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Apple & Google Brands Drop Big in Latest Survey

March 22, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

A Drop So Surprising that Reuters Deems it Newsworthy
Apple

Reuters is reporting that the Apple and Google brands both saw precipitous drops in their brand reputation in the latest version of an annual survey conducted by the respected Harris Poll. At the same time, and perhaps offering a dire warning, Amazon came in at number one (again!) and Tesla saw a big jump in their brand reputation.

See more on the somewhat surprising results of this latest brand survey… [Read more…] about Apple & Google Brands Drop Big in Latest Survey

Filed Under: Brands, Statistics, Survey Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon.com, Apple, Google

Amazon Invests in Another Smart Home Startup

March 7, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

Popular Executive Leaves the Company

Photo of the Ecobee4Just one week after Amazon made a widely reported purchase of video doorbell maker Ring (for a reported eye-popping $1 billion), we learn that it has made another investment into the smart home space, taking a share of smart thermostat maker Ecobee. Although this was an investment made through their Amazon Alexa Fund and not an outright acquisition, it seems pretty clear that Amazon is getting very serious about the smart home business.

See more on this unexpected development from Amazon… [Read more…] about Amazon Invests in Another Smart Home Startup

Filed Under: Brands, Financial, News, Retailers, Tech Trends Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Alexa Fund, Ecobee, Ecobee 4

Nearly 60% of Prime Users Say No to Amazon Key

November 8, 2017 by Ted 3 Comments

Photo of Amazon Key service deliverConsumer’s Front Door an Impenetrable Barrier to Online Delivery People

Gifted visionaries like Jeff Bezos can image amazing products and convenient services. For example, like designing the world’s easiest online shopping site…and, dreaming of having consumers purchase goods online to be delivered IN their home. Today, in 37 cities across the United States, Amazon is launching its new delivery service where deliveries are placed past your temporarily unlocked front door and placed into your home…thanks to a special $250 door lock and cloud camera packaged solution that can be temporarily opened for the delivery person, called Amazon Key.

See what Amazon Prime subscribers think of Key in a survey by Recode… [Read more…] about Nearly 60% of Prime Users Say No to Amazon Key

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Research, Statistics, Survey, Tech Trends Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Key, delivery, Prime

Lawyer Warns: Alexa is ‘Betraying You’

November 2, 2017 by Ted 3 Comments

Smart Devices Put 1st Amendment Rights at Risk, Lawyer Says

Photo of Robert Stahl
Robert G. Stahl
Stahl Criminal Defense Lawyers

As we perused the newswire services Monday, one release, from a New Jersey criminal defense law firm, caught our eye. Titled, “Are Your Smart Devices Betraying You?” the release was written more like a poison warning label than a news release. Your smart device, Westfield, NJ-based Stahl Criminal Defense Lawyers said, are “always on and potentially recording or transmitting.”

You should be concerned Stahl says, as your First Amendment rights are at risk… [Read more…] about Lawyer Warns: Alexa is ‘Betraying You’

Filed Under: Brands, Law, Manufacturers, News, Tech Trends Tagged With: Alexa, Amazon, Amazon Echo, Google, Google Home, your rights

They’re Back – Amazon to Present a CEDIA 2017 Keynote

August 16, 2017 by Ted 1 Comment

Photo from Amazon Keynote
CEDIA 2016 – Charlie Kindel of Amazon Alexa tells integrators that Amazon wants to work with them.

CEDIA announced today that like last year, Amazon will offer a sponsored keynote presentation at the upcoming CEDIA 2017 show in San Diego. The Amazon keynote will take place on Thursday, September 7, from 2:00PM – 3:00PM in the San Diego Convention Center Ballroom 20A.

See more on this Amazon CEDIA keynote… [Read more…] about They’re Back – Amazon to Present a CEDIA 2017 Keynote

Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Marketing, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Alexa, CEDIA, voice control

Are Amazon Geeks Geekier than Best Buy’s?

July 20, 2017 by Ted Leave a Comment

Amazon Tests In-Home Installations

Best Buy store and Geek Squad truckRecode is reporting that Amazon is testing an installation service for smart home products in several key test markets – in direct competition with Best Buy’s Geek Squad. While these two giants battle over the rights to install smart home solutions into the home, where does this leave the independent integrator?

See more of what we learned from Recode… [Read more…] about Are Amazon Geeks Geekier than Best Buy’s?

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Integrators, Management, News, People, Pivot Point, Retailers, Strategy Tagged With: Amazon, Apple Genius, Best Buy, Geek Squad

Voice-Enabled Device Usage Will Grow Nearly 130% This Year

May 11, 2017 by Ted Leave a Comment

eMarketer logoMomentum continues to build for voice-enabled devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home products, according to new data and forecast from eMarketer. Usage rates also appear to be increasing for the broader category of virtual assistants, such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Now and Microsoft’s Cortana.

See more on this all-new data on voice-enabled and virtual assistant market… [Read more…] about Voice-Enabled Device Usage Will Grow Nearly 130% This Year

Filed Under: Brands, Research, Statistics, Tech Trends Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Alexa, Google, Google Home, Microsoft Cortana

Sprint Throws a Life Preserver to Drowning Tidal

January 25, 2017 by Ted Leave a Comment

Cash Infusion Buys Time for Struggling Service

Tidal logoTidal, the musician-owned music streaming service put together by rapper Jay Z, announced this week that it has sold a third of the company to telecom giant Sprint. Although the original announcement did not disclose the price, Billboard, the music industry trade journal, said that Sprint invested $200 million for a 33% stake in the company.

See more on the dynamic situation surrounding Tidal… [Read more…] about Sprint Throws a Life Preserver to Drowning Tidal

Filed Under: Financial, Industry Trends, News, Pivot Point, Strategy Tagged With: Amazon, Apple Music, Google, Jay Z, Pandora, Shawn Carter, Spotify, Sprint, streaming, Tidal

Want an Amazon Echo? Sorry…All Sold Out for Christmas

December 22, 2016 by Ted 1 Comment

Amazon Echo
Amazon Echo

We’ve been reporting lately on the growing popularity of voice control. Driven largely by the introduction of Amazon’s Echo in 2014, which featured a dramatic improvement in performance over previous hands free systems like Siri, voice control has been picking up momentum with consumers and attracting new competitors like Google with its Home model, and soon Microsoft with Cortana.

But news services are reporting that Amazon has sold out of the Echo right in the heart of the holidays. Not good…

Amazon running out of Echo shows the difficulty in predicting inventory needs… [Read more…] about Want an Amazon Echo? Sorry…All Sold Out for Christmas

Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Echo, Dot, Google, Google Home

Voice Control: Time to Jump In…or Wait?

December 7, 2016 by Ted Leave a Comment

In Wake of CEDIA, Industry Debates How Hot Voice Control Is

Scene showing Alexa voice controlOne of the keynote presentations at CEDIA 2016, was from Amazon – the monster online retailer. Amazon executive Charlie Kindel introduced the custom integration attendees to the Amazon Echo, Tap, and Dot…essentially Internet appliances that all feature their Alexa voice control technology. Then, late in the presentation, Kindel announced the company has developed a way for Alexa to interface with home systems – and even forged integration partnerships with Lutron, Crestron, Control4 and others.

And just like that, CEDIA 2016 became the voice control show… [Read more…] about Voice Control: Time to Jump In…or Wait?

Filed Under: Associations, Industry Trends, Manufacturers, News, Pivot Point, Shows & Events, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Alexa, Amazon, CEDIA, CEDIA 2016, Charlie Kindel, Echo, Residential Systems, Ted Green

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