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| 2020 | Voice AI 2020 Predictions from 46 Voice Industry Pros | Voice AI 2020 Predictions from 46 Voice Industry Pros
Bret Kinsella on January 1, 2020 at 2:14 pm
Today we start a new year and a new decade. The past decade has in many ways been about the dominance of mobile followed by the rise of voice ... |
| Jul 30, 2019 | North American Marketers See Most Potential in Alexa Over Google Assistant by a Wide Margin | North American Marketers See Most Potential in Alexa Over Google Assistant by a Wide Margin
Bret Kinsella on July 30, 2019 at 5:15 pm
Marketers in the U.S. and Canada say Amazon Alexa has the most potential among voice assistants both in th... |
| Jul 3, 2019 | Amazon Alexa Skill Growth Declines Worldwide in the First Half of 2019, But Alexa Skills Pass 60k in U.S. and 30k in U.K. | Amazon Alexa Skill Growth Declines Worldwide in the First Half of 2019, But Alexa Skills Pass 60k in U.S. and 30k in U.K.
Bret Kinsella on July 3, 2019 at 3:54 pm
Amazon Alexa skill growth in the U.S. fell from an average of 85 new skills p... |
| May 3, 2019 | Spotify is Testing Voice-Enabled Audio Ads for Unilever Brand AXE | Spotify is Testing Voice-Enabled Audio Ads for Unilever Brand AXE
Bret Kinsella on May 3, 2019 at 12:31 pm
Spotify is testing voice-enabled audio ads for Unilever and its own podcast properties according to a story published yesterday in Ad... |
| 2019 | 2019 Predictions From 35 Voice Industry Leaders | 2019 Predictions From 35 Voice Industry Leaders
Bret Kinsella on January 1, 2019 at 8:11 pm
Our list of 2019 predictions for the voice industry was contributed by 35 Voice Insider readers. One email was sent out and the responses are below,... |
| Dec 31, 2018 | The Top 10 Voice Industry Stories of 2018 | The Top 10 Voice Industry Stories of 2018
Bret Kinsella on December 31, 2018 at 12:40 pm
The top story in the voice industry in 2018 according to Voicebot readers was Google Duplex. This story started in May, created a mini-controversies ab... |
| Nov 15, 2018 | Studies Confirm that Music Listening is the Killer App of Smart Speakers | Studies Confirm that Music Listening is the Killer App of Smart Speakers
Bret Kinsella on November 15, 2018 at 9:43 am
Several studies have confirmed that music listening is the most popular use case for smart speakers. The Voicebot Smart S... |
| Aug 19, 2018 | Implement Voice SEO on Amazon Alexa with Nameless Invocation | Implement Voice SEO on Amazon Alexa with Nameless Invocation
Pat Higbie on August 19, 2018 at 3:31 pm
Amazon announced a new feature on May 30th that is designed to improve Alexa skill discovery. Nameless invocation, also known as CanFulfil... |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Adobe and TuneIn to Deliver Targeted Ads to Smart Speaker Users | Adobe and TuneIn to Deliver Targeted Ads to Smart Speaker Users
Bret Kinsella on June 22, 2018 at 7:15 am
Advertises can now use Adobe Advertising Cloud to deliver ads to consumers while listening to TuneIn stations on their smart speaker
A... |
| Jun 6, 2018 | XAPPmedia Passes 1,000 Paid Voice Apps on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant | XAPPmedia Passes 1,000 Paid Voice Apps on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant
Caroline Kinsella on June 6, 2018 at 1:57 pm
XAPPmedia announced this morning that the company has hit (and passed) the 1,000-mark for paid voice app launches on it... |
| May 31, 2018 | Amazon is About to Make Alexa Skill Discovery Much Better for Everyone | Amazon is About to Make Alexa Skill Discovery Much Better for Everyone
Bret Kinsella on May 31, 2018 at 12:16 pm
Amazon made a quiet announcement yesterday encouraging developers to experiment with a new feature called CanFulfillIntentReque... |
| May 14, 2018 | Google Assistant Developer Panel with Jochen Emig of Onsei and Michael Myers of XAPPmedia – Voicebot Podcast Ep. 43 | Google Assistant Developer Panel with Jochen Emig of Onsei and Michael Myers of XAPPmedia – Voicebot Podcast Ep. 43
Bret Kinsella on May 14, 2018 at 10:02 am
This week’s episode is all about Google Assistant. Experienced Google Assistant de... |
| Apr 25, 2018 | Amazon Quickly Closes Off Potential Alexa Security Issue | Amazon Quickly Closes Off Potential Alexa Security Issue
Bret Kinsella on April 25, 2018 at 2:56 pm
A researcher at security software company Checkmarx has a demonstration of a hack that enabled the developer to transcribe comments made in ... |
| Apr 19, 2018 | Alexa Skill Blueprints Mean Everyone Can Have a Personal Alexa Skill with No Coding | Alexa Skill Blueprints Mean Everyone Can Have a Personal Alexa Skill with No Coding
Bret Kinsella on April 19, 2018 at 2:04 pm
Amazon has announced a new Alexa Skill Blueprints feature that enables anyone to build an Alexa skill without cod... |
| Mar 15, 2018 | Westwood One Sports Brings Every NCAA Tournament Game to Alexa | Westwood One Sports Brings Every NCAA Tournament Game to Alexa
Bret Kinsella on March 15, 2018 at 4:10 pm
The Westwood One Sports Alexa skill debuted in February just in time to live-broadcast from the Olympics in PyeongChang. This month it... |
| Mar 9, 2018 | Google Assistant Apps Now Support Digital Purchases, Notifications, Media Playback and More | Google Assistant Apps Now Support Digital Purchases, Notifications, Media Playback and More
Bret Kinsella on March 9, 2018 at 5:30 pm
Google Assistant apps now can take advantage of several new features announced today including digital pur... |
| Feb 23, 2018 | XAPPmedia Launches Self-Service Platform for Podcast Alexa Skills | XAPPmedia Launches Self-Service Platform for Podcast Alexa Skills
Ava Mutchler on February 23, 2018 at 8:00 am
Yesterday XAPPmedia launched a new self-service offering for podcasters called Voice Cast. The new solution allows podcasters to ... |
| Feb 11, 2018 | Apple HomePod Has a Privacy Flaw That No One is Talking About | Apple HomePod Has a Privacy Flaw That No One is Talking About
Bret Kinsella on February 11, 2018 at 1:38 pm
Apple HomePod had its official launch date Friday and Apple is stressing sound quality. It is not emphasizing the Siri voice assista... |
| Dec 20, 2017 | 2018 Voice Assistant Predictions from 20 Innovators | 2018 Voice Assistant Predictions from 20 Innovators
Bret Kinsella on December 20, 2017 at 12:33 pm
Voicebot reached out to 20 innovators working with voice assistant and AI technologies to get their predictions for 2018. The predictions ran... |
| Nov 10, 2017 | National Geographic Uses Google Assistant App to Help Veterans | National Geographic Uses Google Assistant App to Help Veterans
Bret Kinsella on November 10, 2017 at 3:30 pm
National Geographic has launched a new Google Assistant app designed to help veterans through mediation and mindfulness exercises a... |
| Oct 18, 2017 | XAPPmedia Announces 450 Voice Apps Live on Alexa, Assistant & Cortana | XAPPmedia Announces 450 Voice Apps Live on Alexa, Assistant & Cortana
Ava Mutchler on October 18, 2017 at 4:00 pm
Today XAPPmedia announced it now has 450 voice apps live on Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Microsoft Cortana, a signif... |
| Oct 10, 2017 | Voicebot Podcast Episode 11 – XAPPmedia CEO Pat Higbie Talks Scale for Voice App Deployment | Voicebot Podcast Episode 11 – XAPPmedia CEO Pat Higbie Talks Scale for Voice App Deployment
Bret Kinsella on October 10, 2017 at 12:15 pm
Pat Higbie, XAPPmedia CEO
Pat Higbie is CEO and co-founder of XAPPmedia which delivers voice interacti... |
| Sep 27, 2017 | XAPPmedia’s New Self-Service Platform Lets Radio Stations Create an Alexa Skill in Five Minutes | XAPPmedia’s New Self-Service Platform Lets Radio Stations Create an Alexa Skill in Five Minutes
Ava Mutchler on September 27, 2017 at 12:22 pm
Today XAPPmedia launched a new self-service solution called Voice Radio which allows radio statio... |
| Sep 5, 2017 | XAPPmedia Announces 119 Radio Stations Now Live with Alexa Skills | XAPPmedia Announces 119 Radio Stations Now Live with Alexa Skills
Ava Mutchler on September 5, 2017 at 12:58 pm
Last March, XAPPmedia developed the first custom Alexa skill for a radio station, making Federated Media’s B100 the first radio ... |
| Jul 18, 2017 | Why You Want Amazon to Provide Alexa Skill Utterance Data to Developers | Why You Want Amazon to Provide Alexa Skill Utterance Data to Developers
Bret Kinsella on July 18, 2017 at 5:38 pm
The Information reported (paywall) last week that Amazon may start providing Alexa skill utterance data to developers. Citing ... |
| Jun 23, 2017 | 8 Experts Offer Tips for Building Better Actions for Google Home | 8 Experts Offer Tips for Building Better Actions for Google Home
Bret Kinsella on June 23, 2017 at 12:20 pm
For the final installment of our four-part series on building better voice applications, Voicebot asked 8 experts for advice when de... |
| Jun 16, 2017 | 10 Experts Offer Tips for Building Better Alexa Skills | 10 Experts Offer Tips for Building Better Alexa Skills
Bret Kinsella on June 16, 2017 at 8:40 am
The past two weeks we asked developers for general advice on what to do and what not to do when building voice applications. This week we go fo... |
| Jun 9, 2017 | 10 Experts Offer Tips for Building Interactive Voice Applications | 10 Experts Offer Tips for Building Interactive Voice Applications
Ava Mutchler on June 9, 2017 at 8:58 am
Last week, Voicebot reached out to 11 voice application development experts and asked them to highlight common mistakes that developer... |
| Jun 2, 2017 | Avoid These 11 Common Mistakes When Building Voice Applications | Avoid These 11 Common Mistakes When Building Voice Applications
Bret Kinsella on June 2, 2017 at 9:50 am
Now that voice applications such as Alexa and Cortana Skills and Google Actions are proliferating, there is increased discussion about ... |
| May 12, 2017 | Amazon Alexa Calling and Messaging is a Great Feature That Puts Rivals on Defensive | Amazon Alexa Calling and Messaging is a Great Feature That Puts Rivals on Defensive
Bret Kinsella on May 12, 2017 at 8:31 am
The hullabaloo about the Echo Show being the first home-based voice assistant with a screen overshadowed the bigger... |
| Apr 18, 2017 | Invite 2000 People to Test Your Amazon Alexa Skill | Invite 2000 People to Test Your Amazon Alexa Skill
Bret Kinsella on April 18, 2017 at 2:19 pm
Amazon announced a new beta feature today for Alexa skill testing. Previously, you had to add someone to your Alexa developer account in order for... |
| Mar 29, 2017 | Progressive Insurance Becomes First Insurance Provider on Google Home | Progressive Insurance Becomes First Insurance Provider on Google Home
Ava Mutchler on March 29, 2017 at 2:00 pm
“Hey Google – let me talk to Progressive.” With those words Progressive Insurance announced earlier this week that it became the... |
| Mar 16, 2017 | XAPPmedia and Federated Media Launch First Amazon Alexa Skill for Radio | XAPPmedia and Federated Media Launch First Amazon Alexa Skill for Radio
Bret Kinsella on March 16, 2017 at 8:21 pm
XAPPmedia and Federated Media announced today the first Amazon Alexa skill for radio. There are at least a dozen stations wit... |
| Jan 12, 2017 | More Insurance Companies in the US and UK Launch Alexa Skills | More Insurance Companies in the US and UK Launch Alexa Skills
Bret Kinsella on January 12, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Two more insurance companies have launched Alexa skills this month. Yesterday, Ohio-based Grange Insurance announced a new Alexa skil... |
| Dec 28, 2016 | Publishers Consider Support for Both Alexa and Google Assistant | Publishers Consider Support for Both Alexa and Google Assistant
Bret Kinsella on December 28, 2016 at 9:00 am
Max Willens of Digiday made a solid addition to the voice assistant discussion track with last week’s article about how publishers... |
| Dec 12, 2016 | Rise Bar Rises Above the Crowd with New Alexa Skill, a First for Nutrition Bars | Rise Bar Rises Above the Crowd with New Alexa Skill, a First for Nutrition Bars
Ava Mutchler on December 12, 2016 at 12:01 pm
Rise Bar wants to do more than just provide delicious protein bars with five ingredients or less. The company’s st... |
| Oct 13, 2016 | Interview with Joseph Benson on Turning His Book into an Amazon Alexa Skill | Interview with Joseph Benson on Turning His Book into an Amazon Alexa Skill
Bret Kinsella on October 13, 2016 at 9:55 am
What is the origin of the Fifty-Seven Brand Haikus book?
CMOs are seeking a trusted source of knowledge about brand str... |
| Oct 7, 2016 | Alexa Skills Provide Presence, But Add a Voice Persona to Deliver a Distinctive Voice Experience | Alexa Skills Provide Presence, But Add a Voice Persona to Deliver a Distinctive Voice Experience
Pat Higbie on October 7, 2016 at 12:33 pm
Very few brands were on the web in 1994, a year after the first web browser was released. By 1995, th... |
| Oct 6, 2016 | Samsung’s Viv Acquisition Confirms the New Tech Battleground | Samsung’s Viv Acquisition Confirms the New Tech Battleground
Bret Kinsella on October 6, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Yesterday, Samsung announced is was acquiring Viv. You may not have heard of Viv. It is building a closely watched AI-driven voice assi... |
| Dec 10, 2015 | Announcing This Year's 50 on Fire Winners | Tonight, we unveiled the winners of 50 on Fire, a collection of companies, CEOs, startups and entrepreneurs that are driving the District's innovation economy.
From high-powered investors like Revolution to booming restaurant chain &piz... |
| May 15, 2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 5/15/15 | DocPlanner, DocuSign, Grab, Silversheet, Knod, Actiance, NerdWallet, Wave, MarkLogic, Instart Logic
Seed stage
Grab, formerly Grab a Grub, a food-logistics firm, raised a $1 million round of seed funding from Oliphans Capital Haresh Chawla.... |
| May 14, 2015 | XAPPmedia Receives $3.8M in Series A1 Funding | XAPPmedia, a Washington, DC-based provider of an interactive audio content and advertising service, received an additional $3.8m in Series A1 funding.
The investors were not disclosed.
The company, which has now raised $6.8m in total, inten... |
| May 14, 2015 | XAPPmedia Raises $3.8M to Expand Its Interactive Radio Ad Services | Washington, D.C.-based XAPPmedia, a developer of interactive voice command radio advertising, has raised a $3.8 million round led by a group of private investors. While the investors involved in the round remain unnamed, XAPPmedia co-founde... |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Funding roundup - week ending 4/25/14 | CorvisaCloud, Crate Data, Secretsales, FinancialForce, Stitch, ShopKeep POS, Pure Storage, Talixo
Seed stage
Travel planning service Utrip raised $750,000 in a seed funding round led by Matthew Upchurch and CB Alliance.
Estonian taxi compan... |
| Apr 24, 2014 | Internet radio ads get voice control as XAPPmedia lands $3M | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Internet radio on your mobile device is about to get a lot more interesting.
At least for ad agencies and listeners.
XAPPmedia, which p... |
| Apr 24, 2014 | XAPPmedia Raises $3M in Seed Funding |
WASHINGTON, DC, Provider of the first interactive audio advertising service, today announced that it has raised $3 million in seed funding.
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| Apr 23, 2014 | XAPPmedia Raises $3M in Seed Funding | XAPPmedia, a Washington, DC-based provider of an interactive audio advertising service, raised $3m in seed funding.
The company intends to use the funds to continue to develop and deploy its XAPPmedia advertising platform, XAPP Ads.
Founded... |
| Apr 22, 2014 | Xappmedia Raises $3M For Interactive Audio Ads | Xappmedia is announcing that it has raised $3 million in seed funding for its recently launched audio advertising platform.
The first part of a Xappmedia spot can sound like a regular ad, but then it offers a call to action. For example, an... |
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