Amazon and Google accounted for a dominant 70% share of global smart speaker shipments in Q1 2018 although their combined share has fallen from 84% in Q4 2017 and 94% in the year ago quarter…
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Tim Bajarin: Focus on services is critical to Apple’s long-term survival
It’s becoming clear that those selling products and services, such as Apple, have perhaps the most sustainable models…
Apple is almost a $1 trillion company, but watch out for Amazon
Apple is on the verge of becoming the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company…
Apple made more profit in three months than Amazon has generated during its lifetime
One word may explain Warren Buffett’s investment decisions on Apple and Amazon: profit…
Cramer: Apple’s, Amazon’s, and Facebook’s quarters kickstarted this market rally
One month ago, the market looked to CNBC’s Jim Cramer like it was riddled with fear and volatility…
Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Assistant, and Apple’s Siri can hear this hidden command, but you can’t
Over the past two years, researchers have begun demonstrating that they can send hidden commands that are undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant…
Amazon Alexa to ‘completely control’ homes
Amazon wants to show you how much you can rely on its Alexa voice assistant to control everything in your home…
Apple among tech heavyweights vying to take part in President Trump’s new drone initiative
Major technology and aerospace companies including Apple…
Amazon suspends construction in Seattle while the city considers a new per-employee tax
Amazon is suspending plans to add 7,000 to 8,000 jobs in 1 million square feet of new office space…
Amazon moves closer to overtaking Apple as most valuable U.S. company
Amazon.com‘s market value jumped on Friday morning after its latest earnings report…
Amazon Prime to increase U.S. annual fee 20% from $99 to $119
Amazon will increase the annual cost of Prime for U.S. customers to $119 per year…
Amazon begins free delivery to your car
Amazon’s latest perk: Free delivery to your car…
Amazon and Netflix join Hollywood to sue ‘Kodi’ service SetTV for copyright infringement
Last week the recently formed Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment…
Americans place Apple distant third behind Amazon and Google in ‘positive impact on society’ survey
Some 20 percent of Americans believe Amazon is having the most positive impact on society…
Apple loses ground to Amazon in smart home deals with homebuilders
As Amazon and Apple race to get consumers to buy smart devices…
Amazon completes Ring acquisition, drops price of original video doorbell under $100
Amazon completed its acquisition of smart-home security company Ring this morning…
Apple needs to get serious in the battle against Netflix and Amazon
It’s been surprising how far behind Apple is when it comes to investing in content beyond music…
Apple vs. Amazon: Who will win race to be world’s first $1 trillion company?
At the peak of the 2000 bubble, analysts believed Cisco still had plenty of price appreciation ahead…
Apple aiming original TV series launches for spring or summer 2019
Apple’s new venture has taken the company far from its Silicon Valley comfort zone and thrust it into alien territory: Hollywood…
Is this Apple’s plan for Apple TV?
I am no fan of Apple TV, at least not anymore…
LinkedIn Top Companies 2018: Apple #6
From Starbucks to Spotify, the 2018 LinkedIn Top Companies represent the companies where professionals most want to work…
Jimmy Iovine plans exit from Apple
If you ask the question, ‘Did Apple need Beats?’ the answer is no…
With over 50 percent of U.S. now subscribed to streaming services, Apple poised to jump into market
Americans spend more than $2 billion per month on streaming subscriptions…
Better than the printed page: Reading on an iPad
Apple’s Web site makes the iPad sound like a gift of God for graphics, but the company hardly mentions…
HomePod should become a hub for all Apple-centric needs
Today the HomePod is all about music, but it could be so much more…
Hey Siri: give me a product development road map for AI
Infighting, rushed development, and lack of vision have damaged Apple’s Siri development…
Former Apple employees reflect on Siri’s ‘squandered lead’ over Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant
Review after review trashed Siri with words like ‘dopey,’ ‘annoying’ and ’embarrassingly inadequate’…
President Trump eyes tariffs on up to $60 billion Chinese goods; tech and telecoms targeted
U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of Chinese imports…
Apple orders animated comedy ‘Central Park’ from ‘Bob’s Burgers’ creator Loren Bouchard
Apple continues to grow it series-programming slate, adding its first animated show…
Eddy Cue comments on Apple’s recent moves in original video content
Apple SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddie Cue appeared onstage at SXSW on Monday…
Apple tops most intimate brands list among millennials
Apple ranked as the most intimate brand among millennials, according to MBLM’s Brand Intimacy 2018 Report…
Hey Apple, it’s time to drop the ‘Hey’ from ‘Hey Siri’
You don’t have to say “Hey Alexa,” so why do we still have to say “Hey Siri?”
There are nearly 50 million smart speaker users in the U.S.
There are now nearly 50 million smart speaker users in the U.S…
Amazon’s Alexa is randomly laughing and nobody knows why
Some Alexa users may feel like they’ve been dropped into a science fiction story about an artificial intelligence gone awry…
Tim Bajarin: Why Apple needs a ‘HomePod mini’
Apple has some real headwinds when it comes to the HomePod’s ability to gain market share…
Why Apple’s HomePod targets home entertainment, not a voice-first mobile-free world
Imagine turning your home into the bridge of the Star Trek Enterprise, where a disembodied voice deftly answers every question…
Apple finally preparing to take on Netflix
Over the last few years, Netflix has produced some of the most enviable results in the tech world…
Amazon now taking photos of your front door to show when packages have been delivered
Amazon has been quietly rolling out a new program over the past few months where delivery people…
Why Amazon can crush Apple in the smart home market or something
On Tuesday after the close, it was announced that Amazon.com, Inc. will buy Ring…
Apple, Amazon struggle to sit out NRA gun-control debate
Gun-control activists are demanding that Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos do something…
Amazon to acquire Ring video doorbell maker
Amazon has reportedly agreed to acquire smart home company Ring for more than $1 billion…
Petitions call on Apple, Amazon to cut ties with National Rifle Association
Multiple online petitions are calling on Apple, Amazon and other streaming services…
