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Amazon Echo leads smart speaker market with 76% share

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Trendspotting: Amazon Echo still leads smart speaker market at 70% share, followed by Google Home at 25% (Report)

BY CLINTON STARK — 08.08.2019

Amazon’s early bet on Alexa and smart speakers and assistants continues to payoff. A new report today shows CEO Jeff Bezos and team with a…

Trendspotting: Amazon Echo Dot dominates voice-activated digital assistant market

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Amazon sets sights on Sonos, developing rival high-end audio speaker

BY CLINTON STARK — 07.12.2019

AI-powered smart speakers are convenient. But, for the most part, they could sound much better.

Global Internet User Growth: Report and trends by Mary Meeker

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Trendspotting: Internet user growth slows, smartphone shipments decline + other trends (Mary Meeker Report)

BY CLINTON STARK — 06.11.2019

Global internet user growth is still growing, but slower than before. Per Bond Capital partner Mary Meeker, year-over-year growth slowed to +6% versus +7% the…

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Amazon Showcases Latest Prime Air Drone Design: 15 mile range, 5 pound payload, 30 minute deliveries

BY MIKE CARRALL — 06.05.2019

And you thought same day delivery was fast?! Amazon today took the wraps off its latest update to the much-hyped Prime Air. Designed to travel…

Introducing Echo Show 5 – Compact smart display with Alexa

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Smart Home News: Amazon Echo Show 5 smart speaker takes on Google Nest Hub

BY MIKE CARRALL — 05.29.2019

Say hello to Amazon’s new, compact smart display, the Echo Show 5. Given the success of smart home devices — and especially smart speakers —…

All-New Fire 7 Tablet (7" display, 16 GB, with Special Offers) - Black

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Amazon releases “new” Fire 7 Tablet, starts at $49.99 and ships this summer

BY MIKE CARRALL — 05.17.2019

Amazon has updated the Fire 7, its budget-friendly, entry level tablet. With 16GB and special offers (ads), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) will reportedly start shipping the…

Spotify market share report Apple Music 2019 growth

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Trendspotting: Apple Music hits 28M users, passes Spotify at 26M users

BY MIKE CARRALL — 04.05.2019

In the war for streaming music subscribers Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is apparently making major inroads. According to reports today, Apple Music had 28 million users…

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Apple News Plus is Here: 300 magazines, $9.99 per month subscription

BY MIKE CARRALL — 03.25.2019

First music. Then movies. Now Apple targets the newspaper and magazine industry for disruption.

Google Home Hub smart speaker with display: Continued Conversations icon

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Continued Conversation: Fewer Okay Googles needed for Google Home Hub

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.08.2019

Continued Conversation for Google Home smart speakers is here. Basically the new feature enables you to continue issuing voice commands without having to continually say…

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Sonos One 2nd gen gets updated internals — app still better than Amazon Echo

BY CLINTON STARK — 03.06.2019

The superb Sonos App for music control keeps its speakers like the Sonos One a step ahead.