Activision announced this week that it has released a beta set of Call of Duty skills for Amazon Alexa.

Amazon expands Alexa's capabilities by bringing new communication features to its app on tablets.

Microsoft is still working to make Cortana/Alexa integration a reality but they are making progress to finally deliver the feature.

Amazon's $1 billion purchase of smart home security firm Ring is big news, but it could result in a chilling new era of fragmentation.

The word "courage" is often bandied about too easily these days. This is a great example of that.

Ambient computing is the next major wave of personal computing, and smart speakers are how we get there.

Amazon's digital assistant has made its way to Windows and I got to try it out a new machine made by HP.

I've just arrived in Las Vegas for CES 2018 but the biggest story of the week has already emerged.

With every new piece of hardware having a digital assistant crammed inside, we are about to experience digital overload.

Amazon is bringing its Alexa smart assistant to Windows 10 in partnership with the world's largest Windows device makers.

Microsoft's high volume, low-cost strategy was the winner in the PC market. But will it work with smart speakers too?

In August of 2017, Microsoft and Amazon said Alexa/Cortana integration would arrive by the end of the year but both companies missed their public deadline.

I often complain about Microsoft's aversion to hard numbers. Well, Amazon is even worse.

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