digital assistant

Can Digital Assistants Take Luxury Retail To The Next Omni Level?

Can Digital Assistants Take Luxury Retail To The Next Omni Level?
Can Digital Assistants Take Luxury Retail To The Next Omni Level?
February 11, 2019  |  Retail

A common, enduring fantasy for many consumers — a group that likely includes many PYMNTS readers and writers — is walking into a high-end retail store, chain...

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Microsoft Admits That Cortana Can’t Compete With Alexa, Google Assistant
Microsoft Admits That Cortana Can’t Compete With Alexa, Google Assistant
January 18, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft is taking its digital assistant Cortana in a new direction as it has fallen behind Google Assistant and Alexa in the past year, according...

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Apple HomePod To Arrive In China This Week
Apple HomePod To Arrive In China This Week
January 14, 2019  |  Apple

Apple said it is bringing its Siri-enabled wireless smart speaker HomePod to China and Hong Kong this week, on Jan. 18, according to reports. Get...

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Samsung’s Bixby To Support Google Apps
Samsung’s Bixby To Support Google Apps
January 08, 2019  |  Internet of Things

Samsung Electronics’ voice-activated digital assistant Bixby will support Google apps, the company revealed during CES, the consumer electronics show held every January in Las Vegas....

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Apple HomePod Plans 2019 Chinese Debut
Apple HomePod Plans 2019 Chinese Debut
December 06, 2018  |  Apple

Apple’s HomePod wireless speaker is set to go on sale in China next year, beating Amazon and Google speaker offerings into the country. According to Bloomberg,...

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Alexa Goes To Mexico
Alexa Goes To Mexico
November 07, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon announced Wednesday (November 7) that its voice-activated digital assistant Alexa and its smart speaker Echo are now available in Mexico. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Five At Five: Apple Slumps In China
Five At Five: Apple Slumps In China
October 15, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes a new smartphone forecast and Alexa’s ambition...

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Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice
Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice
October 15, 2018  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon is trying to make Alexa, its voice-activated personal assistant, act as a doctor or nurse, detecting illness by a change in the user’s voice....

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Messaging App LINE Eyes FinServ With $1.3B Fundraise
Messaging App LINE Eyes FinServ With $1.3B Fundraise
September 05, 2018  |  Investments

Japan’s LINE Corporation is raising around 148.1 billion yen ($1.33 billion) through convertible bonds so it can expand into the financial services (FinServ) business. LINE,...

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