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Alexa, the Amazon Services Trojan Horse?

Alexa, the Amazon Services Trojan Horse? 1656 1242 Kane Simms

Is the Amazon Echo and Alexa a trojan horse to allow Amazon to sell more products? Nope, but it might be to sell more services.

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Amazon Alexa’s Paul Cutsinger tells us what’s new

Amazon Alexa’s Paul Cutsinger tells us what’s new 1800 1200 Kane Simms

At Alexa Live 2020, Amazon dropped 31 new features on us, the most features dropped at one time ever. Alexa’s Head of Developer Strategy, Paul Cutsinger, joins us to break…

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Amazon’s Alexa strategy latest: trying to conquer a long-standing weakness

Amazon’s Alexa strategy latest: trying to conquer a long-standing weakness 1800 1200 Kane Simms

With the latest developments in Alexa functionality announced at Alexa Live 2020, Amazon has shown a glimpse into its advancing Alexa strategy, and how it’s trying to make up for…

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Why Alexa doesn’t understand your accent

Why Alexa doesn’t understand your accent 1576 1182 Kane Simms

In a study by Uswitch, it was found that Irish, Welsh and Scottish accents are the hardest for voice assistants like Alexa to understand. Here’s why Alexa doesn’t understand your accent.

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Give your smart speaker a break, it’s working pretty hard

Give your smart speaker a break, it’s working pretty hard 1800 1200 Kane Simms

The microphone technology in your smart speaker, it’s pretty impressive. When you talk, sound leaves your mouth, but it doesn’t travel in a straight line. It travels like a shotgun…

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New Alexa features for developers from Alexa Live 2020

New Alexa features for developers from Alexa Live 2020 895 671 Dustin Coates

Now we have a couple weeks that have passed since Alexa Live: those few hours where Amazon just blew our minds and announced 31 new features. There are new features…

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Top 7 new Alexa updates for marketers

Top 7 new Alexa updates for marketers 1800 1200 Kane Simms

Amazon recently announced 31 new features for Amazon Alexa. Here are the top seven for marketers.

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Alexa is part of the family now with Rozzi Meredith

Alexa is part of the family now with Rozzi Meredith 1800 1200 Kane Simms

We’re joined by Rozzi Meredith, Head of Innovation Strategy at Voxly Digital, to discuss their new report: ‘Part of the family, now: investigating voice usage amongst UK families’.

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Two strategies to get your Alexa skill discovered

Two strategies to get your Alexa skill discovered 1280 720 Kane Simms

Alexa skill discoverability is a challenge that’s existed since the birth of the Echo as a skill developer or brand, how do you get people to use your Alexa skill?…

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Alexa for retailers and the voice shopping landscape with Shilp Agarwal

Alexa for retailers and the voice shopping landscape with Shilp Agarwal 1800 1200 Kane Simms

Retailers with Alexa skills can see a 12-15% increase in cart size, improve customer experience and gather vital competitive data as voice shopping explodes. Shilp Agarwal, CEO of Blutag, joins…

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