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Tag: “Echo echo” race

Apple’s slow-paced strategy in the smart home race threatened by Amazon

Friday, January 27, 2017 1:06 pmFriday, January 27, 201726 Comments

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

Thursday, January 26, 2017 4:08 pmThursday, January 26, 20179 Comments

We are entering the age of the CUI, the conversational user interface…

Amazon vs. Apple: Home game grudge match

Monday, January 23, 2017 3:26 pmMonday, January 23, 201724 Comments

Alexa is everywhere. In your car. In your home. Even your baby monitor…

Apple’s next new product category

Thursday, December 22, 2016 11:34 amThursday, December 22, 201613 Comments

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

Saturday, December 10, 2016 10:28 am18 Comments

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?

Thursday, December 1, 2016 2:44 pmThursday, December 1, 20169 Comments

It’s been a weird year for Apple, product-wise…

The best non-Apple Airport Wi-Fi routers for Mac users

Monday, November 21, 2016 5:33 pmMonday, November 21, 201690 Comments

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

Monday, November 21, 2016 11:35 am70 Comments

Apple Inc. has disbanded its division that develops wireless routers, another move to try to…

Apple abandons development of wireless routers

Monday, November 21, 2016 9:26 am67 Comments

Apple Inc. has disbanded its division that develops wireless routers…

Apple’s Amazon Echo rival said to include includes built-in cameras to read users’ emotions, recognize faces

Friday, September 23, 2016 3:00 pmFriday, September 23, 201620 Comments

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

Friday, September 23, 2016 9:01 amMonday, September 26, 201618 Comments

Apple Inc. is pressing ahead with the development of an Echo-like smart-home device based on the Siri voice assistant…

Why we might not see Apple’s answer to the Amazon Echo

Thursday, June 23, 2016 5:35 pmThursday, June 23, 201621 Comments

Nobody puts Siri in a corner…

Will Apple take on Amazon Echo at WWDC?

Friday, June 10, 2016 11:00 amFriday, June 10, 201613 Comments

Apple will kick off its WWDC 2016 Monday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco…

What is Apple actually doing besides building that ridiculously expensive new headquarters?

Monday, June 6, 2016 2:02 pm18 Comments

The highest-profile new thing Apple is working on seems to be its own headquarters, a massive cylindrical campus…

Apple looks to regain dominance in a market it created

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:28 pm16 Comments

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

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 10:36 amWednesday, May 25, 201633 Comments

Seems like everyone has a connected home hub you can talk to…

Apple preps Amazon Echo rival, opening up Siri

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 6:10 pm27 Comments

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

Thursday, May 19, 2016 4:16 pm31 Comments

Amazon.com sure did stumble on a sleeper hit with its Echo speaker…

Google unveils its Amazon Echo knockoff called ‘Google Home’

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 3:52 pmWednesday, May 18, 201623 Comments

At its annual I/O developer conference, Google today unveiled a new hardware device and competitor to Amazon Echo…

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