Every few months, I take a hard look at Amazon Echo and catch up on the latest skills. If you’re not familiar with skills, these programs give Alexa new tricks. What’s interesting is that individuals ...

Alexa skills are voice-activated functions for Amazon Echo speakers and displays similar to apps on a smartphone. This list features standout skills that highlight the platform's potential. They range ...

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Alexa, amazon’s voice-based virtual assistance like Siri for the iPhone, and Cortana for Microsoft Windows, is a cloud-based service. When first introduced, it was in the form of ‘Amazon Echo.’ Fast ...

Amazon Alexa skills allow you to customize the artificially intelligent assistant to suit all sorts of needs. You can add new skills to Alexa from the mobile app, a ...

Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant can now play two popular board games, Ticket to Ride and Ticket to Ride Europe. These aren’t simply digital ports of the modern classics; you’ll actually need physical ...

Alexa skills can be fun and educational, but they’re not all created equally. Some of the games are useful and entertaining, while others are bland and buggy. With that in mind, we’ve pulled together ...

You can use Amazon’s voice-activated Alexa assistant to send Slack messages, texts, and emails; add items to to-do lists; and more. But do Alexa skills for business users really save you time and ...

Developers building voice-enabled applications for Amazon Echo and other Alexa-powered devices will now have a new way to validate their abilities, with Amazon’s launch of a new AWS Certified Alexa ...