by Bruce Brown | June 9, 2022 | Health
Big box technology retailer Best Buy certainly appears to be “in it to win it.” In 2016, Alfred Poor covered GreatCall’s senior-friendly smartphones and nationwide GreatCall 5Star 24/7 emergency service for older users. In 2018 Best Buy acquired...
by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2022 | Medical
Alexa made it to the big leagues. When we first wrote about Amazon’s smart voice assistant Alexa’s role in digital health the topics included applications such as on-demand news and weather reports for visually impaired people, explaining medications, and...
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by Bruce Brown | December 7, 2021 | Health
Last September Amazon announced Alexa Together, an elder care subscription service. On December 7, Amazon launched Alexa Together with a free, limited-time six-month trial. The same day, Vayyar Imaging announced its launch of Vayyar Care, the company’s touchless...
by Bruce Brown | November 4, 2021 | Health
Apple introduced Siri, the digital voice assistant, with the Apple iPhone 4s in 2011. Amazon introduced Alexa in 2013 with the Echo smart speaker. Google launched Google Assistant in 2016. While Siri may be available in more indiviidual devices overall because...
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by Amantha May | June 30, 2021 | Health
Westmed Medical Group, a multispecialty outpatient practice serving Westchester County, NY and Fairfield County, CT, has launched a new Amazon Alexa skill designed to enhance digital connectivity for its patients. The skill provides Westmed’s community the option to...
