Smart Speaker

Smart Speakers In Nearly 20 Percent Of U.S. Homes
Smart Speakers In Nearly 20 Percent Of U.S. Homes
March 08, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

With smart speakers growing in popularity, Voicebot, the voice bot technology company, has found that 19.7 percent of adults in the U.S. have access to...

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Voice Commerce: User First, Channel Second
Voice Commerce: User First, Channel Second
March 06, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

When working with an emerging technology – like voice-activated AI, for example – it is easy to get one’s head turned by novelty. The experience...

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Spotify’s Hardware Venture Sparks Speaker Rumors
Spotify’s Hardware Venture Sparks Speaker Rumors
February 21, 2018  |  Innovation

Spotify, the music streaming service, is reportedly gearing up to develop its own line of hardware and has started creating the manufacturing process to churn...

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Amazon Overhauls Alexa Skills Kit Developer Console
Amazon Overhauls Alexa Skills Kit Developer Console
February 15, 2018  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon gears up on Thursday (Feb. 15) to roll out the largest overhaul of its Alexa Skills Kit Developer Console since it launched in 2015....

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Finances (With Alexa)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Finances (With Alexa)
February 14, 2018  |  Chatbots

Alexa, how much is in the till? Increasingly talking dollars and cents (or should that be sense?) is less a conversation held person to person...

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Match.com And Alexa’s Valentine’s Mismatch
Match.com And Alexa’s Valentine’s Mismatch
February 13, 2018  |  Amazon Innovations

Alexa has many valuable skills to share – a little over 25,000, to be precise. Need to know the weather, order up an Uber, get a Domino’s pizza delivered,...

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Apple’s HomePod Sells Out Before Launch
Apple’s HomePod Sells Out Before Launch
February 09, 2018  |  Apple

Apple’s HomePod appears to be resonating with consumers – as of Thursday (Feb. 8), Apple’s site was already sold out of its new voice-activated speaker....

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HomePod: The Early Reviews Are In (And Not So Pretty)
HomePod: The Early Reviews Are In (And Not So Pretty)
February 07, 2018  |  Apple

After a big introduction last fall — followed by a long wait during the holiday season that Apple decided to sit out — the much speculated-upon HomePod...

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Apple HomePod Debuts With Mixed Reviews
Apple HomePod Debuts With Mixed Reviews
February 06, 2018  |  Apple

The long-awaited, Siri-powered Apple HomePod smart speaker is finally available for purchase, but users’ reviews are coming back mixed, according to news from CNBC. The...

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