Wal-Mart Readies a Shopping Assistant

Wal-Mart preps an SMS text based virtual shopping assistant called Simple Text.  Based on what I have read it is unclear how much Cognitive technology is being used.    Discussion in retailwire.  An additional piece in FierceRetail.  See also our continuing group discussion in the CSIG: "The Surge of Digital Assistants".    See also, a list of other intelligent personal assistants.