This article is more than 7 years old. Two of the most influential tech innovations that rocketed into our daily lives in the last several years are virtual digital assistants and online chatbots.

Hiring a virtual assistant can take the "work smarter, not harder" philosophy to the next level. Virtual assistants (VAs) have been helpful to entrepreneurs and small-business owners for decades.

The future of customer service is less about the people than it is the sound of a person or the virtual image of an individual. Humans are just so inefficient. But they can be improved, too, through ...

Google today said it was unveiling a virtual assistant tool at its annual Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View called Google Assistant. This appears to be similar to what Google Now can do ...

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Look for openings on job-board websites or pitch your services as a self-employed worker. Virtual assistant jobs are one of the most common work-from-home jobs posted on FlexJobs, a job-search ...

Virtual assistants are increasingly popular and present in our everyday lives: literally with Alexa, Cortana, Holly, and Siri, and fictionally in films Samantha (Her), Joi (Blade Runner 2049) and ...