Samsung has gone to great lengths to position its new Bixby assistant as the automated centerpiece…
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Samsung officially unveils its Siri knockoff ‘Bixby’
Apple gave us Siri, Microsoft gave us Cortana, Amazon gave us Alexa, Google gave us, um, Google, and now Samsung…
Amazon’s Alexa arrives on iPhones and iPads; challenges Siri on Apple’s iOS
Apple’s Siri may not be the most capable voice assistant, or the most beloved…
Apple’s Siri has a huge language advantage
We live on an international planet….
Apple’s slow-paced strategy in the smart home race threatened by Amazon
In less than a year, Amazon’s combination of the Echo speaker system and the Alexa voice-controlled digital assistant…
24.5 million voice-first devices will ship this year; mainly Amazon Echos
We are entering the age of the CUI, the conversational user interface…
Amazon vs. Apple: Home game grudge match
Alexa is everywhere. In your car. In your home. Even your baby monitor…
Amazon Echo murder case spotlights question of what ‘always on’ actually means
Some people have wondered if smart speakers like Amazon’s Echo devices, or its closest contender…
Apple’s next new product category
Here are some thoughts about the new products I think we might see from Apple over not just…
Tech’s biggest showdown is unfolding in your living room
Microsoft is joining Google and Amazon in the race for your home…
Apple’s Amazon Echo echo: What if AirPort Extreme becomes the Siri speaker?
It’s been a weird year for Apple, product-wise…
The best non-Apple Airport Wi-Fi routers for Mac users
For the highest-bandwidth needs allowing for one device to serve data at the best possible speeds…
It’s about time Apple killed the Airport hardware line
Apple Inc. has disbanded its division that develops wireless routers, another move to try to…
Apple abandons development of wireless routers
Apple Inc. has disbanded its division that develops wireless routers…
Five years on, why doesn’t Apple’s Siri work better than it does?
There are some fundamental differences between Apple and Google when it comes to privacy…
Mossberg: Why does Apple’s Siri seem so dumb?
In addition to the iPhone, Siri is now on the iPad, and was recently added to the Mac…
Amazon challenges Apple, Spotify with new music streaming service starting at $3.99 a month
Amazon.com Inc. on Wednesday launched a full-fledged music streaming service with subscriptions…
Apple’s Amazon Echo echo
Apple is reportedly building a Siri-based smart home device to rival Amazon’s Echo…
Apple’s Amazon Echo rival said to include includes built-in cameras to read users’ emotions, recognize faces
Apple’s long-rumored answer to the Amazon Echo smart speaker is now being tested in secret in the homes…
Apple’s Siri-powered Amazon Echo-like device reportedly now in prototype testing
Apple Inc. is pressing ahead with the development of an Echo-like smart-home device based on the Siri voice assistant…
Apple’s response to Amazon Echo: AirPods
The Amazon Echo has captured the imagination of millions of consumers with its novelty…
Personal assistant bots like Apple’s Siri have a serious problem
A major challenge stands between the dream personal assistant and the current reality…
Why we might not see Apple’s answer to the Amazon Echo
Nobody puts Siri in a corner…
Why an ‘Apple Echo’ would be a hit
Amazon will sell upwards of 4 million Amazon Echo units this year…
Will Apple take on Amazon Echo at WWDC?
Apple will kick off its WWDC 2016 Monday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco…
Dear Apple, please make the iPhone smarter
While Siri is still at thumb’s reach, I find myself talking far more to Amazon’s Alexa these days…
Apple looks to regain dominance in a market it created
Apple essentially created the personal digital assistant when it launched Siri with the iPhone 4s back in 2011…
Apple to say ‘me too’ with a Siri-powered connected home speaker
Seems like everyone has a connected home hub you can talk to…
Apple preps Amazon Echo rival, opening up Siri
Apple is working on an Amazon Echo-like device with a speaker and microphone that people can…
Apple should make a stationary voice command device like Amazon’s Echo
Amazon.com sure did stumble on a sleeper hit with its Echo speaker…
Google unveils its Amazon Echo knockoff called ‘Google Home’
At its annual I/O developer conference, Google today unveiled a new hardware device and competitor to Amazon Echo…
Where’s Apple’s answer to Amazon Echo?
Hey Siri, thanks for the smaller phone, but how about an Echo-like smart speaker?
On Apple’s Mac, Siri has room to grow
It’s been a long time in the making: Siri debuted on the iPhone 4s back in 2011…
Amazon Echo leads mindshare in smart home platform war
Tech giants have been trying to figure out the world of Internet-connected home gadgets…
Apple begins production of Apple TV 5 with ‘dramatically improved’ performance, new functions
The fifth-generation Apple TV will come into volume production in the first quarter of 2016…
Apple TV and the 4K Ultra HD conundrum
If you watch a 65-inch 4K TV from eight feet away, you’ll approach the minimum size/distance ratio to deliver a discernible improvement…
Amazon unveils $100 Fire TV box 4K video support, Alexa voice control
Amazon has announced its “newest Fire TV set-top box, a flat, plastic box that plugs into your TV and offers a variety of content…
