- 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 caug ...
- 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 ...
- 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 Xfini ...
- 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- ...
- 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 seri ...
- 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 ti ...
- 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, Facebo ...
- 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 n ...
- 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 locati ...
- 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 7 ...
- 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 ha ...
- 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. ...
- Oscars Get Dedicated Google Search, Assistant Experience
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Google on Wednesday announced the launch of a dedicated experience in Sear ...
- Forecast Lowered For Purchases Via Smart Speaker
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Just because smart speaker owners can make purchases using their devices doesn ...
- Privacy Concerns Hamper Smart Speaker Growth
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Two-thirds (66%) of consumers who don't have a smart speaker and ...
- Google Users Battle Company Over Alleged 'Assistant' Privacy Violations
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 20, 2020
Google users are pressing a judge to allow them to proceed wi ...
- Rothenberg Talks IAB ALM 2020, White House Visits, Gets Personal With Customer Experience
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, January 20, 2020
The IAB ALM 2020 Leadership Summit focuses on what Rothenberg calls T ...
- Amazon: 'Common Sense' Requires Dismissal Of Alexa Privacy Suit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 10, 2020
"The Alexa service works -- and performs the helpful, valuable, and entertaini ...
- Personal Values Top List Of Brand Loyalty, IBM Reports
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, January 10, 2020
A third of consumers stop buying their preferred products if they lo ...
- Alexa Will Help Fill Your Gas Tank -- But Still Won't Clean Your Windshield
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, January 9, 2020
Some Exxon and Mobil customers stopping to fuel up will soon ...
- American Airlines, Delta Rush To Implement Technology From Google, Others
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Google released a list of top search destinations Wednesday as American Airlin ...
- Google Patent Describes How Virtual Assistants Show Empathy
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, December 27, 2019
The patent developers believe that the more human a chatbot seems, t ...
- Google Urges Judge To Throw Out Privacy Claims Over Assistant
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Google says its voice-activated Assistant "did precisely what it is supposed ...
- Alexa, Get Me Good Seats For 'Phantom' Tonight: Voice Assistance Comes To Broadway
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The ability to buy Broadway tickets through Alexa is limited to ju ...
- More Voice Assistant Privacy Coming: Juniper
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Tuesday, December 10, 2019
The developments in voice assistants are expected to allow consumers and vendo ...
- Amazon Alexa Voice Expanding To Other Connected Devices
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Thursday, November 28, 2019
The Amazon digital voice assistant will be added to other devices, su ...
- Sorry/Happy To Report, Alexa Can Now Express Emotions
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Wednesday, November 27, 2019
For example, "the news speaking style makes Alexa's voice sound similar ...
- Chipotle Giving Away Voice Assistants To Customers Named Alexa
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Sunday, November 24, 2019
That's one way to increase voice ordering. ...
- Sling TV Adds Voice Control Through Google Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, November 21, 2019
Sling users can for the first time voice-control programming, and cast Sli ...
- Microsoft To Shutter Cortana App In Some Countries Outside U.S.
Digital News Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, November 19, 2019
At the end of January 2020, the company plans to shutter t ...