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Usage of voice has plateaued — for now
Compared with past growth, 2020 survey data show flat-to-declining usage....
Apple’s Siri gets first major redesign in years
Plus there is a new Apple Translate app that is private and...
What Safari’s 7-day cap on script-writeable storage means for PWA developers
Now marketers know how their days are...
Google adds Siri Shortcuts to its iOS apps
Users can tell Siri to ‘search with Google,’ ‘send email’ and...
Apple’s big maps makeover now available across U.S., Europe coming soon
Apple Maps needs a 'breakout' feature. Could that be...
Nine voice search stats to close out 2019
A look back at some of the year's key voice search and virtual assistant metrics. ...
Google Maps the dominant local search tool, followed by Facebook and Yelp
The average user is on a smartphone at home – and is most likely to visit a business the next day after a local search....
Voice assistant study: Microsoft’s Cortana offers most answers, Google Assistant proves most accurate
Perficient Digital ran 5,000 queries on seven devices including Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant (Home, smartphones) and Siri....
Apple accused of favoring its own properties in App Store results
Apple says it has now adjusted its algorithm to reduce the visibility of the company's apps in key categories....
Voice assistant usage now at ‘critical mass’ as Google Assistant crowned smartest
Google Assistant scored 93%, Siri 83% and Alexa got 80% of answers right in a recent study....
Do local citations matter anymore? Five local SEOs sound off
A range of opinions about how much attention to devote to...
Study: 48% of consumers use voice assistants for general web search
Despite concerns about accuracy and privacy, the Adobe survey presents a mostly positive outlook for voice and virtual...
The third-party browser tracking cookie is dead. What’s next?
Why cookies are going away and how marketers can acquire more new customers without them using first-party...
DuckDuckGo expands its maps UI with a few familiar features
Map re-querying, local autocomplete and a dedicated maps tab are now...
Alexa, Google Home now battling perception of being ‘surveillance’ devices
A new incident fuels the perception that smart speakers are spying on their...
What two big studies tell us about the state of local marketing
New research from SOCi and FreshChalk point toward best practices and reveal how most local marketers are failing to execute....
Is voice over-hyped? A new survey suggests lower adoption than previously thought
iPhones dominate usage, despite aggressive promotion of the Google Assistant. ...
Apple Maps refresh: Better data, more detail and a new ‘street view’
New basemap data and 3D imagery power new 'Look Around' feature....
App-marketer spending on Apple Search Ads Grew by 90% in less than a year
The data come from Kenshoo's Q1 2019 Quarterly Trends Report, capturing trends from more than $6 billion in ad spend....
Searching for facts, directions, local businesses are top digital assistant use cases, says survey
Smart speaker ownership jumped from 23 percent to 45 percent of respondents since last year's survey from Microsoft....