Dive Brief: Amazon is spotlighting its artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant, Alexa, in exclusive deals leading up to its midsummer Prime Day event on July 12. Amazon’s popular Echo, Echo Dot and Amazon Tap devices allow voice ordering via Alexa, and Prime members can get $10 off their first purchase on many transactions over $20 when …
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Steve Pak | Jul 08, 2016 08:00 AM EDT macOS Sierra (Photo : Facebook) Apple rolled out public beta versions for iOS 10 and macOS Sierra on July 7, Thursday a few days after releasing the second developer betas for the operating systems. This allows a wider range of Apple fans to test the brand …
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Amazon’s Echo speakers have a ton of smart capabilities, but until recently, playing music from any service other than Prime Music required telling the device which service to use each time. Now, users may have noticed an option to set Pandora or Spotify as its default music player. If you have one of the Alexa-connected …
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The folks at Amazon are clearly attempting to entice you into the dangerous world of shopping with voice commands. They’re doing Alexa-exclusive deals for customers who shop through the company’s Echo, Echo Dot and Tap speakers, starting today until July 12th. The team is also adding more items to the list (including gadgets and smart …
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When it comes to customer service, connected devices are driving the most value. That’s according to a new research report that identified the top technologies that will reshape customer service by 2021. The Internet of Things will enable brands to improve customer service efficiencies and create new opportunities for customer loyalty, according to the report …
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You can now have your Amazon Echo default to Spotify as your music library or Pandora as your station service instead of Prime Music for either. You might like Amazon’s Echo, and even Amazon Prime, but that doesn’t mean that you’re a fan of all of Amazon’s services. Perhaps you’ve been a big Spotify or …
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Amazon’s Alexa-powered Echo speaker has long been able to pull streaming music from a number of services, but now Amazon is allowing users to set their Spotify account as the default. The new functionality, confirmed by Spotify – one of the streaming options with Echo support – means that no longer do users have to …
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Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is reportedly developing two Android Wear watches that will focus heavily on the Google Assistant, the company’s artificial intelligence offering. Citing an unnamed “reliable source,” Android Police said the watches, codenamed Angelfish and Swordfish, will be released after the launch of the next Nexus phones, likely in the next several months. One …
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Be amazed by the Amazon Tap Amazon’s increasingly famous digital assistant, Alexa, is so in-demand these days that you can even find her in a number of non-Amazon products. Originally from the company’s first-ever venture into the world of smart speakers, Alexa has come a long way from being just a plus factor in one …
With Amazon Echo and Alexa, you have always been able to purchase basic things like paper towel or toilet paper. However, last week the company added the ability to buy a lot more (millions of products) just by speaking to it. This applies to all three Echo devices as well as the Fire TV. One …
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