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Flash briefing 37 Don’t let your chatbot get rusty
Remember Rusty from Cars the movie? I do, I watch that movie so many times with the little ones that at some point I knew by hard almost half a movie. In Cars, Rusteeze is the brand that is sponsored by the main character and as a car, you never want to be rusty. Chatbots...
Flash briefing 36 – Voice commerce in mobile
According to a recent study conducted by audio and AI company Voysis, more than half of voice commerce is conducted on mobile phones with assistant programs like Siri or emerging platforms that are enabling audio conversions. However, the rise of mobile voice sales is also a result of retailers investing more heavily in voice-activated...
Flash briefing 35 – Monetization strategy for voice platforms
Amazon doesn’t allow for Alexa’s voice to read out ad copy and no in-conversations ads are permitted in Google Actions. The companies has not yet found a way of adding advertising without compromising the customer experience. In the case of traditional media companies as the NYT and BBC the money is not focus just yet....
Flash briefing 34 – Voice in publishing industry
Just like every other brand on the market, publishers are waking up to the reality that voice is rapidly changing the way people interact with products and services. Platforms like NYT, BBC, Reuters and Evening Standard are experimenting with the formats to understand where the audience is, the frequency in which the content needs to...
Flash briefing 33 – Prime day echo line deals
Hello there, if you live in a country with Amazon you are probably aware that’s Prime Day, an opportunity for prime users to get deals on a lot of products sell by Amazon. The bad news is that the site was down for more that 2 hours. Frustration was abundant near me with people...
Flash briefing 32 – Throwback 10 years of the App Store and voice
Last week the App Store turned 10 years. It has generated 40 billion dollars for Apple. The day it opened it had only 500 apps. “Let me just say it: We want native third-party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February,” Steve Jobs wrote. Those first...
Flash briefing 31 – Voice terminology
Hello everyone, happy Sunday, it’s really sunny and beautiful today, I hope you are have a lovely one wherever you are listening. In this episode we give a (short) list of terms you need to understand in voice. Let’s begin with the most basic ones: Smart speakers are devices that can be commanded by voice,...
Flash briefing 30 – Voice investments and your trash can voice commands
The voice world keep getting the monies. Bespoken announced yesterday that it raised 2.4 million dollars in seed funding round. Bespoken, a developer focused tool we featured as a voice resource a couple of weeks ago in our newsletter, allows you to test and monitor your Alexa skills. They have extensive documentation, if you are...
Flash briefing 29 – Voice in healthcare
voicIn a recent episode we talked about coming events in voice ecosystem. One of this conference is the Voice of Healthcare Summit taking place in August. Then someone asked earlier this week for real life examples of voice applications in hospitals or medical institutions. As he didn’t specified location, the first part of my reply...
Flash briefing 28 – Voice is not about voice (only)
We have been waiting on the rise of bots for years now. I remember how in 2015 people were going crazy on chatbots and that it will be the “Next big thing”. Revolutions in technology are multi stepped. It has been quiet, but it’s growing. Now what happen with voice and chatbots? With aggregated together,...
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