Anyone interested in smart home technologies will immediately run into a long list of issues. And it's hard to know where to start.

Google smart speaker sales are growing over three times faster than those from Amazon, closing the gap in this critical market.

Amazon today announced a new Echo Dot aimed at kids and a new version of its parental controls.

Activision announced this week that it has released a beta set of Call of Duty skills for Amazon Alexa.

Ambient computing is the "next wave" of personal computing. But what role can Microsoft play in this future?

A credible report explaining how Apple failed to capitalize on being first-to-market with Siri has triggered some fan fiction.

Amazon's $1 billion purchase of smart home security firm Ring is big news, but it could result in a chilling new era of fragmentation.

Ambient computing is the next major wave of personal computing, and smart speakers are how we get there.

Microsoft's high volume, low-cost strategy was the winner in the PC market. But will it work with smart speakers too?

I often complain about Microsoft's aversion to hard numbers. Well, Amazon is even worse.

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I am probably one of Amazon's best customers, but I don't really take advantage of their consumer tech products and services.

Even Microsoft was able to ship a smart speaker in 2017. How do you like them Apples?

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