Hashtag Trending – Voice-first fragmentation, Alexa in your ear, Alexa in your boardroom
In 2019, voice-first smart assistants will face a fragmentation problem. They’ll also be literally in your ear.…
Hashtag Trending – Amazon Prime Day; Microsoft Inspire; Dr. Alexa gives bad advice
Thanks to Amazon, today is like Boxing Day in July. Microsoft is hosting its annual partner conference…
Hashtag Trending – Washington sues Google and Facebook; ZTE strikes deal with U.S.; Sonos’ new Alexa-enabled speaker
The state of Washington has sued Google and Facebook for allegedly not disclosing who purchased election ads.…
Amazon helping Canadian partners and customers utilize machine learning
Amazon is one of the most innovative companies in the tech sector right now, testing out ideas…
Hashtag Trending – Amazon gets into healthcare, Huawei releasing P20, Google’s Duplex is unethical
Amazon is hoping to get into healthcare with Alexa, Huawei is releasing a new smartphone in Canada…
AI, Azure, and second chance tech: Highlights from Microsoft’s Build 2018
At its annual Build conference, Microsoft showcased what’s coming for the tech giant in the realm of…
‘Okay Google’ are the first two words to unlocking AI business advantage: IDC analyst
While the science-fiction version of artificial intelligence may be decades away, businesses right now in 2018 can…
Hashtag Trending – Alexa is creepy now; baseball on Facebook; nanotech vision
People are waiting to see if Alexa’s laughing fits are really over, Facebook signs an exclusive deal…
Hashtag Trending – Alexa is laughing at you, Snap cuts over 100 jobs, Amazon commits billions more to food industry
A weird Alexa bug has Alexa-enabled devices creepily laughing without being prompted, the company behind Snapchat is cutting over 100 jobs, and Amazon commits many more billions of dollars to the food industry. From Reddit – In news that will mak…
Hashtag Trending – Robot dog frightens humans; Netflix scores major talent; Alexa upgraded
A robot dog is freaking everybody out, Netflix is making some major producer hires, and Alexa gets…
Hashtag Trending: Samsung heir leaves jail; Intel’s new smart eyewear; tech makes a splash at the Superbowl
Former Samsung head Jay Y. Lee has been released from jail, five months after being convicted of…
HP targets creatives, executives with this year’s CES offerings
Palo Alto-based HP Inc. is using advanced engineering and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart assistants to adapt the…
Hashtag Trending – Microsoft drops Bitcoin support, Apple pressured to address childhood iPhone addiction
Microsoft is no longer supporting Bitcoin. Two investors with $2 billion USD in Apple stock are pressuring the company to address childhood iPhone addiction. And today’s CES highlights include voice assistant-enabled earphones and “Li-Fi”. From Google Trends: Microsoft employees have told technical support website Bleeping Computer that the company is no longer supporting Bitcoin transactions,…
Hashtag Trending – What to expect this week at CES 2018
The largest consumer tech trade show in the world pops off today in Las Vegas, and what better way to prepare for the big week than with a rousing episode of Hashtag Trending.
Guide to complete mastery of your Canadian Amazon Echo
Three years after it was first available south of the border, the Amazon Echo and its Alexa…