Cortana and Alexa have exchanged friendship bracelets

Ear Mirror INTRO Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world.

It's official! Cortana and Alexa have exchanged friendship bracelets

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HOUSEKEEPING * Third Order to launch on Nov 20, 2017 * TRD Book Club next week: Brave New World

FEATURE Microsoft and Amazon voice assistant partnership.

LINKS * The Nitch Podcast * Third Order * Package Manager Joke * 15 Competing Standards * Pictures Under Glass / Novocaine Drip Article * Alexa, Cortana Become New BFFs * Siri Origins * One week with Samsung Bixby * Samsung acquires Viv, a next-gen AI assistant built by the creators of Apple’s Siri

TITLES WE CONSIDERED * Ear Mirror * How Hard Could It Be?™ * Devolved Sufficiently

CLOSING That's our show for this week. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we hope you join us again next week for Terrifying Robot Dog. Bye!

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