- Household Assistant Hello Alfred Gets $40M
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Sunday, June 3, 2018
Household assistant Hello Alfred just raised $40 million in order to sca ...
- Alexa Adding Voice App Suggestions
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Sunday, June 3, 2018
Amazon is now enabling Alexa to suggest voice apps. Rather than aski ...
- Amazon Alexa Learns New Trick: Finding The Right Skill On Its Own
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Sunday, June 3, 2018
Amazon has launched a beta version of a feature that combines custom ...
- Voice Is The New Black
Media Insider, Cory Treffiletti - Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Media has to change every couple of years, or it gets ol ...
- Forrester Calls Amazon, Voice New Search Opportunities
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 22, 2018
The Forrester report suggests retail brands will invest 55% more in onli ...
- Marketers Face Mass Adoption Of Voice Assistants: IAB Report
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, May 17, 2018
There are three discrete steps marketers should take to get started wi ...
- TiVo Adding Amazon Alexa Voice Assistant
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, May 14, 2018
TiVo is adding Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant to its DVR services. “T ...
- What Consumers Do After A Voice Search And Other Data
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 15, 2018
A recent study found that after conducting a voice search, 28% ...
- Google Promises To Disclose That Duplex Is Not Human
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Sunday, May 13, 2018
Amid fears that Google’s new Duplex voice assistant is smart enough ...
- Researchers Show Vulnerabilities In Virtual Assistants
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Sunday, May 13, 2018
Researchers have figured out how to send “secret audio instructions” through virtu ...
- Critics Take Issue With Google's New Smart Assistant
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, May 10, 2018
People are freaking out over Google Duplex, the search giant’s new voice-bas ...
- Google Assistant Makes A Phone Call, Books An Appointment Speaking To A Human
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Voice agents are on the verge of taking on a new rol ...
- 70% Of Consumers Have Never Used Voice Assistant To Search For Products
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 4, 2018
Consumers are skeptical of voice assistant shopping apps. More than half don ...
- Google Assistant Can Now 'Control' Over 5,000 Devices
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, May 3, 2018
Google Assistant can now “control” more than 5,000 smart devices, the sear ...
- Amazon: Alexa Boasts 40,000 'Skills'
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, May 3, 2018
Thanks to the support of the developer community, Amazon now says th ...
- Amazon Extends In-Skills Purchasing For Alexa
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, May 3, 2018
Amazon has increased the availability of in-skill purchasing for Alexa skills ...
- SoundHound Secures $100M To Strengthen Voice AI Platform, Alliance With Major Companies
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 3, 2018
The funds will be used to drive adoption and distribution of i ...
- Google Gaining On Amazon In Smart Speaker Race
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Amazon still leads the market for smart speakers with its Echo li ...
- Sonos Prepares To Intro New Smart Home Theater Speaker
Around the Net in IoT, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, May 2, 2018
It appears that Sonos is on the verge of launching a n ...
- Smart Speakers Top Phones For Voice Assistance
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Consumers are using smart speakers more than mobile phones for voice-assistant activitie ...
- Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant: A Learning Experience
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Monday, April 30, 2018
Anyone who uses one of the popular digital voice assistants knows th ...
- Alexa Is Getting Smarter
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, April 26, 2018
Amazon is trying to make Alexa a lot smarter, Slash Gear report ...
- What Consumers Do After A Voice Search And Other Data
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 27, 2018
A study from BrightLocal found that a surprisingly large number of consume ...
- Amazon Launches Echo Dot For Kids
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Amazon is expanding its smart speak line again, targeting children in t ...
- Amazon Alexa Tricked By Security Researchers To Keep Listening
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Researchers from security firm Checkmarx say they can keep digital assistant Ale ...
- Personal Assistants: Accuracy Scores And Mistakes They Make
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Digital personal assistants continually learn ways to respond to voice queries, b ...
- Domino's Adds Artificial Intelligence To Phoned-In Orders
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Monday, April 23, 2018
Domino's Pizza is adding artificial intelligence to pizza ordering by way ...
- More Than 70% Of Consumers Have Never Used Voice Search To Make A Purchase
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 23, 2018
People who embrace voice search aren't using it to shop. Some 71. ...
- Adobe Buys Voice Interface Platform Sayspring
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Thursday, April 19, 2018
As digital voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant become integrat ...
- Consumers Want Voice Services To Go Beyond The Basics
MAD, Larissa Faw - Tuesday, April 17, 2018
That's according to a new report from Publicis Media, which explores t ...