Amazon
Make room for Google Home, Amazon Echo/Alexa
…search engine and home automation systems like Google’s own Nest. It’s an obvious response to Amazon’s popular Echo device and Alexa intelligent agent, introduced in the fall of 2014. But while Amazon can offer the world’s largest retail store and content inventory, Google has search and its…
Amazon’s latest marketing and sales growth strategy: a social platform
Amazon debuted a new social feed called Spark on the iPhone in the US this past week. A little bit Pinterest, a lotta bit Instagram, Amazon has set up Spark to potentially do a number of things for the marketplace. Here are five ways the Spark platform is poised to boost Amazon’s already booming…
Amazon vs. Google vs. Microsoft: Big tech firms gird for AI talent battle
…senior manager and lead for Alexa AI at Amazon, is now technical director of AI for Google Cloud.” Ram was reportedly behind the Alexa Prize, designed to further AI research and (presumably) help Amazon identify leading AI talent around the world. Amazon is trying to advance human-machine…
Amazon Loses Bid For .Amazon Domain
…Amazon this way: That basically means all three applications are frozen until Amazon withdraws them, wins some kind of appeal, manages to change the GAC’s mind, or successfully sues. As we reported last summer, several South American nations objected to Amazon’s application because the word “amazon”…
With Amazon Connect, anyone can use Amazon’s contact center tech
Amazon landed in another market this week, as its Web Services (AWS) company announced a cloud-based contact center service called Amazon Connect. The company said that Connect offers the same built-from-scratch tech used by its own contact center reps. It’s metered as a service, with no upfront…
Amazon’s advertising and cloud units drive huge profitability in Q2
…will be reported in third-quarter results. But Amazon pointed out that small and medium-sized businesses sold more than $1.5 billion of products on Prime Day. The real stars of the quarter were Amazon’s high-margin business units, including Amazon Web Services and its fast-growing ad business.…
Amazon Beats Pinterest In Fight Over .Pin Domain
…with that extension. The ruling doesn’t automatically mean Amazon will get the .pin, but it does clear one potential hurdle. (tip via Domain Name Wire) The .Amazon Domain Application Amazon is also in the news this week for its .amazon gTLD application. ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee agreed…
Amazon wants to make Alexa the ‘UI for the enterprise’
Amazon Echo, housing the Alexa intelligent agent To date, virtual assistants have mostly operated in the home. That’s about to change in a potentially big way, with Amazon’s announcement of Alexa for Business at its recent AWS re:invent conference. Amazon envisions enterprises buying hundreds (or…