“’We went from zero to 100 million in four years on a device that had never been seen on the planet before,’ she said. ‘So we didn’t get in front of it and really prepare people for what the reality was.’ Luckily, or frighteningly, she said, 93 percent of consumers will give away their data…
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Cisco opens up its MindMeld voice AI platform
“Cisco announced Wednesday that it’s releasing MindMeld under an open-source Apache 2.0 license. The move is meant to lower the adoption barrier for enterprises looking to add voice features to their applications. Since acquiring MindMeld, Cisco has integrated the platform its Webex video conferencing platform. The company last month launched a feature called Webex Assistant the…
Bank of America bets digital transformation can offset rising expenses elsewhere – ZDNet
Jackpot…this article on Bank of America is a goldmine of data for mobile, voice and digital. Use these numbers in your next business case pitch for capital funding. “The bank said that it ended its first quarter with 27.1 million active mobile banking users, up 9 percent from a year ago, and digital sales were…
Alexa skills top 80,000 after a big Alexa-powered holiday season
“Amazon had also said last month that more than 100 million Alexa devices had been sold to date, including the Echo Dot and other Echo-branded devices, along with those from third-parties. Google, of course, quickly responded with a note that its Assistant AI will be on a billion devices by the end of January. A…