Amazon announced today that it is now possible for anyone to create new Alexa skills with no programming required using Alexa Skills Blueprints.

BY Paul Thurrott with 4 Comments
Amazon announced today that it is now possible for anyone to create new Alexa skills with no programming required using Alexa Skills Blueprints.
BY Paul Thurrott with 9 Comments
Amazon said this week that there are now well over 30 million active users of its Fire TV family of living room video streaming boxes.
BY Paul Thurrott with 43 Comments
There are over 100 million Amazon Alexa-powered devices out in the world. But there are ten times as many Google Assistant-powered devices.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 3 Comments
Amazon superpowers Alexa routines with new features, introduces better email integration, more.
BY Paul Thurrott with 27 Comments
Apple Music is coming to the Amazon Echo and other Alexa-powered smart devices, starting December 17.
BY Paul Thurrott with 15 Comments
Microsoft has brought Skype audio and video calling to the Alexa platform. And it works with all modern Alexa devices.
BY Paul Thurrott with 18 Comments
It's yet another not-so-subtle indication that Microsoft is pushing Cortana aside for Amazon's digital personal assistant
BY Mehedi Hassan with 5 Comments
The launch of the Skype integration on Amazon's Echo devices seems to be right around the corner.
BY Paul Thurrott with 2 Comments
Amazon is now pushing its less well-known Alexa for Business offering to third-party Alexa-compatible devices.
BY Paul Thurrott with 32 Comments
I needed a few days to decompress after Amazon's massive set of announcements on Thursday. There is so much going on here.
BY Paul Thurrott with 22 Comments
Today, Amazon announced numerous new smart home products, among them a smart display that will include Skype video call support. Oops.
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Today, Amazon revealed that it is dramatically increasing the number of Alexa-powered smart home devices it sells.
BY Paul Thurrott with 7 Comments
Look out, Apple, Google, and Microsoft: Amazon is trying to muscle in on this month of tech device announcements.
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Lenovo announced several new consumer PCs, an "extreme" version of its ThinkPad X1 Carbon, three new Chromebooks, and new smart home devices.
BY Paul Thurrott with 11 Comments
Two new reports point to an inevitable conclusion: Google could overtake Amazon in the smart speaker market as soon as this year.
BY Paul Thurrott with 27 Comments
Amazon's Echo devices may still dominate the smart speaker market, but customers rarely use them to purchase goods from the e-retailer.
BY Paul Thurrott with 3 Comments
Amazon this week announced that it is bringing Echo Show capabilities to its Fire HD tablets, expanding its Alexa Everywhere strategy.
BY Paul Thurrott with 28 Comments
Anyone interested in smart home technologies will immediately run into a long list of issues. And it's hard to know where to start.
BY Paul Thurrott with 17 Comments
More bad news for Cortana: Amazon has made it easier than ever for all PC makers to bring Alexa-powered PCs to market.
BY Paul Thurrott with 42 Comments
Acer announced this morning that it is the first to ship notebook PCs preinstalled with Amazon Alexa. It won't be the last.
BY Paul Thurrott with 36 Comments
Google smart speaker sales are growing over three times faster than those from Amazon, closing the gap in this critical market.
BY Paul Thurrott with 11 Comments
Amazon today announced a new Echo Dot aimed at kids and a new version of its parental controls.
BY Paul Thurrott with 11 Comments
Amazon announced this week that it is opening up Alexa skills creation to non-programmers via a new tool called Alexa Skill Blueprints.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 5 Comments
Amazon is bringing a popular Google Home feature to its Echo speakers.
BY Paul Thurrott with 15 Comments
Ambient computing is the "next wave" of personal computing. But what role can Microsoft play in this future?
BY Paul Thurrott with 41 Comments
A credible report explaining how Apple failed to capitalize on being first-to-market with Siri has triggered some fan fiction.
BY Mehedi Hassan with 2 Comments
Amazon expands Alexa's capabilities by bringing new communication features to its app on tablets.