Google Home Takes On Amazon Echo With Shopping Support

Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL) has expanded its grocery delivery business to fresh produce and set up online ordering through its voice-activated home speaker system, taking on Amazon.com (AMZN) on two new fronts. Google Express, the delivery business, will offer fresh produce initially in parts of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Google Express has partnered for fresh …

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ALEXA IS LISTENING. Companies Vie for Data Collected By Amazon Echo

You might want to watch what you’re saying around your Amazon Echo or “Alexa”. Sure it’s convenient and the interactions with Toddlers has given the internet hours of entertainment, but your echo is not a toy. ‘Alexa’ not only retrieves information, it’s collecting your data as well. New reports indicate marketing companies now want to …

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Google Home is now shoppable

Dive Brief: Google has made its Google Home digital assistant more like Amazon’s Alexa-driven devices by introducing a new shopping function per a company blog post. Google Home owners will be able to place orders by voice via participating Google Express retailers including Costco, Whole Foods Market, Walgreens, PetSmart, Bed Bath & Beyond and more. Users …

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