Remember when bots were all the rage? Waaaaaaaaay back in April, Facebook announced that it would begin supporting bots within its Messenger chat app, and CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and other publishers — along with lots of retailers and other #brands — launched bots on the platform. Though CNN said users were spending an …
Comedy Central is providing the most comprehensive and multiplatform look in late night of the 2016 Republican and Democratic National Conventions. THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH will feature increased convention coverage programming and additional content, a unique on-the-ground activation in Cleveland, launches on SiriusXM and Amazon, and a series of specials on Snapchat. The …
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The Comedy Central show will be the only late-night entry to broadcast from the locations of both the DNC and RNC conventions in Philadelphia and Cleveland, respectively. The Daily Show is going all in for the upcoming political conventions. The Trevor Noah-hosted program on Monday announced an ambitious, multiplatform strategy to cover both the DNC and …
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Pop quiz on this Monday morning, so grab your coffee and look alive. True or false: Thanks to mobile devices and apps, American consumers spend more time today shopping than they did in 2003. If you said false, pat yourself on the back, tell everyone in the office you’re a genius and make them buy you …
Among all the AI helpers from major tech companies, Google Assistant is the most mysterious. Google has billed Assistant as one component in “the next evolution of Google.” Others, such as Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land, have gone a step further, imploring us to think of Assistant as “Google 2.0.” Backchannel’s Steven Levy has …
To get the best deals, you’ve got to know where to look. The “Spotlight” deals, for example, focus on major brands, which means supplies often run out quickly. “Lightning Deals” are only around for a short time. But “Prime Savings” and “Prime Deals” typically run all day. You can find them all on the Prime …
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Sharing is Caring: Now, one can easily order millions of Amazon products using Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa. The company, Amazon.com Inc. announced that their voice controlled digital assistant, Alexa just became little better. Alexa allows the users to buy the prime product available in the Amazon.com by using voice commands. Alexa helps the users to …
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ENLARGE Alexa is the voice-controlled digital assistant built into Amazon’s Wi-Fi-connected Echo, and other devices. Photo: Amazon/Associated Press By Nathan Olivarez-Giles Nathan Olivarez-Giles The Wall Street Journal CANCEL Biography @nateog nateog Google+ July 1, 2016 5:16 p.m. ET 0 COMMENTS Alexa, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 1.41 % ’s voice-controlled digital assistant, just got a lot better …
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Everyone loves a good underdog story, and in the world of technology and gadgets few successfully break through. From Shark Tank and local pitch competitions (CES, too) to crowdfunding and ProductHunt, there are emerging opportunities for early adopters to tap into the next generation of hardware. Now, even brands are opening their doors and offering …
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A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Online News Sites Get 80% of Traffic from Facebook and Google (Business Insider)Facebook is now the number-one source of referrals to news sites, according to January-February 2016 data from Parse.ly, a digital media analytics provider. Google is right behind it, and the two of them together …