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Starbucks launches voice ordering via app, Amazon’s Alexa Starbucks is launching voice ordering though its iPhone app. Starting Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, anyone with a device that has an Amazon device with Alexa, like the Echo smart speaker, is able to place a Starbucks order by just using their voice. Starbucks is also launching a […]

Fox is bringing the trademark “24” ticking-clock sound effect to Amazon’s voice-activated Echo devices, in a unique promo with the ecommerce giant ahead of the premiere of the franchise’s “24: Legacy” reboot. Beginning Monday, Jan. 30, Amazon Echo users will be able to select the action-drama franchise’s reverberating “plink-plink” audio mnemonic as a personalized alarm tone for

Starbucks Corp. will begin letting customers order via voice on their iPhones and Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa system, a bid to bolster its tech capabilities even as the rapid evolution brings headaches to the coffee chain. The new capability works with the barista feature on the Starbucks’ app, which relies on artificial intelligence to interact with

First time home owners know that buying a home is one of the most important investments that you can make. And while signing the papers on your first home can feel like putting down roots in your perfect pad, the reality is that most millennial homeowners end up moving multiple times, due to changing family

Amazon currently offers three Alexa-enabled devices: the Echo, the Dot, and Tap – with the Tap being the only version in the bunch that is intended to provide portability. But, with a couple accessories, you can also turn the Dot and Echo into devices you can shift quickly to other areas in the house, take

Starbucks is embracing the trend towards voice-based computing with the launch of a new feature in its mobile app called My Starbucks barista, which allows customers to order and pay for their food and drinks just by speaking. This includes being able to modify their drink order, as if they were speaking with a barista

Every new year the tech world starts out with great hope and promise. Big ideas and trends promise to blaze a new trail with breakthrough tech than can change the way we live, work, and play. We witnessed plenty of successes last year, and a few failures, which we addressed in our 2016 year-in-review Technically

Dive Brief: Apple is set to join nonprofit organization the Partnership on AI to Benefit People and Society, according to Bloomberg. Founded last September, the Partnership includes other tech giants — and Apple competitors — like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon and IBM and aims to better educate consumers on the benefits of the technology, along with