New Facebook Portal Uses Alexa as Trojan Horse Into Homes Nate Swanner, October 9, 2018 4 min read In January, news site Cheddar reported that Facebook was working on a voice-only home hub named ‘Portal.’ It was...
Amazon Conquered the Cloud. Is It Flagging in Other Areas? Nick Kolakowski, September 28, 2018 6 min read Thousands of businesses and developers rely on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for their cloud infrastructure and tooling....
Alexa Hunches Pushes Edge of A.I. Will Users Accept It? Nick Kolakowski, September 21, 2018 3 min read Amazon wants to predict what you’ll want, and when you’ll want it. The e-commerce giant has announced Alexa...
3 Digital Assistants Face an Uphill Fight for Your Living Room Nick Kolakowski, August 17, 2018 6 min read Digital assistants are arguably the hottest segment of consumer technology at the moment, but the pool of competitors...
Apple HomePod Gains Market Share. Is That Good for Developers? Nick Kolakowski, August 9, 2018 3 min read As the smart speaker market matures, Apple is making small but steady gains in market share, according to a new report...
Amazon’s In-Skill Purchasing for Alexa Opens Monetization for Devs Nick Kolakowski, May 10, 2018 3 min read If tech companies want to grow extensive developer ecosystems around their respective digital-assistant platforms,...
Alexa Skill Blueprints Opens Digital Assistant Coding to More People Nick Kolakowski, April 23, 2018 2 min read Amazon’s relentless drive to transform its Alexa digital assistant into a full-on programming platform continues,...
If You Want an A.I. Job, Go with Siri or Alexa Nate Swanner, April 4, 2018 6 min read When it comes to artificial intelligence (A.I.), three major players exist in the consumer space: Google, Apple, and...
Amazon Continues to Lead the Smart Speaker Market Nick Kolakowski, April 2, 2018 3 min read Voice-activated digital assistants and “smart speakers” continue to dominate the consumer sphere; if you’re an...
Alexa Introduces New Skill, ‘Kids,’ That Devs Can Monetize Nick Kolakowski, March 1, 2018 2 min read Over the past year, Amazon expanded the categories of Alexa skills that developers can monetize, eventually reaching...
