Amazon’s Alexa finds its business model: in-skill purchases
Last year, there was an early flirtation with audio advertising on Alexa devices. However, it was shut down quickly. Earlier this year,...
Last year, there was an early flirtation with audio advertising on Alexa devices. However, it was shut down quickly. Earlier this year,...
strategic partnership that will provide new tools for Salesforce developers, including its first mobile SDK, and developer training to...
At a hardware event yesterday, Amazon introduced a number of updated or new Echo devices and a range of appliances with Alexa integrated....
For decades marketers have dreamed of “addressable TV,” with ads that could be customized or targeted to specific groups. While there...
Location data has become an increasingly valuable asset to marketers. Using offline behavior and movements (like a “cookie for the...
Adobe. And it supports the narrative that smart speakers are an important, emerging commerce channel. Adobe surveyed 1,000 US consumers,...
According to analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC), global shipments of virtual reality (VR) headsets were down about 34...
The throttling has begun in earnest. According to a report from Bloomberg based on a study from Northeastern University and the...
Google Assistant devices have an advantage over Echo in international markets. Seeking to capitalize and expand on that, the company is...
According to a new survey from Pew Research Center, teens are cutting back on mobile phone and social media usage. Parents, not so much....
Based on Google Chrome enterprise release notes, The Verge reported that Google’s browser will get a “new design across all operating...
A California resident named Napoleon Patacsil has filed a lawsuit against Google in federal court (Patacsil v. Google, Inc.) seeking...
Out of more than 50 million Alexa devices sold, fewer than 500,000 have been the Echo Show, according to Canalys. That’s partly because...
Earlier this week, the AP reported that Google continues to collect user location data even when user Location History is turned off. In...
Earlier this week, Strategy Analytics released its Q2 global smart speaker shipments report. The data showed Amazon still as the global...
Roughly a year ago, Amazon and Microsoft announced that they each would be integrating their respective digital assistants into the...
Consistent with earlier data, Strategy Analytics reported that Google is gaining global share in the smart speaker market. It’s also...
Yesterday, the AP reported that Google collects user location data regardless of user Location History settings: Google wants to know...
Using consumer survey data, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) reported this week that Apple’s HomePod smart speaker made...
Today, Square announced the Square Reader SDK that lets developers build new payment experiences and workflows for specific audiences and...