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Siri Might Just Be Smarter Than Alexa: Report

January 11, 2018

While digital artificial intelligence (A.I.) assistants are still (mostly) dumb, new research shows that Siri has improved quite a bit. Comparatively speaking, Apple’s digital assistant is …

Facebook Portal to Challenge Echo Show: Report

Nate Swanner,

January 10, 2018

Facebook is set to enter the home hub market, according to a new report. News site Cheddar is reporting that Facebook will introduce ‘Portal’ this Spring, …

Amazon Updates API for New Alexa ‘Routines’

Nate Swanner,

September 29, 2017

In addition to several new pieces of Echo hardware, Amazon has announced a new feature for users and developers that will help make the ‘smart home’ …

A.I. Assistants May Drive Earbud, Device Sales

Nate Swanner,

September 6, 2017

Wireless earbuds are almost a must-have accessory for modern smartphones. As the number of flagship devices without proper audio jacks increases, so does the need for …

Amazon Still Won’t Say What Alexa Skills Pay

Nate Swanner,

August 18, 2017

Amazon has expanded the number of Alexa skills categories that developers are able to monetize. There are now seven total categories in which to make money …

Facebook’s A.I. Improves as New Hardware Looms

Nate Swanner,

August 2, 2017

During F8, Facebook’s annual developers conference, there wasn’t much talk around Messenger. Subsequently, the company decided to make Messenger bots more attractive to businesses, and a …

Healthcare IT Could Boom with Amazon Interest

Nate Swanner,

July 28, 2017

If a recent post from CNBC is accurate, Amazon is quietly making a large investment in healthcare. This expansive effort could leave Amazon with lucrative, long-term …

Apple May Launch ‘Siri Speaker’ at WWDC

Nate Swanner,

June 1, 2017

Days before Apple’s annual WWDC developer’s conference, news is breaking the company is hard at work on a hub for your home. Dubbed the ‘Siri Speaker,’ …

Essential Home Promises One API to Rule the IoT

Nate Swanner,

May 31, 2017

However you feel about digital home assistants, they’re here to stay. The latest comes from Android founder Andy Rubin’s new company, Essential, which promises their new …

HomeKit Hub? Apple Must Fix Siri First

Nate Swanner,

May 2, 2017

If you put much weight behind analyst predictions, WWDC 2017 will bring us a Siri-laden home hub from Apple. The company is said to be unveiling hardware …