Alexa - The Pulse Labs Beat (Page 5)

The Great Ad Contest

The Super Bowl is the number one television advertising event of the year, and many viewers are more interested in the awesome new ads they'll see than in the game itself! This excitement has led to the creation of some of the most famous, funny, and familiar ads of all time.

Pulse Labs

Feb 2, 2019

1 min read

Giving Voice to Games: A Cross-Platform Survey of Voice Games

While Assistant had fewer titles, its top games rivaled those on Alexa in both popularity and user sentiment.

Geoff Skow

Jan 29, 2019

2 min read

2/3/19

On Friday, January 25th Amazon released a series of teaser clips about a top secret beta testing program for new Alexa technologies. No information about the results of this program have been announced, except for a cryptic and tantalizing invitation to turn into the "big game" on 2/3/19.

Pulse Labs

Jan 28, 2019

1 min read

Look Ma, No Hands: A Survey of Communication Apps on the Major Voice Platforms

In the midst of Facebook’s launch of its voice-activated smart camera and display (Portal from Facebook), we thought it’d be interesting to find out how communication apps were faring on the two major platforms (Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant).

Geoff Skow

Jan 22, 2019

2 min read

Barking Orders: A Survey of the Top Voice Shopping Apps

To delve deeper into the state of voice shopping we decided to analyze the shopping categories of both the Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant stores for interesting trends and data points.

Geoff Skow

Jan 17, 2019

2 min read