Groupon announced that it has acquired Presence AI – an AI-powered text and voice communications tool that enables and facilitates messaging between customers and merchants. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Consumers – especially millennials – vastly prefer messaging and chat-based communications over phone calls. Presence AI enables merchants to answer to that trend […]
People use digital assistants to help with basic tasks and questions, but some don’t use the devices frequently, indicating lost opportunities for improved efficiency. While some people raise concerns about recent privacy scandals, they are still willing to invest in digital assistants like Amazon Echo. Nearly half of people (48 per cent) currently own a […]
Microsoft and Oracle to interconnect Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. Experts say it’s a jab at cloud computing leader Amazon Web Services. Microsoft and Oracle recently announced a cloud interoperability partnership, enabling customers to migrate and run mission-critical enterprise workloads across Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. According to the press release shared by Microsoft, enterprises […]
Google says the gallery ads are part of an effort to make search results more visual. Whether you are Googling on the couch, fiddling with Maps in the car or swiping through the Discover feed on the toilet, expect Alphabet Inc’s Google to put ads in several new spots this year. The search giant announced an […]
Ambitious government plans are ensuring that the region becomes one of the fastest-growing cloud-based markets. “We are betting on the cloud. We’re betting big on Amazon,” said Salman Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain. He was referring to cloud computing giant Amazon opening its first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Region in Bahrain. The Bahrain government is […]
