Alexa

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is building an empire, amassing resources and lengthening tendrils in artificial intelligence, grocery and retail, publishing, cloud services, media and more. Recently, the firm identified GraphIQ as a meaningful supplement to its rapidly expanding repertoire. Amazon...

Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHLD) announced on Thursday it will begin selling its complete line of Kenmore branded appliances on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) platform. While Sears' announcement is earning the praise of investors based on a

Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHLD) shares surged more than 20 percent Thursday on news that it will begin selling Kenmore appliances through Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Consumers can now buy Kenmore air conditioners on Amazon.com, and Sears plans to offer the full line of Kenmore products...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is emerging as a potent retail and tech conglomerate, given its diversification into several areas. The latest foray could be into messaging app, named Anytime, if one were to go by a report that appeared in AFTV News. The report said Amazon has begun collecting...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has always been a versatile company, be it innovating new ideas and concepts or being open to adopting successful models and ventures. So, news of the online retail behemoth aping one of the tried-and-tested successful formulae of electronics retailer Best Buy Co Inc...

Traders need to think quickly, speak quickly, type quickly to capitalize on near-instantaneous market movements. But they’re only as fast as their fingers, which on average type 30 to 40 words per minute. Nader Shwayhat, CEO of GreenKey Technologies, thinks he can accelerate the trading...

The smart speaker market is getting crowded, with the latest entrant being Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), promoted by Jack Ma. Utility Value Of Smart Speakers Smart speakers are wireless, smart devices that use Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other standards to complete...

If Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) pull off a merger, it will consummate a courtship that has been developing for years. In 2015, DISH began using Amazon Home Services to sell in-home installations for large TVs, home audio systems and wireless networking. The...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Siri platform isn't great, at least according to a group of ex-Apple employees. Apple's Siri failed to keep up with its rivals including Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s Alexa and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Home because Apple's workers...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is looking to make major entrance into the "infotainment" space with its HomePod device, which is one part wireless speaker and one part virtual assistant. CNBC's Jim Cramer thinks consumers who are in the market for a high end device will have no problem...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is making a major push in the home "infotainment" space with the announcement of its $349 HomePod speakers featuring Siri's technologies. But is Siri ready for "prime time"? According to CNET's Scott Stein, the answer is no. Speaking as a guest...

With voice-based input likely to completely take over from text-based input, it may be worthwhile to take a look at which tech company's digital assistant qualifies for the tag of "the-best-of-the-breed." The Leader In a four-way contest among the digital assistants launched by ...

While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) experiences a vapid period in its product cycle, the downtime gives analysts the opportunity to assess the company’s future trajectory. Oppenheimer, providing investors its yearly predictions on Apple’s future innovation plans, said, “We expect...

I was talking to my Uber driver, a Syrian refugee who arrived here two years ago, and we chatted about life and death and bombs until my eavesdropping Android made things weird. The phone — a Moto Z Play Droid — would not shut up. I pulled it out of my jacket pocket and realized our...

Gene Munster, the notable Wall Street analyst turned venture capitalist, discussed in a blog post Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s Alexa and its dominance in the digital assistance space. Munster, a co-founder of Loup Ventures, argued that Amazon's strategy of including third-party developers in...