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Amazon superpowers Alexa routines with new features, introduces better email integration, more.

Apple Music is coming to the Amazon Echo and other Alexa-powered smart devices, starting December 17.

Microsoft has brought Skype audio and video calling to the Alexa platform. And it works with all modern Alexa devices.

It's yet another not-so-subtle indication that Microsoft is pushing Cortana aside for Amazon's digital personal assistant

The launch of the Skype integration on Amazon's Echo devices seems to be right around the corner.

Amazon is now pushing its less well-known Alexa for Business offering to third-party Alexa-compatible devices.

I needed a few days to decompress after Amazon's massive set of announcements on Thursday. There is so much going on here.

Today, Amazon announced numerous new smart home products, among them a smart display that will include Skype video call support. Oops.

Today, Amazon revealed that it is dramatically increasing the number of Alexa-powered smart home devices it sells.

Look out, Apple, Google, and Microsoft: Amazon is trying to muscle in on this month of tech device announcements.

Lenovo announced several new consumer PCs, an "extreme" version of its ThinkPad X1 Carbon, three new Chromebooks, and new smart home devices.

Two new reports point to an inevitable conclusion: Google could overtake Amazon in the smart speaker market as soon as this year.

Amazon's Echo devices may still dominate the smart speaker market, but customers rarely use them to purchase goods from the e-retailer.

Amazon this week announced that it is bringing Echo Show capabilities to its Fire HD tablets, expanding its Alexa Everywhere strategy.

Anyone interested in smart home technologies will immediately run into a long list of issues. And it's hard to know where to start.

More bad news for Cortana: Amazon has made it easier than ever for all PC makers to bring Alexa-powered PCs to market.

Acer announced this morning that it is the first to ship notebook PCs preinstalled with Amazon Alexa. It won't be the last.

Google smart speaker sales are growing over three times faster than those from Amazon, closing the gap in this critical market.

Amazon today announced a new Echo Dot aimed at kids and a new version of its parental controls.

Amazon announced this week that it is opening up Alexa skills creation to non-programmers via a new tool called Alexa Skill Blueprints.

Amazon is bringing a popular Google Home feature to its Echo speakers.

Ambient computing is the "next wave" of personal computing. But what role can Microsoft play in this future?

A credible report explaining how Apple failed to capitalize on being first-to-market with Siri has triggered some fan fiction.

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