As 2016 (the “Year of the Chatbot”) winds down, Opus Research’s Amy Stapleton offers up four bots on Facebook Messenger that can play the role of elves and help you simplify the challenge of holiday gift-giving.
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Announcing Intelligent Assistants & Intelligent Authentication Conferences San Francisco (Sep 12-13)
Call for speakers for executives involved in digital commerce, customer care, emerging technologies, self-service, fraud reduction, chatbots, continuous authentication, strategy & innovation.
Third-Party Ecosystems: Intelligent Assistants’ Key to Success
As “bots” continue to be the subject of considerable hype, thousands of individual developers and their enterprise-employed counterparts see these intelligent assistants as a means to deliver “conversational commerce.”
Why IoT Needs Intelligent Assistants
As the natural user interface of IoT, intelligent assistants have the ability to interact with connected devices to make them easily accessible and complete tasks on our behalf.
Amazon’s “Fire” Phone and MayDay Will Redefine “Mobile Assistance”
At the launch event, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos positioned MayDay as an alternative to the dreaded “Droid Forums.”
Who Needs the Talking Refrigerator When You Have Amazon Dash?
Amazon Dash is best thought of as a part of a generation of Intelligent Assistants that we, members of humankind, should start getting ready to master.
The Meaning of Mayday and its High Profile on the New Kindle Fire HDX Line from Amazon
The Mayday button is a radical change in the customer care paradigm.
Virtual Assistant Update: Amazon Buys EVI for $26 Million; Speech-enabled Shopping is on its Way
Amazon appears to have bought mobile virtual assistant developer EVI (formerly TrueKnowledge) for $26 million.
Pre-holiday News Rush for Nuance
The week of Thanksgiving is usually characterized by a news lull, but Nuance has been an exception.