Category Archives: Amazon

Shareable Custom Alexa Skills Bring Us Closer to a Voice-First Future

Posted on June 13, 2018 by ddeal

Amazon continues to create a voice-first future. In April, Amazon launched Alexa Skill Blueprints, which makes it possible for anyone to create their own Alexa skills and responses, with no coding required. And now Amazon has made Alexa Skill Blueprints … Continue reading →

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Why Amazon Prime May Be the Future of On-Demand Living

Posted on May 2, 2018 by ddeal

Amazon fed investors a smorgasbord of impressive performance statistics in its quarterly earnings announcement April 25 – such as a 43-percent increase in year-over-year revenues and the generation of $1.4 billion in operating income for Q1 2018. But by the … Continue reading →

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Boom! Amazon Makes Voice a Whole Lot Bigger

Posted on April 19, 2018 by ddeal

Amazon just extended its influence on how everyday people live. Today Amazon announced the launch of Alexa Blueprints, which makes it possible for anyone to create their own Alexa skills and responses with the popular voice assistant – and no … Continue reading →

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Amazon: One Industry to Rule Them All?

Posted on February 21, 2018 by ddeal

For once, Amazon is playing catch-up. The great disruptor is just another player in the entertainment space. Amazon Studios, its TV and movie arm, is still looking for a blockbuster like Game of Thrones to compete in an elite league … Continue reading →

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Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg Want to Change How We Live

Posted on December 2, 2017 by ddeal

Recently Amazon and Facebook announced new products that will extend their reach into the corporate world: Amazon’s Alexa for Business, unveiled November 30, is a platform for a business’s employees to use the Amazon Alexa voice assistant (in Amazon Echo … Continue reading →

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Why Amazon Bought Whole Foods: To Beat Walmart

Posted on June 16, 2017 by ddeal

Why did Amazon buy Whole Foods? To beat Walmart in the war for the on-demand grocery shopper. As announced June 16, Amazon and Whole Foods have agreed that Amazon will acquire Whole Foods Market for $42 per share in an all-cash … Continue reading →

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Is HomePod Apple’s Death Star in the Music Streaming Wars?

Posted on June 5, 2017 by ddeal

Apple’s newly announced HomePod smart speaker is more than Apple’s answer to Amazon Echo and Google Home in the battle for your home – it’s quite possibly Apple’s major advantage in the music streaming wars. In unveiling the HomePod June 5 … Continue reading →

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Let Us Now Praise Jeff Bezos

Posted on May 10, 2017 by ddeal

Jeff Bezos is the Abraham Lincoln of the business world: he doesn’t let critics stop him from making history. The success of the Amazon Echo encapsulates his resiliency perfectly. eMarketer recently reported that Echo owns more than 70 percent of … Continue reading →

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Amazon and Walmart Fight for the On-Demand Grocery Shopper

Posted on March 29, 2017 by ddeal

On March 28, Amazon fired a shot in its war with Walmart to define the future of the $600 billion grocery industry. The world’s biggest online retailer announced the beta launch of AmazonFresh Pickup, an on-demand grocery service. With AmazonFresh … Continue reading →

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Amazon Wants to Be Your Personal Stylist

Posted on March 24, 2017 by ddeal

Amazon sure knows how to keep everyone off balance. While retailers are figuring out how to use automated chatbots to service customers, Amazon is pushing a new personal styling feature that relies on the human touch. The Launch of Outfit … Continue reading →

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