NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York Code + Design Academy (NYCDA) today announces a unique collaboration with Amazon that will offer developers an opportunity to build and publish voice-enabled ...

While the average Hackaday reader is arguably less likely than most to install a megacorp’s listening device in their home, we know there’s at least some of you out there that have an Amazon hockey ...

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Alexa users will be able to access content from third-party skills on the Echo Show home screen later this year, under a new developer feature announced by Amazon today. (Amazon Photo) Amazon will ...

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 ...

Just picked up an Amazon Echo device? Then you'll be itching to discover what it can do. Play music? Check. Answer questions? Check. But as the 30 best Alexa skills (skills being similar to apps), ...

Alexa hasn’t worked out the way Amazon originally planned. There was a time when it thought that Alexa would yield a robust ecosystem of apps, or Alexa Skills, that would make the voice assistant an ...

Amazon.com Inc. has introduced a set of software tools that will help developers more easily extend the capabilities of its Alexa voice assistant to new use cases. The tools made their debut today at ...

Today during an event focused on Alexa developer and partner news, Amazon announced new features and integrations, including a collection of APIs and software development kits (SDKs) aimed at making ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Echo Dot sitting on a table with a black background. Has your Alexa ever given you a strange answer to your question? Or maybe ...

If you've got an Amazon Echo speaker, you already know how much fun having Alexa at your fingertips can be despite the risk to your privacy and security. Whether playing music, answering random ...