US consumers can now place orders from coffee giant Starbucks by speaking into the Starbucks iOS mobile app or to Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa. The move comes as the company reveals that mobile orders made up 7% of all its US transactions in the last quarter, with mobile payments now accounting for 27%. More
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Mattel includes NFC in AI for kids
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Huawei installs Amazon Alexa on flagship smartphone for US market
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Las Vegas hotel to install Amazon Echo in every room
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Capital One integrates with Amazon’s Alexa
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Amazon Echo adds Domino’s pizza orders
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