A new report says that smart speaker sales hit a new record in the holiday quarter of 2018, with 86.2 million units sold.

BY Paul Thurrott with 19 Comments
A new report says that smart speaker sales hit a new record in the holiday quarter of 2018, with 86.2 million units sold.
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Alphabet’s most recent annual report dropped Microsoft from a list of competitors in the digital assistant market.
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OK, you’ve scanned in your old paper-based photos. Now what?
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Amazon announced today that it is now possible for anyone to create new Alexa skills with no programming required using Alexa Skills Blueprints.
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Google is discovering what Microsoft did about 15 years ago: Just making a platform isn’t enough to guarantee success.
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I knew I’d provide an update about my experience using a high-speed photo scanner. I just didn’t think it was going to be this successful.
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Google announced this week that its Nest Secure smart alarm system now offers Google Assistant capabilities via its Nest Guard base station.
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Apple’s products and services tend to sell better in the home market than elsewhere in the world. But the HomePod is an exception.
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Thanks to a reader suggestion, digitizing my mountain of paper-based photos suddenly seems a lot less daunting.
BY Paul Thurrott with 57 Comments
Like some of you, I have many paper-based photos that need to be digitized. It’s a daunting, thankless task.
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It’s time for a quick smart home check in to see where we’re at and look ahead at what we’d like to accomplish in 2019.
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In a stunning bit of transparency, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that Cortana will never be competitive with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.
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Amazon said this week that there are now well over 30 million active users of its Fire TV family of living room video streaming boxes.
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There are over 100 million Amazon Alexa-powered devices out in the world. But there are ten times as many Google Assistant-powered devices.
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When it comes to paid and free online services, I’m usually looking for cross-device and -platform availability, with as little lock-in as possible.
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Google announced today that it is using AI to enhance the audio news capabilities of Google Assistant and Google Home.
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Apple Music is coming to the Amazon Echo and other Alexa-powered smart devices, starting December 17.
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Black Friday may get all the press, but Cyber Monday continues to be the biggest day for online shopping, Amazon confirmed today.
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Google has figured out a way to subvert Siri so that you can use it to summon Google Assistant on the iPhone instead.
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Google has finally added multi-room audio functionality to its video-based Chromecast, Google Home, and Smart Display devices
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Microsoft has brought Skype audio and video calling to the Alexa platform. And it works with all modern Alexa devices.
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Rarely has a technology product inserted itself so seamlessly into my family's daily lives.
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It's yet another not-so-subtle indication that Microsoft is pushing Cortana aside for Amazon's digital personal assistant
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Intel's Neural Compute Stick 2 will help makers bring computer vision and AI to IoT and edge device prototypes.
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Samsung didn't just announce a foldable display yesterday. Here are some of the firm's other interesting initiatives.
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Sonos will not be able to deliver Google Assistant support to its home speaker systems in 2018 as planned.
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Roku announced that the Google Assistant is now available on its newer living room set-top boxes and smart TVs in the U.S.