technology, such as mobile self-checkout, how do smaller regional grocers compete? The...

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Where Are Our Robot Butlers?
Where Are Our Robot Butlers?
April 07, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

It’s fair to say we live in the future. A vast majority of Americans carry a super-computer in their pockets that can be used as...

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Amazon Rolls Out Alexa Announcements For Echo
Amazon Rolls Out Alexa Announcements For Echo
April 06, 2018  |  Retail

With Alexa Announcements, Amazon’s Echo can now function as a one-way intercom that lets users broadcast messages throughout their homes, TechCrunch reported. If an Echo...

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Free Alexa: How Voice Challenge Winners Go Beyond The Echo Cylinder
Free Alexa: How Voice Challenge Winners Go Beyond The Echo Cylinder
April 05, 2018  |  Retail

Voice skills: They’re the user interface that everyone’s talking about (and to). Amazon’s Alexa has tens of thousands of them, some more useful than others....

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Amazon’s Alexa Now Makes Donations
Amazon’s Alexa Now Makes Donations
April 03, 2018  |  Retail

Amazon has added a new skill to its voice-activated, artificially intelligent digital assistant Alexa: enabling people to make donations to charities via voice commands. According...

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PSCU Builds Alexa Sidekick For Credit Union Members
PSCU Builds Alexa Sidekick For Credit Union Members
March 27, 2018  |  Retail

Troy wakes up, checks his calendar while brushing his teeth and pays his bills as he gets dressed. He checks account balances, transfers funds and...

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JPMorgan Chase Clients Can Now Get Stock Info From Alexa
JPMorgan Chase Clients Can Now Get Stock Info From Alexa
March 27, 2018  |  Retail

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has announced a partnership with Amazon that allows its institutional clients to get stock information from Alexa. According to news from Bloomberg,...

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