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Echo and Home will probably have to tell you they’re always listening — in Europe
As smart speakers proliferate around the world, some governments will require strong privacy disclosures and consent to recording....
Apple Search Ads expanding to Canada, Mexico & Switzerland
New countries will be available in the platform starting October...
Google’s ‘Manhattan project’: Home device with a screen to compete with Echo Show
Can Google Home emerge from Amazon Echo's shadow?...
Amazon just upped the ante in the battle of the virtual assistants
Smart speakers are the 'gateway drug' to smart home adoption....
Apple switches back to Google search results for iOS & Mac
After serving Bing web search results in iOS and Mac for a few years, Apple has just switched the results back to Google, its original search...
Report: Google to debut ‘Home Mini’ smart speaker for $49 on October 4
The device is Google's answer to the low-cost Amazon Echo Dot....
Google iOS app now makes related content suggestions
An expandable carousel at the bottom of the page will show related stories and content pages....
Google responds to Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention with AdWords tracking update
A new Google Analytics cookie is designed to keep ad tracking from Safari intact for AdWords campaigns....
Alexa and Cortana will soon work together, allowing each to access the other
You'll soon be able to ask Alexa to "open Cortana" and vice versa....
Augmented Reality: Where are we now, and what does it mean for marketers?
With big players like Facebook and Apple committing to the technology, contributor Brian Smith argues that AR is becoming more than just a...
Will iOS 11 help solve Google’s AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) URL problems?
Tests using Safari on iOS 11 beta 7 show URLs are converted back to original when saving or sharing to apps via Share...
Analyst: Google’s default search deal worth $3 billion to frenemy Apple
Bernstein analyst says that payments by Google to Apple this year might be worth as much as $3 billion....
Apple Search Ads: Still tapping after 6 months of testing
Columnist Anna Shirley shares her impressions of Apple's App Store search ads platform, highlighting its positive and negative...
Apple reportedly hiring dozens of new mapping experts and engineers
Apple Maps could be the beneficiary of the company's push into augmented reality and "autonomous systems."...
NPR survey: Americans love their smart speakers, 42% call them ‘essential’
There may already be 20 million virtual assistants in US households....
Report: 43% of millennials have made a voice-device purchase in past year
Also, Kayak introduces ability to book a hotel room through Alexa devices....
WSJ: How Siri went from virtual assistant market leader to laggard
Internal cultural issues and employee departures have impacted Siri's...
Apple Maps adds indoor mapping for malls and airports, Do Not Disturb mode
Google and Bing already offer similar indoor...
Report: Google planning to bring its Assistant to the iPhone
Google also expected to announce integration of the Assistant into GE appliances....
How to optimize for voice search
Inspired by a recent presentation at SMX West, columnist Sherry Bonelli discusses why small businesses and local search marketers need to be...
