Amazon Echo VP Mike George talks Alexa security and simplifying search
In a wide-ranging conversation at Disrupt today, Mike George, Amazon’s Vice President of Echo, Alexa and Appstore discussed the past…
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Your voice is your password with Sesame’s Alexa app
Between Alexa’s built-in functionality and Skills API, you can now use the platform to do almost anything. Simple voice commands…
Twitch’s new social networking feature, ‘Friends,’ goes live
Amazon’s game streaming service Twitch is getting more social. The new “Friends” feature teased in April has now launched into beta, allowing…
Amazon poaches AI guru from Xerox PARC to work on Alexa virtual assistant
Amazon has hired Xerox PARC employee and artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Ashwin Ram to head up AI R&D for Alexa,…
Amazon’s food delivery service arrives in San Francisco, will price match the restaurant menu or pay the difference
Amazon is ramping up the competition with other restaurant delivery services starting today by announcing that it will not mark…
Turner to launch its own movie-streaming service, FilmStruck
New video streaming services are launching left and right these days, and now Time Warner-owned Turner is looking to get a…