Consumers want to touch before they buy, and they want to talk when they purchase. Those promise to stand as two main traits of the...
Spotify’s paid members now number 87 million — a 40 percent year-over-year (YoY) increase from 2017. The music-streaming service announced in its third quarter results on...
There are some hit toys from the 1960s that were genuine classics – so much so that they are still with us today. This year, Ken Dolls,...
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest move by Walmart to gain...
A new survey says that the most popular smart speaker model in the U.S. is the Amazon Echo. According to Strategy Analytics’ report “Smart Speaker...
A couple of weeks after teasing Amazon Alexa’s ability to whisper back to voice commands, the feature is now live. According to a report citing...
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....
When English mountaineer George Mallory was asked in 1923 by The New York Times why he wanted to attempt to climb Mount Everest again (after having...
Amazon announced Thursday (Oct. 4) the preview of skill connections for all current Alexa locales. In a blog post, the company said companies can use...