- VW President Talks About EV Acceptance
Drive Time, Tanya Gazdik - Monday, September 27, 2021
EVs need to be talked about in a positive way by people like Chattanooga, Tennessee plant employee and Instagram user Rusty Greer, says VW's Scott Keogh. ...
- Disney Gets Its Own Amazon Voice Assistant, Hey, Disney!
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, September 29, 2021
The assistant will feature Disney characters' voices and call up more than 1,000 interactive experiences and content. ...
- General Motors, Amazon Intro OnStar Guardian For Home Use
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Sunday, September 26, 2021
The hands-free Alexa skill makes it easy for customers to get help from OnStar's emergency-certified advisors when they need it. ...
- Honda, Google Expand Collaboration On Connected Services
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, September 23, 2021
Honda plans to begin integrating Google built-in with the all-new model that will go on sale in the second half of 2022. ...
- What Happened To Voice Search?
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, September 23, 2021
Only 18% of voice-search users surveyed search for products or services -- sharply down from just a few years ago, according to The Manifest. Experts at OC&C Strategy Consultants ...
- Google Podcast Recommendations Has New Requirements
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 12, 2021
Google will enforce new requirements for podcast RSS feeds beginning on September 21. The rules will determine eligibility to serve up as recommendations in Google Podcasts and other services li ...
- Where Are All The Voice Assistants?
Media Insider, Cory Treffiletti - Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Why aren't these tools being used everywhere, every day? The answer lies somewhere between privacy and practicality. ...
- EU Regulators Concerned About Dominance Of Amazon, Apple, Google Assistants
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, June 9, 2021
The European Commission comments come after a year-long inquiry into voice assistants and other internet-connected devices. Concerns of potential anti-competitive practices were triggered by the market dominance of Amazon Alex ...
- Google LaMDA Makes Conversation With You
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Google loves language. LaMDA, announced today, is the next breakthrough for the company in terms of natural-language processing and understanding. ...
- Amazon Must Face Children's Privacy Claims Over Voiceprint Collection
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Saturday, April 24, 2021
In a defeat for Amazon, a federal appellate court said Friday that the company must face a potential class-action suit in federal court over the alleged collection of children's voicepri ...
- Microsoft Acquires Speech-Recognition Firm Nuance In A Deal Valued At Nearly $20B
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 12, 2021
Nuance is a pioneer in conversational AI and cloud-based ambient clinical intelligence for healthcare providers, known for powering the speech-recognition engine behind Siri. The acquisition of Nuance Communications, announced toda ...
- Google Says Its Ads Are Not Based On Personal Gmail Data, Rolls Out Email Privacy Options
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, November 16, 2020
Google wants to make it perfectly clear it does not use personal data collected in its email platform for ad targeting in Google Ads. ...
- Google Assistant Opens, Searches, Completes Functions In Mobile Apps Using Voice
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 8, 2020
Google announced this week the ability to open and search in Android apps using "Hey Google" for all Assistant-enabled Android phones. The ability to do both could become a ga ...
- Hold For Me, Google Says
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 1, 2020
A feature coming to Google’s Pixel 5 smartphones lets people put their phone down and go about their business while waiting on hold. The feature launches today in the U. ...
- SEMRush Study Finds Only 1% Overlap In Answers To Same Voice Queries
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Interesting findings from SEMRush's latest voice research found Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa take comparable market share though algorithms are "drastically" different. The average answer length for all three ...
- Audio Content Remains Strong Among Remote Workers As Local News, Radio, Podcasts, Music Thrive: Nielsen
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Nielsen says 23% of remote workers listen every day to "spoken word" audio -- local news, podcasts, news/talk radio stations -- and 30% listen at least once a week. Mus ...
- Amazon Alexa Skills Found To Leak Banking History, User Names, Phone Numbers
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, August 14, 2020
The report should make marketers and developers who create skills for voice assistants aware of the vulnerability that could tarnish brands' reputation. ...
- Microsoft Spins Off Chinese Chatbot Xiaoice
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Microsoft is spinning off its AI-based chatbot technology, Xiaoice, into a stand-alone company after nurturing it for about six years. ...
- Hello Marketers -- Voice Still Frustrates Users
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Voice search has a long way to go before it will replace traditional search methods on a smartphone or smart speaker hub. Perficient's fourth annual study, released Tuesday, shows le ...
- Grocery Store Chain Works With Google To Implement Voice Shopping System
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Carrefour announced Tuesday it will work with Google to launch a voice-based grocery shopping service in France to accelerate its expansion into food ecommerce. The service works via Google Assista ...
- Alexa, How Did Red Roof Inn Happen Upon The Idea Of Marketing By Voice?
Show Daily, Nina Lentini - Tuesday, June 9, 2020
A dinner argument led one person to pull out a phone to Google the answer, while the other simply asked Alexa. "It was instant recognition." ...
- How Apple News+ Can Turn Print Articles Into Podcasts
Publishing Insider, Rob Williams - Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Now, publishers are well positioned to take advantage of that growth. ...
- Performance Marketing, Advertising Blazes New Trails In Search, Digital
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 15, 2020
Welcome to the first edition of "Search & Performance Marketing Daily." While the emphasis remains on search advertising and marketing, you also will read and learn about how to pro ...
- Brands Should 'Embrace The Opportunity For A Mindset Shift'
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 14, 2020
Leo Burnett Chief Strategy Officer Aki Spicer told Google that "brands with solid foundations -- a strong sense of purpose and point of view -- can weather this shift wi ...
- Google Picks Ex-Microsoft Exec Javier Soltero To Lead Communication Products
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 8, 2020
Google told Thurrott that former Microsoft executive Javier Soltero will lead its communications products division as it pulls together all of these types of devices under one group. Soltero co-founded Accomp ...
- Voice Assistant Usage Seen Growing To 8.4 Billion Devices
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, April 28, 2020
As use of voice assistants continues to skyrocket, the companies behind those assistants look for business models to monetize all that voice. Consumers will interact with voice assistants on 8 ...
- Amazon's Alexa Learns Long-Form Speaking Style
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Friday, April 17, 2020
Amazon is adding three new Alexa speaking capabilities, including a long-form speaking style. The Long-Form Speaking Style can be used by developers to create more natural experiences for content, su ...
- Alexa Voice Added To Smart Camera
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Ecobee, maker of smart thermostats, is introducing its first indoor security camera, which can double as an Alexa speaker. ...
- Samsung Ending S Voice Assistant
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Monday, April 13, 2020
The Samsung S. Voice assistant, the attempted Siri competitor that never caught on, is being discontinued. ...
- Judge Refuses To Send Alexa Privacy Battle To Arbitration
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 10, 2020
Siding against Amazon, a federal judge has rejected the company's request to order arbitration of a privacy dispute centered on Alexa's alleged collection of children's voiceprints. ...
