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Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) said Monday it's adding the voice of Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan to its Alexa voice assistant. What Happened: The new voice feature, available to customers in India, will roll out next year, according to the retail giant’s blog. The Jeff Bezos-...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has partnered with oil giant ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) and financial services provider Fiserv to enable Alexa customers to make gas payments through the voice assistant at gas stations. When a customer pulls up his vehicle at a gas station, he can summon...

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is launching its Echo Auto smart speaker series in India. What Happened The device designed specifically to function with automobiles is priced at $70.34 (INR 4,999). The e-commerce giant is currently taking pre-orders and will start delivering the device on...

The 2010s brought dozens of disruptive inventions that reshaped our routines and sent traditional tech to the dump. Here are some of the most well-loved things we tossed aside this decade. Real, Off-The-Bone Meat Veggie burgers had a resurgence, but the decade was really dominated by Beyond Meat...

Rival makers of smart home devices are collaborating on a new connectivity standard to increase compatibility among devices.  Tech giants Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG), along with the Zigbee Alliance, have formed...

Hey Google, who is the best digital assistant? If you ask your Google Assistant that question, it would be able to immodestly proclaim itself the best — though if it’s being honest, it should give its competitors credit and say they’re pretty good too. Tech venture capital firm...

If you’ve ever wanted to execute a trade via the voice control in your car, well, you can’t. At least not yet. But that could be a reality soon. TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD) announced Monday several new integrations that will provide access to real-time quotes, portfolio information,...

A research study conducted by Bain & Company revealed that an average company could conveniently spend 15% of its collective time in meetings. An HBR study showed that C-level executives could spend as much as 300,000 hours per year prepping for meetings, commuting to meetings, or attending...

Smart speakers have become integral to U.S. households in a big way. The adoption rate of the devices increased from 21.5 percent in 2017 to 41 percent in 2018, TechCrunch reported, citing RBC Capital Markets. Smart speakers had a great holiday quarter, according to new research by Consumer...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) shares were volatile after reporting a fourth-quarter earnings and sales beat. The e-commerce giant delivered earnings of $6.04, beating estimates by 45 cents. Sales came in at $72.4 billion, beating estimates by $580 million. Amazon sees first-quarter operating...

Many of the recent advancements in payment services and financial technology can be attributed to a pair of college students and their innovative idea for splitting checks. Founded in 2009, roommates Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail developed Venmo, a new solution to traditional transaction...

As it looks to expand its already massive footprint on the global economy, Amazon.com, Inc. (NYSE: AMZN) has prepared a new-and-improved Prime Day for July 16, 2018. The annual discount event began in 2015 as a means to entice more users to subscribe to Amazon Prime, the e-commerce giant’s...

On Thursday, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) unveiled its Fire TV Cube, which enables voice control of TVs and other home entertainment devices. The tiny box has big disruptive potential. The Rating Morgan Stanley analysts Brian Nowak, Benjamin Swinburne and John Colantuoni maintained an...

As it advances its infiltration of American homes, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is considering a foray into home insurance, according to a Wednesday report from The Information. Why It’s Important The offering, in itself, introduces fresh competition for existing insurers. However,...

Online privacy and data protection remain key themes for investors in 2018, and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is dealing with another potential privacy issue Friday. The company confirmed that one of its Echo devices accidentally recorded the private conversation of a family and sent that...