Alexa Going More Mobile, Creating Developer Opportunity Nick Kolakowski, October 3, 2019 4 min read Last week, Amazon rolled out a variety of new hardware products integrated with Alexa, its voice-activated digital...
Don’t Look Now, But The Smart Glasses War Has Begun Nate Swanner, September 30, 2019 6 min read While we ponder what Apple may bring to the table for augmented reality (AR) headwear, Facebook and Amazon are already...
McDonald’s Using Google, Alexa A.I. for Recruiting Nick Kolakowski, September 26, 2019 4 min read McDonald’s has a pair of new recruiters: Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant. Yes, the fast-food chain is now...
Can Alexa and Other Digital Assistants Conquer Businesses? Nick Kolakowski, September 4, 2019 4 min read Digital assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri are becoming more ubiquitous in the consumer space, but...
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...
