Articles about Alexa – Page 9 of 16

Amazon Alexa chief: Saturday Night Live spoof of Echo speaker is actually ‘kind of spot on’

When Saturday Night Live spoofed Amazon’s Echo smart speaker with a version for the “Greatest Generation,” it turns out they… Read More

Google releases new family-friendly features for its digital assistant as it battles Amazon’s Alexa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=PVgFBcjBpMY Google has opened up a new front in its battle against Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa: kids and families. Google… Read More

Microsoft’s Cortana finally gets her own speaker: Hands-on with the $199 Harman Kardon Invoke

Alexa has a bunch of them. Siri is getting one. So why not Cortana, too? A new smart speaker from… Read More

Amazon and Techstars host first-ever Alexa Accelerator Demo Day — here are the top pitches

Part of Amazon’s strategy to get Alexa everywhere in the world is to encourage entrepreneurs to test the boundaries of… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: Amazon Alexa hits the road, iPhone 8 Plus review and Microsoft’s new Surface Book 2

For some people, talking to Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant in the home has become second nature. It’s so natural that… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Comet is building a GitHub-like management system for machine learning

Gideon Mendels has spent the past three years in machine learning research, studying at Columbia University, building hate speech detection… Read More

Amazon and Garmin team up to bring Alexa into the car with $150 Speak device

Garmin this morning announced a new device powered by Amazon’s digital brain Alexa for cars that can play music, give… Read More

‘Alexa, tell me about my blood glucose:’ Health tech startup Wellpepper wins Alexa Diabetes Challenge

Type 2 Diabetes has become a health crisis in the U.S. The rate of type 2 diabetes has nearly doubled… Read More

Heard & overheard: GeekWire Summit 2017, Day 1

Executives, scientists, and politicians say the darnedest things. The casual-yet-focused discussions on stage at the GeekWire Summit led top names… Read More

How Amazon’s Alexa overcame doubters — even within the project team — to conquer the voice speaker market

Alexa has been a hit, helping Amazon capture an early lead in the voice-activated speaker market through the Echo and… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Aspinity helps voice-enabled tech products save battery power

Voice-activated products require constant power as they “listen” for wake words. Now one startup is helping manufacturers reduce the power… Read More

Study: Amazon Echo owners love the iPhone, while Google Home keeps it in the Android family

Amazon Echo owners are more likely to be iPhone and iPad fans, while owners of the Google Home smart speaker… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa can now reserve a car2go, the newest of the digital assistant’s 25K skills

Owners of an Amazon Echo or other Alexa-powered device can now tell Amazon’s digital brain to reserve a car2go vehicle.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pulse Labs makes it easy for voice developers to test their Alexa apps

Voice-controlled devices, like the Amazon Echo, are driving what Abhishek Suthan calls a “tectonic shift” in computing — and he… Read More

Sonos debuts $199 Alexa-powered smart speaker, with Google Assistant coming next year

Sonos today showed off the fruits of a partnership with Amazon first announced last year. At an event in New… Read More

Video: Amazon’s Alexa mourns the loss of the Seattle SuperSonics

Somebody at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters is having some fun. Here’s what happens when you ask Alexa to name her favorite… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up Podcast: Our take on Amazon’s new Echo devices, and which ones will succeed

Amazon announced an ambitious slate of new Echo devices this week, ranging from a new “Echo Plus” to a $20 pack… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Twine uses Slack and Alexa to make video conferencing ‘magical’

Boulder entrepreneurs Anthony Claudia and Andrew Hahn made a name for themselves by developing an app that allows professionals to… Read More

Is there an Echo in here? Yes, several! Here’s everything Amazon announced today

Amazon just put out a flurry of new Alexa-powered devices and services, as the company continues to find new ways… Read More

5,000 people are working to make Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa smarter, with more to come

Amazon said Wednesday at an event unveiling the next generation Echo device that it has the equivalent of a small town… Read More

Amazon introduces revamped $99 Echo, new Echo Connect calling device, Echo Buttons and more

FOLLOW-UP: Here’s everything Amazon announced today Amazon this morning unveiled an array of new Echo devices, including a smaller and… Read More

Google takes YouTube off Amazon’s Echo Show device; Amazon calls it ‘disappointing’

Google and Amazon are having a tiff. The Verge reported Tuesday that Google dropped support for YouTube on the Echo… Read More

Amazon adds Alexa voice control to Music app as it takes on Apple and Spotify

Amazon is bringing Alexa to its Music app as it tries to challenge Spotify and Apple, leaders in the streaming… Read More

Startup Spotlight: This sensor-infused ball from Play Impossible encourages kids to be active

Playing with a ball can be a lot of fun when you throw sensors and computer chips into the mix.… Read More

It’s news to Joe Biden: Former VP’s curated briefing offers articles via Amazon’s Alexa and elsewhere

There’s something comforting about a familiar voice sharing the news — it’s what has always made television news anchors feel… Read More

Podcast

Geared Up: Nest bets big on smart home security, and Google makes a deal with HTC

Google’s Nest is taking its smart home tech to a whole new level. The company has been pretty quiet over… Read More

Make it so, Alexa: Amazon adds a few new Star Trek skills to AI assistant’s repertoire

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has said the Alexa voice-activated AI assistant was inspired by the talking computer on “Star Trek,”… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Sensible Object makes games that blend the physical and digital worlds

Alex Fleetwood is a game guru motivated by a simple purpose: using technology to connect people in real life. His… Read More

Amazon working on Alexa smart glasses with bone-induction audio, report says

Amazon will put Alexa into a new pair of smart glasses, allowing users to summon and interact with the virtual… Read More

Amazon’s new $150 Fire HD 10 tablet is 42% cheaper than previous model, with hands-free Alexa integration

Amazon will release the latest generation of its Fire HD 10 tablet next month, cutting the price by more than… Read More