Articles about Alexa – Page 13 of 16

Amazon’s smart assistant Alexa now tops 7,000 skills, a 7X increase in 7 months

Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa is getting more skillful by the day. The brain behind Amazon’s Echo speakers has topped 7,000… Read More

Talk to the fridge: LG will put Amazon Alexa in a refrigerator, letting users buy groceries via voice

LAS VEGAS — LG Electronics will put Amazon’s Alexa voice-enabled virtual assistant in a new Smart InstaView refrigerator, allowing people to ask questions, play music,… Read More

GeekWire CES Dispatch, Day 1: Fast cars, big dreams and high-tech underwear

LAS VEGAS — The CES show floor doesn’t officially open until Thursday, but the press conferences and technology previews are… Read More

INRIX OpenCar integrates Amazon Alexa, opening door for voice-activated traffic alerts, weather reports and more

LAS VEGAS — INRIX is jumping on the Alexa bandwagon. The Kirkland-based transportation analytics company today announced that it will… Read More

Meet the Jetsons: Smart homes estimated to be $3.5B annual market, says chief CES economist

LAS VEGAS — Smart home devices — like connected lights, security, and appliances — may seem like they’re in their… Read More

More than 700 Amazon Alexa applications may launch in the next 4 days, CES chief economist says

LAS VEGAS —Alexa, will this be the CES show where your dominance is established in voice computing? Shawn DuBravac, the… Read More

Girl, 6, ‘accidentally’ orders $170 dollhouse and 4 pounds of cookies using Amazon’s Alexa

A 6-year-old Dallas girl talking to her family’s new Echo Dot about cookies and a dollhouse ended up with the… Read More

Amazon Fire and Alexa-powered 4K UHD TVs coming later this year

Amazon Fire TV for the first time will come pre-installed on several actual TVs. Previously, Amazon Fire TV came in… Read More

Funny video: Amazon Echo misunderstands young boy, accidentally talks about porn

Alexa has a naughty side. A new YouTube video on top of the site’s “trending” list features an adorable kid… Read More

Amazon Alexa search warrant in hot-tub murder case shows why smart homes require smart laws

Could Amazon’s Alexa be a tattletale? Yes, as could any Internet-connected device in your home, we were all reminded this… Read More

Amazon poised to dominate CES, thanks to Alexa and Dash integrations

Amazon doesn’t even have its own CES booth, but the Seattle-based tech giant promises to be one of the biggest stories at the… Read More

Police seek Amazon Echo data in Arkansas hot tub murder

Amazon’s digital brain Alexa is an astute listener, and police in Bentonville, Ark., are seeking her help to build a… Read More

Amazon Echo sales up 9X compared to last year, company says in holiday roundup

Amazon shipped more than a billion items this holiday season, and the biggest sellers were the devices the online retail… Read More

GE’s new LED table lamp comes with Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant inside

Amazon is aiming to put its Alexa virtual assistant pretty much anywhere. Next up: a high-tech table lamp. GE this morning unveiled… Read More

The busiest Amazon ’employee’ ever? Execs explain their plan to put Alexa everywhere

Amazon is crafting its Alexa voice-based digital assistant to be like one of its employees, and now, with the introduction… Read More

Amazon partners with Techstars for new Alexa accelerator at University of Washington

Amazon is looking for startups that can build innovative technologies using the company’s Alexa artificial intelligence platform. The tech giant today… Read More

Book a trip with your voice? Travel giant Expedia launches new Amazon Alexa skill

Today, Expedia is rolling out a new skill for Amazon’s Alexa-enabled devices in advance of the busiest travel season of… Read More

NASA unveils a skill for Amazon’s Alexa that lets you ask questions about Mars

Amazon’s Alexa has gained many skills over the past year, such as being able to read tweets or deliver election… Read More

New Alexa skill lets AT&T customers send text messages through Amazon Echo speaker

Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa is becoming very skillful these days. She can buy stuff, she can find a lost phone,… Read More

Amazon invents another excuse to buy stuff: ‘Voice Shopping Weekend’ offers Alexa-exclusive deals

First there was Black Friday, then Cyber Monday. Now it’s “Voice Shopping Weekend.” Amazon has come up with a new holiday… Read More

Naughty or nice? Microsoft adds new holiday list feature for Cortana with Wunderlist integration

Microsoft released a new skill for making and maintaining lists using its digital assistant Cortana, just in time for the… Read More

Developer bootcamp Coding Dojo launches Amazon Alexa training program

Coding Dojo, a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer bootcamp, is launching a new training program for Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa, starting today.… Read More

12 college teams try to build convincingly conversant chatbots in quest for Amazon’s $2.7M Alexa Prize pool

Amazon has revealed the 12 university teams that will compete for the inaugural Alexa Prize — which challenges students to build a… Read More

‘Alexa, who’s winning the presidential race?’ Amazon Echo gets real-time election updates

It’s going to be a long day, folks. If you don’t want to follow along on Twitter or tune into the… Read More

Something’s fishy about this Alexa: Big Mouth Billy Bass takes on voice of Amazon’s AI

“Alexa, tell me where my hammer is.” No, not to whack the guy who made this thing, but to whack… Read More

Reviews: Google Home outsmarts Amazon Echo, but Alexa is more skilled

Google’s $129 smart speaker ships tomorrow, and a new batch of reviews say Google Home is smarter than its competitor… Read More

Could smart speakers, like Amazon Echo, outpace early iPhone sales?

(Updated at 10:25 a.m. with more accurate iPhone sales numbers and clarification on smart speaker market). Allow me to take… Read More

Live Blog: Microsoft’s Windows 10 event in New York City

NEW YORK — GeekWire is live in the Big Apple, awaiting a series of announcements from Microsoft. Today we expect… Read More

Jeff Bezos sees a big future for Amazon Echo, Alexa and AI in health care

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos thinks Alexa, the virtual assistant that powers Echo devices, could be a useful tool for health… Read More

Want to keep talking about the election? Amazon updates Alexa so she can answer key questions

Like many of us — when we’re not being asked to play more Adele or order more toilet paper —… Read More