smart speakers

Overcoming Voice’s Discovery Problem

Overcoming Voice’s Discovery Problem
Overcoming Voice’s Discovery Problem
November 13, 2019  |  Connected Economy

There is no shortage of skills for users to choose from when talking to their voice assistants. Amazon ended 2018 with around 60 thousand skills...

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Google’s Growing Global Challenge To Amazon’s Voice Dominance 
Google’s Growing Global Challenge To Amazon’s Voice Dominance 
November 11, 2019  |  Voice Activation

On their shared home territory of the U.S. market, Amazon and Google have spent the last two years avidly racing for control of the emerging...

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Amazon, Google Smart Speakers Could Be Breached By Hackers
Amazon, Google Smart Speakers Could Be Breached By Hackers
October 22, 2019  |  Cybersecurity

Security researchers at SRLabs have discovered a new vulnerability that could leave Google and Amazon smart speakers exposed to hackers. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Google’s Plan To Make Its Assistant Ubiquitous And Invisible
Google’s Plan To Make Its Assistant Ubiquitous And Invisible
October 16, 2019  |  Innovation

The cool weather was slow to show up in some parts of the U.S. this year (although the pumpkin spice-flavored goods showed up right on...

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The New Alexa Experience: Upgraded Speakers, Wild Wearables And Celebrity Appearances 
The New Alexa Experience: Upgraded Speakers, Wild Wearables And Celebrity Appearances 
September 26, 2019  |  Alexa

Another day, another tech event announcing the latest and greatest hitting the market this fall checked off the list.  Apple and Amazon are finished —...

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What Clues Can Last Year’s Results Offer For Amazon’s 2019 Alexa Event?
What Clues Can Last Year’s Results Offer For Amazon’s 2019 Alexa Event?
September 24, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon has always been a “go big or go home” kind of operation, and so when it rolled out a dozen or so Alexa-enabled devices...

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Amazon Enters Health Device Race With Fitness Tracking Earbuds
Amazon Enters Health Device Race With Fitness Tracking Earbuds
September 23, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon is planning to introduce two new products: an even bigger Echo speaker with a subwoofer and wireless earbuds with fitness tracking capabilities, according to...

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Google Knocked To Third Spot In Global Smart Speaker Sales
Google Knocked To Third Spot In Global Smart Speaker Sales
August 27, 2019  |  Internet of Things

Google lost its second-place spot in smart speaker sales to Chinese tech company Baidu, whose only market is China, according to reports on Monday (Aug. 26)....

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