As voice becomes the dominant force in search and people spend more time consuming content via social media, the future for the humble home page looks very bleak. If comScore is correct and half of all searches by 2020 are made via voice, a crucial question arises: will we still need websites? Even if the […]
Virtual assistants, such as Alexa and Siri, are being called upon to answer questions and fulfill consumer informational requests more than ever. “Alexa, find pet stores near me.” Finding pet stores. “Siri, how do you make homemade slime?” Here’s what I found on the web for “how do you make homemade slime.” Have a look.
Amazon’s digital assistant is branching out. In a January 5 announcement, Microsoft revealed a new developer kit aimed to help device manufacturers integrate Alexa’s functions into their wearable devices, which will essentially create a new, mobile version of the popular digital assistant. For years, Amazon seemed to be content in restricting Alexa as s speaker-based
Amazon Echo and its voice assistant, Alexa, might be the current market leaders in voice-activated smart technology, but recent announcements from the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show have shown that Google fully intends to challenge Amazon for that crown. The past few days have seen some big developments – and a couple of even bigger teasers – for the future
There was some skepticism over the idea that voice commerce would be the future of retail. This wasn’t surprising, given the limitations that AIs like Cortana and Siri exhibited. However, recent improvements made to the technology hinted that big changes are on the horizon and that it will affect customers’ retail interaction. Rise of Voice
Usually, tech companies keep each other at arm’s length, unwilling to share new technologies with the hope of besting their competitors. However, it appears that Microsoft and Amazon, two of the major players in the AI digital assistant arena, are bent on bucking the trend. Apparently, both companies want their respective assistants, Cortana and Alexa,
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