smart speakers

With The Original Amazon Echo Out Of Stock, Is An Upgrade Coming Soon?
With The Original Amazon Echo Out Of Stock, Is An Upgrade Coming Soon?
August 30, 2017  |  Amazon

The original Amazon Echo is currently out of stock on the online retail giant’s website — a possible sign that the arrival of a new...

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Sonos Is Reportedly Rolling Out Its Own Voice Activated Speaker
Sonos Is Reportedly Rolling Out Its Own Voice Activated Speaker
August 29, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

Sonos, the technology and speaker company, is reportedly preparing to roll out a new voice-controlled speaker. According to a report citing a filing with the Federal...

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Facebook Tracker: A Tale Of Two Stock Prices
Facebook Tracker: A Tale Of Two Stock Prices
August 28, 2017  |  Retail

Facebook tries out third-party Marketplace deals from eBay, an automated news aggregator, and veteran executive Andrew Bosworth in the leading role of its new consumer...

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Facebook Tracker: At Home And Abroad
Facebook Tracker: At Home And Abroad
August 21, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook was behind the Chinese photo-sharing app Colorful Balloons, which was launched anonymously earlier this year, the company confirmed last week. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube,...

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Google Hires Former Essential Exec For Home Improvement
Google Hires Former Essential Exec For Home Improvement
August 01, 2017  |  Google

As much as Google would like users to believe there’s no device like Home, the smart speaker is not exactly delivering an over-the-rainbow experience for...

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Alibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker
Alibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker
July 05, 2017  |  Retail

In its latest effort to keep up with its American big brother Amazon, China’s eCommerce giant Alibaba has announced the debut of its own smart...

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Soon Say Hello To Samsung’s ‘Bixby’ Speaker
Soon Say Hello To Samsung’s ‘Bixby’ Speaker
July 05, 2017  |  Innovation

To Bixby or not to Bixby, that is the question – and long after Amazon and Google released their voice-activated assistants and synchronized smart speakers,...

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Voice Activated Tracker: Google Voice Is Coming To iPhones
Voice Activated Tracker: Google Voice Is Coming To iPhones
May 24, 2017  |  Voice Activation

If you tell Siri, “You’re fired,” she’ll come back with a quavering protest: “But, but…” That feeble protest may be the best Apple can offer...

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‘Alexa, Call My Mom!’ —  Will The Echo Become A Phone?
‘Alexa, Call My Mom!’ — Will The Echo Become A Phone?
February 16, 2017  |  Innovation

There might be another use for Amazon’s and Google’s popular home speakers coming this year, with both companies considering turning them into home phones. The...

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