Here is a step-by-step guide to reducing your digital footprint online, whether you want to lock down data or vanish entirely. Read now During a recently concluded 12-month study of the Alexa Skills ...

Recap: Amazon has opened up its Alexa skills store to just about anyone. Now anyone can publish the skills they create using Alexa Skill Blueprints to the store. Along with rolling out the open ...

You've probably used your Amazon Echo for a variety of tasks and skills, from listening to music and playing games to finding information and controlling smart home devices. But what if you could ...

Amazon previewed its suite of new tools last week that allow developers to build kid skills with in-skill purchasing (ISP) for the U.S. Alexa Skills Store. Developers interested in creating kid skill ...

Google Actions now total 4,253 in the U.S. compared with roughly 60,000 skills for Alexa as of last month, according to a new report by Voicebot.ai. There are 80,000 Skills overall. But Skills and ...

Last year, Amazon introduced Alexa Blueprints, a way for an Alexa device owner to create their own customized voice skills and Alexa responses without needing to know how to code. These skills — like ...

Amazon is opening up its US Alexa store to let anyone share skills they've created for the voice assistant. Until now, it's been the domain of developers, who have already added more than 80,000 ...

Amazon.com Inc. is making it easier for companies and content creators to engage consumers via the more than 100 million devices that run Alexa. The company today released an update for Alexa Skill ...

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), ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 ...