The BBC has revealed it is planning to launch a digital voice assistant next year similar to Amazon’s Alexa service. It will not be a hardware device in its own right but rather software designed to work on all smart speakers, TVs and mobiles. The plan is to activate it with the wake-word Beeb, although […]
The global smart speaker market grew 55.4 per cent in Q2 to reach 26.1 million units, according to Canalys. Amazon continued to lead with 6.6 million units shipped. Google, however, fell to the third spot as China’s Baidu surged ahead. Baidu in Q2 grew 3,700 per cent to reach 4.5 million units, overtaking Google’s 4.3 […]
Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) dominate the cloud market, but the demand for edge computing could shift the balance towards operators believes analyst Chetan Sharma. In Edge Internet Economy The Multi-Trillion Dollar Ecosystem Opportunity, Sharma estimates
Global sales of smart speakers continued to soar in the second quarter of 2019, reaching 30.3 million units, nearly double the same period in 2018, according to research from Strategy Analytics. With a 21.9 per cent share Amazon remained the leading brand, although its share has fallen from 29.1 per cent in Q2 2018. Google […]
LG Electronics has revealed the results of an experiment in collaboration with Realeyes – the emotion AI company – to analyse the physical and emotional responses to its 2019 OLED TV versus its 2013 LED TV, the latter representing the most common type of TV in homes across the UK. To inform the experiment, LG […]
WSC Sports, a leader in AI-powered sports video content, announced it has raised $23 million (€25.69m) in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total funding to$39 million. The new capital will be used to further expand WSC’s growth across new sports, products and geographic regions. This funding round was led by Eyal Ofer’s O.G. Tech […]
The Walt Disney Co has revealed plans to offer US consumers a streaming bundle of Disney+, ESPN+, and advertising-supported Hulu for $12.99 (€11.60) a month, beginning November 12th, setting out its stall in what is likely to become a fiercely-fought battle with competing SVoD services. The pricing matches the most popular subscription from Netflix, with […]
Following the success of BBC Click’s personalised, interactive episode, the Corporation’s R&D team is continuing to explore object-based formats powered by its StoryKit tool. For its latest project, it commissioned independent production company Spirit to produce Instagramifaction, a documentary about the good, the bad and the ugly of the world’s fastest-growing social network. Following research […]
DISH has began rolling out a software update on the company’s Hopper family receivers that allows its customers in the US to access the Google Assistant via the DISH voice remote at no additional cost. Customers can use the DISH voice remote to ask the Assistant questions related to what they’re watching, as well as […]
UK and global consumers overwhelmingly agree that online digital technology has positively impacted their lives according to the State of Digital Lifestyles research report from Limelight Networks, a provider of edge cloud services. The survey of consumers in nine countries shows digital device adoption is on the rise, but performance frustrations and security concerns remain. […]