
Former Android boss launches devices to compete with Google Pixel and Google Home
Andy Rubin, former Google employee and creator of the Android operating system, unveiled two new products from his new company: a...

Amazon introduces ‘Echo Show,’ a new Alexa device with a screen that can make calls
As previously reported by The Wall Street Journal and others, Amazon is introducing a touchscreen Alexa-powered device, which...

Sales, awareness of Amazon Echo skyrocket in Q4, analysts say
Amazon has sold about 8.2 million devices from its Echo family since their launch in 2014, and awareness among all Amazon customers...

Amazon’s happy holidays: 9x growth in Echo family device sales
Amazon’s Echo Dot, the best-selling item on Amazon.com this holiday season Amazon had itself a merry little huge Christmas this year,...

Revealing the marketing agenda for 2017
The year 2016 has been an exciting one for marketers. Technology continues to infiltrate the industry to offer new and more efficient...

[Podcast] Marketing Land Live #34: Google Home vs. Amazon Echo with USA Today’s Jefferson Grah
Google’s first in-home speaker/assistant, appropriately called Google Home, is now arriving for those who placed the first orders last...

With Google Home looming, Amazon launches 100+ spots in new Alexa ad campaign
Amazon is making a push to sell more of its Alexa-enabled devices with “Alexa Moments,” a new ad campaign that launched today and will...

Amazon finally enables product orders through Echo
An obvious feature has finally come to the Amazon Echo. Prime members now can talk to the device to order any Prime-eligible product that...

Amazon finally makes it easier to find skills for Echo
Amazon has been adding new “skills” for its Echo personal assistant almost as fast as developers can make them, but ask any Echo owner...

Amazon’s EchoSim lets anyone talk to its voice assistant, Alexa
Consumers who are thinking about buying an Amazon Echo, or its sibling devices Tap and Dot, can give it a try at Echosim.io. It’s a...

Make room for Google Home, Amazon Echo/Alexa
The new Google Home Google wants to become the genie for your home. Today, the tech giant announced Google Home at the opening of its...

Will search engines fall to AI?
Lately, there’s been a rumble pretty much everywhere about artificial intelligence, digital personal assistants, the Internet of Things,...

Echo/Alexa device lineup now outselling Kindles for Amazon [Report]
Yesterday, Amazon reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings: $29.1 billion in sales and $513 million in earnings. In the earnings...

Amazon Expands Echo Family With Mini Version & Mobile Speaker
Amazon’s Alexa product lineup. Amazon Tap is pictured at far left, and Echo Dot is on the far right. Amazon Echo got smaller and more...

Amazon Echo Gets Smarter With Local Business Listings From Yelp
Amazon’s Echo personal assistant continues to expand its horizons and get more useful with a number of incremental updates, including the...

Stop The Interruptions! Marketing In The Age Of The Always-On Consumer
Let me set the scene: It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Tuesday night. I’m home, my wife’s home, my kids are home. Finally, we can start to wind down...

Amazon Echo Now Available To All, Shipping Starts July 14
Amazon Echo, the Seattle-based company’s home-based personal assistant, is now available to anyone who wants it. Unlike its “competitors”...

Up Close With Amazon Echo: It’s Early, But This Personal Assistant Shows Promise
It’s impossible to use Amazon’s personal assistant-in-beta, Echo, and not want to compare it to the similar tools already on the market...

Beacon Of Hope: Pushing Mobile Technology
Beacon technology has been in the news for its potential to revolutionize the retail industry and bridge the gap between mobile...
























