Amazon announced an open source release of the Alexa Automotive Core (AAC) SDK, or Auto SDK, to help automakers integrate Alexa voice control into cars and their infotainment systems, screens often used for navigation, media, or climate control. The software development kit is free for download on GitHub and is optimised for bringing Alexa to […]
Creative technology agency Modern English have launched a ‘facial recognition playlist generator’ for music sensation, Dua Lipa. The ground-breaking new web-app uses an online social messenger premise to allow fans to interact with a Dua Lipa chat-bot and upload a selfie that is analysed to give them a personal playlist based on what mood their […]
Limitless, the UK-based inventor and provider of a SaaS platform offering crowd sourced customer service, is announcing its latest product – LimitlessLiveMessenger. LimitlessLiveMessenger is an asynchronous messaging product that can be easily deployed on any website and provides businesses with direct access to Limitless’ on-demand Crowd Service platform. The new product allows customers to route […]
Sizmek, one of the world’s largest independent buy-side advertising platform delivering impressions that inspire, announced a completely overhauled industry-leading Demand Side Platform (DSP). The new DSP presents an evolved user experience, providing clients with new screens and workflows for added transparency, control, and efficiency when managing budgets and programmatic spend. These enhancements ensure agencies have […]
If one concept loomed over our recent TugLife IV conference like, say, a killer robot with a dark plan to steal your job, move into your house and leave all your clothes on the lawn, it was, of course, AI. Don’t fear artificial intelligence, said speaker Pete Trainor, founder of custom AI specialist Talktous.ai, for […]
AI-based ad automation platform Bidalgo has unveiled a new product called Creative AI which aims to bring the power of artificial intelligence to helping marketers design high-performance ad creative. An integrated part of Bidalgo’s self-serve ad automative platform, Creative AI uses image- and video-recognition technology to analyse every component of an advertiser’s creative, down to each […]
Troy-Bilt and its agency of record, Marcus Thomas, launched a new campaign titled “Ask Troy,” which demonstrates the brand’s commitment to solving problems for homeowners and adding value throughout their journey in the yard. The campaign includes weather-triggered digital ads on Weather.com developed through a partnership with IBM/Watson, and the “Ask Troy-Bilt” Alexa skill on […]
Speak up and sit tight, let your personal assistant find your flight! 🛫 #GoogleAssistant #voice pic.twitter.com/FTCI5KWoPC — Royal Dutch Airlines (@KLM) July 26, 2018 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands, has brought its smart assistant to Google Assistant, enabling customers to use voice commands to search for KLM flights. KLM’s […]
Health drink brand Yakult is on a mission to teach common Japanese phrases to the public with a vending machine that rewards quick learners with a free bottle of ‘good bacteria’. In the UK, the company is looking to hit home its Japanese heritage by teaching members of the public Nippon, baited with the allure of a […]
Google has launched an AI drawing game as a ‘mini app’ within Tencent’s WeChat messaging platform, as it continues to make overtures towards re-entering the consumer market there. The majority of its products, including its internet search engine, email and app store, are currently blocked by Chinese authorities over censorship concerns. Last year, Google launched […]