Soon, if you ask Alexa for the capital of Canada, it will show you a Getty Images stock photo of Ottawa. Getty Images and Amazon are partnering to bring stock images up as Alexa responses on Echo devices with screens. Sports, news, entertainment, creative photos, and archived pictures are supposed to make Alexa’s responses more visually descriptive. So instead of hearing words, you’ll be able to get answers in the form of photos, much like a web Google result. Devices like Echo Show and Echo Spot will be able to show stock images inside the Prime Photos feature using Getty’s 200 million images. The partnership comes as Google is rumored to be making an Echo Show rival with a smart display device reportedly launching later this year. Amazon and Getty haven’t specified when the new voice search will go live. We’ll update with more information as it is confirmed. … [Read more...] about Alexa will soon answer you in photos provided by Getty Images
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Getty Images brings catalog of 200 million stills to Amazon Echo Show and Echo Spot
What good’s a smart display without highly visual experiences to go along with it? Rounding out the Amazon Echo Show and Echo Spot’s offerings are built-in Prime Photos integration and video flash briefings, to name a couple, plus third-party apps from the likes of Campbells, Starbucks, and Kayak. But more is always better, no? To that end, Getty Images today announced an “integration with Amazon” that’ll see the stock media agencies’ library of sports, news, entertainment, archival, and creative photos “enhance” Alexa responses on Echo devices with screens. “Our premier collection of editorial, creative and archival content is a natural fit for Amazon’s Echo products, bringing best-in-class visuals to Echo users,” Peter Orlowsky, senior vice president of strategic development, said in a statement. “We are honored to unite with Echo’s screen-based products and to use our deep library of content to … [Read more...] about Getty Images brings catalog of 200 million stills to Amazon Echo Show and Echo Spot
Amazon’s Echo Show can use Getty Images to answer your questions
The Echo Show certainly set the standard for smart assistant speakers with displays, but now Google is hot on Amazon's heels. The rumor is that Google will unveil its own Google Assistant-powered smart screen this holiday season. It's understandable, then, that Amazon is feeling the pressure to up its game when it comes to the Echo Show and smaller Echo Spot. Connecting with Getty, and gaining access to the service's vast digital library of images, is one way it can stay at the head of the pack."Our premier collection of editorial, creative and archival content is a natural fit for Amazon's Echo products, bringing best-in-class visuals to Echo users," said Peter Orlowsky, Senior Vice President of Strategic Development, Getty Images, in a release. "We are honored to unite with Echo's screen-based products and to use our deep library of content to give Alexa her best look yet." … [Read more...] about Amazon’s Echo Show can use Getty Images to answer your questions
Oath, National Disability Leadership Alliance and Getty Images Launch New Disability Image Collection
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2018--Oath, a subsidiary of Verizon (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) and a global media and technology company, today announced a partnership with the National Disability Leadership Alliance (NDLA), a cross-disability coalition led by 17 national organizations headed by people with disabilities, and Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications, to launch The Disability Collection – a growing collection of images that more accurately portrays individuals with disabilities and breaks stereotypes. To expand and grow the Collection, Oath, the NDLA and Getty Images developed a comprehensive set of guidelines for how to authentically reflect people with disabilities in photography, which will be shared and promoted across Getty Images’ global network of photographers, launching today on Global Accessibility Awareness Day.“People with disabilities have historically been underrepresented, and often misrepresented in the media,” said … [Read more...] about Oath, National Disability Leadership Alliance and Getty Images Launch New Disability Image Collection
Cambridge Analytica’s parent company claimed it invented the tough guy image that got Rodrigo Duterte elected
caption President Rodrigo Duterte. source Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images Cambridge Analytica’s parent company SCL Group claimed it was behind Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s election-winning “man of action” image. Now-deleted briefs from the company’s website implied it refashioned Duterte’s persona from a kind and honorable to one focused on toughness. At a press club in Manila in 2015, Cambridge Analytica’s CEO Alexander Nix said the company could win an election for a “fundamentally flawed” candidate using the “right combination of strategies.” Cambridge Analytica’s parent company may have helped reinforce Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s tough-guy image to help him win the nation’s presidency, according to deleted documents. SCL Group, the entity which controlled Cambridge Analytica, appeared to once boast … [Read more...] about Cambridge Analytica’s parent company claimed it invented the tough guy image that got Rodrigo Duterte elected