- 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-alo ...
- Hello Marketers -- Voice Still Frustrates Users
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 30, 2020
Voice search has a long way to go before it will repla ...
- AI Concierge Platform Integrates Into Google Search, Maps, Allows Businesses To Receive Calls, Texts
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 29, 2020
Concierge platform Numa, built on AI technology, can coordinate curbside pickup, answ ...
- Do Black Lives Matter? Absolutely, Says Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant
Marketing Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, June 9, 2020
The answers from all the virtual assistants are new or updated, wi ...
- 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 ...
- Performance Marketing, Advertising Blazes New Trails In Search, Digital
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, May 15, 2020
Welcome to the first edition of "Search & Performance Marketing Daily." Whi ...
- Brands Should 'Embrace The Opportunity For A Mindset Shift'
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 14, 2020
Leo Burnett Chief Strategy Officer Aki Spicer told Google that "brands 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 i ...
- Alexa: Who Cares What Time It Is?
Research Intelligencer, Joe Mandese - Friday, May 1, 2020
There are some small, but telling insights about the impact the COVID- ...
- 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 tho ...
- 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 speaki ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Researchers Find Inaudible Attack On Siri, Google Voice Assistants
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, March 2, 2020
Researchers have demonstrated how voice assistants can be secretly activated to ma ...
- Cocooning From Coronavirus To Boost Ecommerce, Advertising Platforms, Local Search
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 28, 2020
Ecommerce will be the sector least affected by COVID-19, a strain ...
- Voice Commerce Declines In 2020: Report
Search & Performance Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Some 33% of consumers surveyed say a lack of security features sto ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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. ...
- 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 ...
- Preparing For The Future Of Voice Advertising
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Jason White - Thursday, January 30, 2020
I predict 5G will lead to the explosion of voice search ...
- Visual Search Emerges As Next Disrupter If Marketers Educate Consumers, Study Finds
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, January 23, 2020
The biggest barrier to adoption is educating consumers on how they c ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Online Shopping By Voice Devices, Wearables On The Rise
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Sunday, January 19, 2020
A new study forecasts a 91% increase in the use of wearabl ...
- CES: A Post-Mortem: Part Two
MediaDailyNews, Sarah Ivey - Monday, January 20, 2020
The story this year, for me, was about foundational technologies, 5G, Wi ...
- 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 ...