Survey Results: Alexa, Siri, Google Voice Queries Should Not Be Heard Nate Swanner, August 15, 2019 4 min read Two weeks ago, we asked if you thought voice-activated A.I. queries made via Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, or...
Survey: Should Apple, Amazon, and Google Let Humans Listen to Your Voice Queries? Nate Swanner, July 30, 2019 3 min read Over the weekend, The Guardian reported that Apple employs external contractors to listen to Siri requests in an...
Developers Split on Digital Assistants Like Siri & Alexa Nate Swanner, May 15, 2019 4 min read Digital assistants such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are taking over our day-to-day existence. At just about...
Weekend Roundup: Layoffs, the ‘Hybrid Cloud,’ and Alexa Listening In Nate Swanner, April 12, 2019 4 min read You’re busy, we’re busy, everyone is busy. You can’t catch everything that happens in tech (and let’s be...
Amazon Alexa App Discovery Issue Affects Users & Developers: Study Nate Swanner, March 18, 2019 5 min read Alexa, Amazon’s ubiquitous digital assistant, feels as though it’s everywhere in your home. Unfortunately for...
Amazon Kills Dash Button, Showing IoT Weakness Nate Swanner, March 8, 2019 3 min read The Amazon Dash Button, launched in 2015, was a programmable Internet of Things (IoT) button you could place anywhere...
CES 2019 Makes Big Promises About Future of Smart Devices Nick Kolakowski, January 8, 2019 4 min read The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is famous for its fads. After Apple launched the iPhone, for example, it seemed...
2019 May Not Be a Great Year for Amazon Alexa Nate Swanner, December 31, 2018 2 min read Even as Amazon works to have its Alexa digital assistant running on every imaginable piece of hardware, a new study...
Amazon Opens Machine Learning Coursework to All Developers Nick Kolakowski, November 27, 2018 3 min read Amazon has opened up its machine-learning coursework to any developer who wants to explore the...
Amazon Rolls Out Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit for Developers Nick Kolakowski, November 26, 2018 2 min read Siri is available on iOS devices such as the iPhone, and the voice-activated Google Assistant is also supported on...
