Running an online store in 2026 is nothing like it was five years ago. Search engines have grown sharper. Customers have grown more demanding. And competition - well, it has never been tighter.

Last June, AT&T partnered with Panasonic to explore “connected lifestyle projects” in Peachtree City, Georgia. Now, for CES 2012, Ma Bell announced some details about one of those projects: a ...

Are you a Python coder looking for a simple way to dip your toes into the artificial intelligence waters? A new open source virtual assistant project may be just what you're looking for. Called Friday ...

Conversational AI specialist Nuance has announced a new project called Pathfinder, which aims to take much of the manual drudgery out of building dialogue models for virtual assistants (VAs). The new ...

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 ...

There's certainly been a lot of golly-wow, gee-whiz press about generative artificial intelligence (AI) over the past year or so. I'm certainly guilty of producing some of it myself. But tools like ...

Are you looking to get hired as a virtual assistant? Today, I have a list of five companies that need the help right now ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel with a focus on safety and sustainability. The pandemic didn't just make offices virtual. It has also made office ...

In the fast-paced world of business, entrepreneurs and executives are bombarded with tasks that keep their schedules overflowing with things to do. Sometimes, instead of hiring a full-time staff ...

Clients hire virtual assistants to tasks off their plates. VA’s support and sometimes run the back end of a client’s business so that the founder can concentrate on growth and high-level strategies.