This article is more than 7 years old. Two of the most influential tech innovations that rocketed into our daily lives in the last several years are virtual digital assistants and online chatbots.

The future of customer service is less about the people than it is the sound of a person or the virtual image of an individual. Humans are just so inefficient. But they can be improved, too, through ...

Smart speakers and digital assistants are transforming our lives in subtle, useful ways With all the artificial intelligence ...

When users first try virtual assistants (like Siri, Google Now, Cortana, M or Alexa), they’re struck by the idea that they’re talking to a computer, rather than a person. That much sounds obvious. In ...

Hiring a virtual assistant can take the "work smarter, not harder" philosophy to the next level. Virtual assistants (VAs) have been helpful to entrepreneurs and small-business owners for decades.

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A bit more than two decades ago, company owners or “bosses” used to have a lady as a secretary who answered landline phones all day and neatly wrote messages and appointments in her textbook. Nowadays ...

For as "smart" as our phones are supposed to be, they're not very good at getting things done on our behalf. But that's about to change, according to Qualcomm. During its annual Snapdragon Summit, the ...

A virtual assistant is generally a contractor who is hired to complete administrative tasks for a small business. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...