voice assistant

Amazon Roundup: Making Moves In Rx, Grocery

Amazon Roundup: Making Moves In Rx, Grocery
Amazon Roundup: Making Moves In Rx, Grocery
October 24, 2018  |  Amazon

It almost seems like a myth at this point, some tale that grandparents will tell their grandchildren. They will listen to this too-silly-to-be-true story of...

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TD Ameritrade Enables Voice Trading Via Alexa
TD Ameritrade Enables Voice Trading Via Alexa
October 24, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Wednesday (Oct. 24) that it has enhanced its Alexa skill, enabling customers to place trades via voice...

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Adobe Doubles Down On Voice Interfaces
Adobe Doubles Down On Voice Interfaces
October 24, 2018  |  Innovation

At its annual MAX conference in Los Angeles last week, Adobe had all sorts of things to announce. After a (very) long wait, Photoshop in...

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Amazon Echo: America’s Most Popular Smart Speaker
Amazon Echo: America’s Most Popular Smart Speaker
October 23, 2018  |  Amazon

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...

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Amazon Alexa’s Ability To Whisper Is Now Live In The U.S.
Amazon Alexa’s Ability To Whisper Is Now Live In The U.S.
October 18, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

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...

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Five At Five: Apple Slumps In China
Five At Five: Apple Slumps In China
October 15, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes a new smartphone forecast and Alexa’s ambition...

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Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice
Amazon Patent Enables Alexa To Detect Illness Via Voice
October 15, 2018  |  Amazon

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....

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It’s Not Smart Tech If It’s Foolish
It’s Not Smart Tech If It’s Foolish
October 13, 2018  |  Artificial Intelligence

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...

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