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Smart speakers are fast rising up the ladder with regards to consumer electronics in the United States. As the smart speakers' user base growing at a pretty healthy rate, it offers a lucrative market for a rather limited number of players that grace space. The usual suspects - Apple, Google and Amazon - do indeed control most of the...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) just cannot seem to get out of the news lately. With all the speculation and buzz coming out of its iPhone wing, the other wings might tend to get a little less of the limelight. The category in question is the smart speaker. Apple began selling its smart speaker, the HomePod, early this year. But as of...

Smart speakers are the ongoing craze these days with many brands dipping their feet in the smart speaker market. According to Canalys, the smart speaker installed base is expected to cross the 100-million barrier by the end of 2018. This is 2.5 times bigger than the installed base reported at the end of 2017. The growth in smart speaker...

There is no doubt that the past decade or so has been monumental for consumer mobile technology. The smartphone has dominated the conversation, as well as the industry, ever since the launch of the original iPhone back in 2007. However, in the evanescent world of technology, any device's reign at the top can be very fleeting indeed. Through the...