- 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. ...
- Comcast Launches Voice-Based Easter Eggs
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Friday, April 10, 2020
Comcast is introducing a series of hidden Easter eggs via its Xfinity Voice Remote targeted to consumers spending more time at home. Certain words spoken can trigger serving up movi ...
- Amazon's Alexa Can Now Help With COVID-19 Diagnosis
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 27, 2020
Using CDC guidance, Amazon lets consumers check their risk level for COVID-19 by answering Alexa's questions. ...
- Huawei Intros Voice Assistant 'Celia'
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Friday, March 27, 2020
The voice agent is being added to Huawei's latest P40 phone series in U.K., France, Spain, Chile, Columbia and Mexico. ...
- Progressive Disclosure In Voice-First Technology: What Marketers Need To Know
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Dustin Coates - Thursday, March 5, 2020
Progressive disclosure -- gradually revealing more information at just the right time -- is an effective approach to guide users on the voice journey. ...
- Facebook Reportedly Will Offer Compensation To Users For Digital Voice Data
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 21, 2020
As smart speakers come under fire for sharing data without consent, Facebook said it will pay users for their voice recordings. The goal is to train Facebook's speech recognition syst ...
- One Third of Smart Device Owners Struggle To Use Them: Report
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, February 13, 2020
While that's not great news, manufacturers have an opportunity to launch new "support strategies that can secure new business and loyal customers." ...
- SoundHound, Wcities Team To Add Location To AI Voice
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, February 13, 2020
Wcities, publisher of city guides, is partnering with SoundHound to add location and event data to the Houndify voice artificial intelligence platform. ...
- eMarketer Predicts 83 Million Smart Speaker Users This Year
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, February 10, 2020
Amazon, with its Echo line of smart speakers, will account for 70% of users, with 32% using Google-branded devices and 18% using other brands. ...
- Voice-Tech Zeitgeist: Ads Reveal Evolving Relationship With AI
Marketing Insider, Eric Turkington - Monday, February 10, 2020
In 2020, Super Bowl ads telegraphed the complicated relationship we humans have with our AI counterparts. ...
- Amazon, KFC Create 'Brand Voice' Via Alexa
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, February 5, 2020
The KFC voice sports a Southern U.S. accent for Colonel Sanders. ...
