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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Softbank Debuts New Solution To Easily Program Pepper The Robot
Softbank Debuts New Solution To Easily Program Pepper The Robot
May 02, 2017  |  Innovation

Softbank has debuted Promoter, a browser-based solution that lets anyone customize Pepper the robot’s movements. According to TechCrunch, the Promoter application combines choosing between responses...

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Amazon’s Alexa Gets A New Set Of Speaking Skills To Sound More Human
Amazon’s Alexa Gets A New Set Of Speaking Skills To Sound More Human
May 01, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon announced that Alexa is going to sound more human, with a new set of speaking skills that allow her to do things like whisper,...

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Facebook Tricks Out Messenger With Food Ordering, Games, QR Codes
Facebook Tricks Out Messenger With Food Ordering, Games, QR Codes
April 19, 2017  |  Facebook

More big things have just come to Facebook Messenger and its native virtual assistant chatbot M, the company said at the ongoing F8 developer conference....

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Hollywood’s Newest Special Effect, Digital Banking?
Hollywood’s Newest Special Effect, Digital Banking?
April 19, 2017  |  Digital Banking

Who knew King Kong and digital banking had anything in common? The Hollywood magic behind some big-name blockbusters is now powering a series of realistic-looking...

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NEW REPORT: How A Hollywood Special Effect Became An AI Banking Assistant
NEW REPORT: How A Hollywood Special Effect Became An AI Banking Assistant
April 18, 2017  |  Digital Banking

From selfie authentication to finance tools that respond to emojis to computer-generated avatars that look and act like real people, new technological tools are giving...

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Google Home Serves Up Beauty and The Beast Ad
Google Home Serves Up Beauty and The Beast Ad
March 20, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

Google is using its Google Home internet-connected speaker to serve up ads in what could be the start of showing ads more in its internet-enabled...

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Alexa To Take On The Telephone
Alexa To Take On The Telephone
March 06, 2017  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon is gearing up to roll out Alexa-powered devices during 2017 that will enable people to start phone calls via voice. According to a report...

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Domino’s Gets Its Own Virtual Assistant
Domino’s Gets Its Own Virtual Assistant
March 02, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon and Google aren’t the only ones who own the AI virtual assistant space. Domino’s Pizza Enterprises has just made a move to up their...

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Samsung Paid Around $215M For Viv Virtual Assistant Back In October
Samsung Paid Around $215M For Viv Virtual Assistant Back In October
March 02, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Embattled Samsung, South Korea’s largest consumer electronics company, has reportedly paid $215 million for Viv Labs, the virtual assistant startup it acquired in October. According...

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