Halloween, the annual celebration of the spooky and supernatural, is just a couple of days away. For many in payments and the vast ecosystem that it powers, the scariest thing about Oct. 31 might not be the sight of a kid in a full-on Frankenstein costume at the door on Halloween night asking for candy. […]
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Consumers are becoming increasingly comfortable chatting with popular brands’ virtual assistants, making the AI-powered technology one of the most impactful ways for brands to communicate with their customers. And with the increasing success of digital, voice and kiosk assistants, we can expect even more of these AI-powered personalities to emerge. In fact, recent research shows […]
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Two products being announced: Einstein Voice Assistant and Einstein Voice Bots. Einstein Voice Assistant promises more intuitive interaction with Salesforce tools and data; Voice Bots will enable Salesforce customers to build their own voice assistants quickly and simply. The products won’t be available until summer and winter 2019; pricing has not been determined. Ahead of […]
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Customized clothing and automation generally don’t exist comfortably in the same sentence, let alone in the same retail operation. Custom dressing tends to call to mind images of sketched designs and hand-sewn items, not robots or computers. But, fresh off a $1 million funding round with Google Ventures, fashion start-up Maison Me is hoping to […]
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