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Voice-Activated Tracker: Smart Home Edition
Retail // July 27, 2017

Nearly two decades ago, Disney debuted its “Smart House” movie in which a young boy wins a computerized home. At the time, it may have felt like making requests to home items were out of the ordinary and very futuristic. Today, with the advancements made by...

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Amazon Puts Alexa Under Microscope in Cost-Cutting Review

November 10, 2022
Amazon is evaluating its Alexa business as the company joins other Big Tech firms in making cost-cutting measures in the face of an economic downturn. That’s according to a report Thursday (Nov. 9) by the Wall Street Journal, which cites internal Amazon documents that show Amazon’s devices unit, which includes its voice assistant tool Alexa, […]