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Siri Was Always Going to Fail
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Siri Was Always Going to Fail (Premium)

A credible report explaining how Apple failed to capitalize on being first-to-market with Siri has…

Google Assistant Routines Remain a Dream For Now
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The Promise of Google Assistant Routines Remains Unmet (Premium)

Routines represent the second-generation of the digital assistant era, where we move past simple command/response…

Google Assistant Lands on the iPad

Google is bringing Assistant to the iPad as the company continues to bring its virtual…

Amazon + Ring
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Amazon + Ring (Premium)

Amazon's $1 billion purchase of smart home security firm Ring is big news, but it…

Google Home Max Review: The McMansion of Smart Speakers

Google Adds New Features to Assistant on Speakers

Google Assistant on smart speakers is getting updated with an improved alarm feature, ability to…

Google May Soon Let You Use Assistant Without the Annoying “OK Google” Hotword

You could soon be able to use Google Assistant with a custom hotword instead of…

Smart Speakers Point to Our Ambient Computing Future
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Today’s Smart Speakers Point to Our Ambient Computing Future (Premium)

Ambient computing is the next major wave of personal computing, and smart speakers are how…

Google Announces New Smartphones, Other Products, as Expected

Google Positions Assistant At the Top of Its Hardware Pyramid

As part of its revamped consumer push for Assistant, Google set to launch a redesigned…

Google Assistant Now Supports Over 1 Million Actions

Google Assistant now supports over one million actions, which are essentially things the Assistant can…

Google Reveals its Assistant Hardware Partners for 2018

With CES underway in Las Vegas, Google has announced a stunning list of partners that…

Lenovo Launches New Amazon Echo Show Clone With Google Assistant

Lenovo unveils its Smart Display, an Amazon Echo Show clone powered by Google Assistant.

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Digital Assistants Loom Large Over CES, But Where is Cortana? (Premium)

I've just arrived in Las Vegas for CES 2018 but the biggest story of the…

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Death By A Thousand Digital Assistants (Premium)

With every new piece of hardware having a digital assistant crammed inside, we are about…

Will a High Volume Strategy Win the Smart Speaker Market?
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Will a High Volume Strategy Win the Smart Speaker Market? (Premium)

Microsoft's high volume, low-cost strategy was the winner in the PC market. But will it…

Top 5 Google Stories of 2017
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Top 5 Google Stories of 2017 (Premium)

Google had an interesting year of platform advances and hardware mishaps. Here are the top…

This is the Most-Needed Change for All Digital Assistants in 2018
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This is the Most-Needed Change for All Digital Assistants in 2018 (Premium)

Sorry for the seemingly cheap headline, but it's not my fault. This topic creates a…

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