Voice-First News Roundup for September 8-17: Apple's annual fall product launch; Amazon's big hardware extravaganza; Microsoft's Surface event; Amazon crowdsources and gamifies Alexa answers; McDonald's acquires Apprente; Hearables Are the New Wearables, says IDC; and WiV launches in NYC…
"Hey Google, Tell me a Harry Potter story." Pottermore Publishing partners with Google to allow readers to access a chapter from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone with a simple spoken command on Google Assistant enabled devices.…
Voice-First Roundup for August 18-25. Loup Ventures publishes its Annual Digital Assistant IQ Test report; IKEA makes major bet on smart home technology; Google Assistant Assignables; State Farm skill checks in on aging relatives.…
Voice-First News Roundup: August 6-11. Alexa speech speed controls; Smart speaker market growth dominated by sub-$50 models; Donate school supplies via Alexa; How Alexa can help patients with dementia; Google makes podcasts easier to find…
Every week we bring you a selection of the previous week's most buzzworthy headlines on voice-first and related topics. July 28 - August 5.…
In Part 1 of the VOICE 19 post we discussed the pre-session workshops and event kickoff keynote. In Part 2 we will write about some of the panels and presentations attended by our team. With nearly three hundred sessions, VOICE 19 reflects just how much the voice space is growing.…
Last week, members of the Pulse Labs team spent four days fully immersed in VOICE Summit 2019. Held at the campus of NJIT in Newark, the Summit boasted 350 speakers offering 280 sessions on a wide-range of topics ranging from accessibility, to advertising, analytics, broadcasting, design, UX, security, and sonic…
Prime Day huge success for Alexa-enabled devices; St. Noir by X2 Games; Journey to the Moon commemorates Apollo 11 moon landing; Alexa in Hindi; VOICE Summit 2019…
Pulse Labs will be at VOICE Summit 2019 as presenters and exhibitors. Join us on July 23 for Dylan Zwick's talk, on July 25th for his panel presentation, or just stop by booth 24 at Startup Alley and say hi to us!…
Smart speaker sales in Europe; Alexa Presentation Language 1.1 release; Edison & NPR Spring 19 Smart Audio Report; Bixby Marketplace now open; Announcements; Podcasts; Save the date…