Connectivity Growing Up with Alexa What will it do to kids to have digital butlers they can boss around? by Rachel Metz 2017-08-16T07:00:00-04:00
Connectivity The Quest for a Functional New Interface for the Smartphone Fingertips Lab’s iPhone-controlling gadget is a good idea that needs a lot of work. by Rachel Metz 2017-06-15T07:00:00-04:00
Connectivity An Open-Source (and Cute) Alternative to Amazon Echo Mycroft’s voice-enabled assistant is embodied in the startup’s friendly looking Mark 1 gadget, but you can build it into all kinds of devices. by Rachel Metz 2017-05-29T00:00:00-04:00
Business Impact These Tiny Microphones Will Make It Okay to Spill Beer on Your Amazon Echo MEMS microphones from the startup Vesper will make voice-enabled gadgets far more durable. by Elizabeth Woyke 2017-03-31T00:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence What’s Next for AI Home Assistants Phone calls, wider integration, and even screens could make our new domestic butlers more useful. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-02-16T11:20:00-05:00
Connectivity AI Voice Assistant Apps are Proliferating, but People Don’t Use Them Limited to just audio, users of Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant don’t seem to stick with apps that run on their helper’s software. Would a screen help? by Jamie Condliffe 2017-01-23T12:00:00-05:00
Connectivity Should an Amazon Echo Help Solve a Murder? Authorities have asked Amazon to turn over data from a suspect’s Echo, raising thorny privacy questions. by Michael Reilly 2016-12-27T15:05:00-05:00
Connectivity Developers Expand Amazon Alexa’s Skills—Exposing Both Its Potential and Its Limitations Amazon thinks apps for its voice-activated speaker Echo will turn the device into a big hit. by Stacey Higginbotham 2016-08-11T00:00:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence How Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant Will Make Money Off You While helping us get things done, virtual assistants will also give tech companies valuable new insights into our lives. by Tom Simonite 2016-05-31T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity Apple Wants to Make Siri Far More Powerful By opening its virtual assistant up to outside developers, Apple looks to be positioning it as a way to compete in the suddenly crowded field of devices that users can talk to. by Michael Reilly 2016-05-25T13:55:00-04:00
