OneBox in Deal with Amazon
from the partnerships-for-the-PR-value dept
It seems that Onebox.com has formed a partnership with Amazon.com. My first thought was that Amazon.com would be offering Onebox's in-box, but branded by Amazon. Turns out, they just want Onebox's voice technology to add to their greeting cards. To me, this sounds like a struggling startup (onebox) making a deal in an area that's not really their business, just to get the publicity of working with Amazon. It seems to happen a lot with small startups these days.
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