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Sonos acquires voice assistant startup Snips, potentially to build out on-device voice control
Sonos revealed during its quarterly earnings report that it has acquired voice assistant startup Snips in a $37 million cash…
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Spotify’s free music service will now stream on Alexa devices, plus Bose and Sonos smart speakers
Spotify has worked with Amazon Echo since 2016, but only for premium subscribers. Today, that changes as Spotify says its…
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AWS confirms reports it will challenge JEDI contract award to Microsoft
Surely just about everyone was surprised when the Department of Defense last month named Microsoft as the winner of the…
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Amazon to open its first non-Whole Foods grocery store in 2020
Amazon is opening its first non-Whole Foods grocery store in the L.A. neighborhood of Woodland Hills, the retailer today confirmed.…
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Amazon acquires Health Navigator for Amazon Care, its pilot employee healthcare program
Amazon has acquired Health Navigator, a startup that develops APIs for online health services. According to CNBC, which first reported…
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GoodRx is coming for subscription prescription services with the launch of GoodRx Care
Several months after discreetly acquiring the online prescription service HeyDoctor, GoodRx is launching a new service based on the acquisition,…
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Alexa developers can now personalize their skills by recognizing the user’s voice
Amazon Alexa is already capable of identifying different voices to give personalized responses to different users in the household, thanks…
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Amazon makes it easier for smart home devices to alert customers to low supply levels
Alongside all the new Alexa-powered consumer devices Amazon introduced yesterday, the company also unveiled a new set of tools for…
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India’s Darwinbox raises $15M to bring its HR tech platform to more Asian markets
An Indian SaaS startup, which is increasingly courting clients from outside of the country, just raised a significant amount of…
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