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12-01-2017, 02:31 AM
Amazon is bringing Alexa to the workplace
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Alexa (https://www.amazon.com/Alexa-for-Business-Starter-Kit/dp/B077PDXWWX/?tag=mashable-editpost-20) is coming to the workplace, maybe even yours.
Amazon announced on Thursday that its digital voice assistant will soon book appointments and take office calls as part of a new service called Alexa for Business (https://www.amazon.com/Alexa-for-Business-Starter-Kit/dp/B077PDXWWX/?tag=mashable-editpost-20).
The push aims to extend the online giant’s wide lead over rivals like Apple's Siri, Google's Assistant, and Microsoft’s Cortana as competition heats up in a market that analysts say could transform the way people interact with technology.*
SEE ALSO: Canada, meet Amazon Alexa (http://mashable.com/2017/11/15/amazon-alexa-available-in-canada/)
In addition to all the same functions that Alexa performs through home Echo devices (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XCM9LJ4/?tag=mashable-editpost-20)—temperature adjustments, light settings, kitchen management—Amazon is working with a variety of enterprise companies like video conferencing firm Polycom and travel and expensing system Concur to design work-specific tasks. Companies can also build their own through Amazon’s developer platform. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/amazon-alexa-for-business/)
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Alexa (https://www.amazon.com/Alexa-for-Business-Starter-Kit/dp/B077PDXWWX/?tag=mashable-editpost-20) is coming to the workplace, maybe even yours.
Amazon announced on Thursday that its digital voice assistant will soon book appointments and take office calls as part of a new service called Alexa for Business (https://www.amazon.com/Alexa-for-Business-Starter-Kit/dp/B077PDXWWX/?tag=mashable-editpost-20).
The push aims to extend the online giant’s wide lead over rivals like Apple's Siri, Google's Assistant, and Microsoft’s Cortana as competition heats up in a market that analysts say could transform the way people interact with technology.*
SEE ALSO: Canada, meet Amazon Alexa (http://mashable.com/2017/11/15/amazon-alexa-available-in-canada/)
In addition to all the same functions that Alexa performs through home Echo devices (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XCM9LJ4/?tag=mashable-editpost-20)—temperature adjustments, light settings, kitchen management—Amazon is working with a variety of enterprise companies like video conferencing firm Polycom and travel and expensing system Concur to design work-specific tasks. Companies can also build their own through Amazon’s developer platform. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/30/amazon-alexa-for-business/)
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