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Amazon Alexa and Devices Division On Pace to Lose $10B; Div. in Crisis Mode

December 1, 2022 by Ted 6 Comments

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Charlie Kindel, then with Amazon, pitches Alexa and tells integrators that Amazon wants to work with them at CEDIA Expo 2016

This has to rank up there with one of the most spectacular product failures in tech history. According to leaked documents acquired by Insider, Amazon’s “Worldwide Digital” unit – the unit that includes Echo smart speakers, Alexa voice technology, and Prime Video streaming – lost over $3 billion in just the first quarter of this year. It is on pace to lose $10 billion for the year and the company has announced its largest layoffs ever – cutting more than 10,000 jobs…many targeted to hit this division specifically…as Amazon reorients their business strategy.

See the latest news on the failing Amazon Alexa business

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Filed Under: Management, Manufacturers, News, Products, Technology Tagged With: Alexa, Amazon, Charlie Kindel, Google Assistant, Siri

In Sonos’ Claim That It’s a Victim, Some Skeptics See a Rich Irony

January 16, 2020 by Ted 3 Comments

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This Friday, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence will testify before a Congressional committee (the House antitrust subcommittee) that is investigating the issue of competition in digital markets. Or, I should say, they are investigating whether the tech giants – Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, etc. – are engaging in anti-competitive activities in violation of the law. The Sonos CEO is likely to complain that Google is in fact anti-competitive. Spence’s appearance takes place literally just days after it has filed a major patent infringement lawsuit against Google – alleging that the tech giant stole its proprietary technology…making them a victim.

But some see this claim of Google victimizing Sonos as a bit of rich irony…

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Filed Under: Law, Manufacturers, Pivot Point, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Echo, Google Assistant

Oops! Google Doesn’t Mention Nest Secure Has a Microphone Built-In

February 21, 2019 by Ted 2 Comments

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Eyebrows raised everywhere when privacy-concerned industry watchers discovered that Google had put a microphone in their Nest Secure home alarm system, but failed to disclose that fact. Google says is was simply an “error.” But was it?

Read more on Google’s ‘error’…

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Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: AI, digital assistant, Google, Google Assistant, Nest, Nest Secure, privacy

New Study Says Voice-Controlled Assistants Aren’t Used Daily

October 18, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

eMarketer logoAs more research continues to emerge on consumer utilization of voice-controlled devices, it becomes clear that there are still impediments to end-users utilizing their voice-control capabilities regularly, according to research by Social Lens. A separate study by Nielsen reaffirms what Strata-gee has previously reported, that people use smart speakers more for listening to music, than for any other task…including voice-control of their home automation solutions.

See more on this pair of new studies on voice-controlled smart speakers… [Read more…] about New Study Says Voice-Controlled Assistants Aren’t Used Daily

Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Industry Trends, News, Products, Research, Statistics, Survey, Tech Trends Tagged With: Amazon Alexa, consumer, Cortana, Google Assistant, Siri, voice command, voice control, voice-controlled

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