virtual assistant

A virtual assistant is generally self-employed and provides professional administrative, technical, or creative assistance to clients remotely from a home office.

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Alexa: Calling Your Screen And Screening Your Calls
Alexa: Calling Your Screen And Screening Your Calls
December 19, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

Commerce is becoming ever more linked — between nations and across time zones and gadgets. Amid all the change in commerce and payments (already), can...

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Toyota’s AI Assistant Wants To Be The Consumer’s Car Buddy
Toyota’s AI Assistant Wants To Be The Consumer’s Car Buddy
October 31, 2017  |  Artificial Intelligence

Toyota drivers are about to gain a new best friend in Yui, an onboard virtual assistant that uses artificial intelligence to do everything from talk to...

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ATB Financial Uses Facebook Messenger As Virtual Banking Assistant
ATB Financial Uses Facebook Messenger As Virtual Banking Assistant
October 24, 2017  |  Banking

ATB Financial has partnered with FinTech Finn.ai to launch a virtual banking assistant that utilizes Facebook Messenger. “At ATB, we’re innovating at the forefront of...

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Amazon Rules The Smart Speaker Market, Ahead Of Google
Amazon Rules The Smart Speaker Market, Ahead Of Google
September 19, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

When it comes to voice-activated smart speakers, Amazon is the undisputed leader, with 76 percent of the market share. That’s according to Consumer Intelligence Research...

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Alexa Can Now Make Third-Party Skills Suggestions
Alexa Can Now Make Third-Party Skills Suggestions
September 06, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon recently launched a new feature that allows Alexa to offer suggestions of third-party skills in response to questions she cannot answer. In the past,...

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Apple Switches Gears With New Exec To Lead Siri
Apple Switches Gears With New Exec To Lead Siri
September 04, 2017  |  Apple

Reports in Apple Insider first noticed the change: Senior vice president of internet software and services Eddie Cue is no longer in charge of Siri. On...

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Facebook Buys AI Startup Ozlo For Messenger
Facebook Buys AI Startup Ozlo For Messenger
August 01, 2017  |  Facebook

Facebook, the social media giant, has acquired Ozlo, a Silicon Valley artificial intelligence (AI) tech startup, in an effort to build out its personal assistant...

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SEB Launches Voice-Activated Assistant Aida To Improve Customer Service
SEB Launches Voice-Activated Assistant Aida To Improve Customer Service
July 31, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

SEB AB, the largest bank in Sweden, is getting into the voice-activated digital assistant game with the launch of Aida. According to a news report in Bloomberg,...

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Amazon Is Overhauling The Echo To Steal HomePod Thunder
Amazon Is Overhauling The Echo To Steal HomePod Thunder
July 14, 2017  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon’s Echo is getting an overhaul for the first time in more than two years since the voice-activated speaker powered by virtual assistant Alexa hit...

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