Open Source Strategy Adopted By Amazon’s Alexa To Dominate Voice Assistant Segment In Cars Before Google

Adopting a strategy of open-source software is being followed by Amazon.com Inc. for its voice-based Alexa digital assistant so that car makers and others are able to easily place it in their cars and chose it before Google. A number of speech-recognition technologies are being targeted by Amazon so that a number of in-vehicle apps…

Chinese electric vehicle startup Nio preparing for $2 billion U.S. IPO: Sources

Nio has hired 8 banks for the planned U.S. IPO. According to sources with knowledge of the matter, Nio, a Chinese electric vehicle startup has hired 8 banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for its planned U.S. stock market listing this year, worth up to $2 billion. The eight banks are, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs,…

A survey by the Confederation of British Industry paints a rosy picture of the country’s services sector

The results of the survey is in sharp contrast to official data released by Britain. On Monday, in sharp contrast to downbeat official data released last weak by Britain, the country’s services sector reported its first rise in profits in more than two years. According to the Confederation of British Industry, the volumes and the…