Amazon Web Services plans to launch a certification program Tuesday that will give developers building so-called “skills” for its Echo digital assistants a way to verify their abilities. The AWS ...

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), ...

Amazon debuted a subscription plan for Alexa, the e-commerce giant's voice-activated digital assistant, that will give third-party software developers a way to monetize skills, as applications for ...

Developers building voice-enabled applications for Amazon Echo and other Alexa-powered devices will now have a new way to validate their abilities, with Amazon’s launch of a new AWS Certified Alexa ...

Amazon wants to give developers the ability to integrate Alexa skills into their education technology services. The Alexa Education Skill API enables students 13 and older to ask Alexa questions about ...

Amazon said Alexa developers in UK, Germany and Japan will get in-skill purchasing programs as a way to earn money. The program, which launched last year in the U.S., has given developers some ...

Amazon just made it a lot easier to publish content on one of its Echo speakers, or any other device running the company’s Alexa assistant for that matter. The company opened up its Alexa Skills ...

Alexa is moving into healthcare. Following a trial of Amazon’s smart speakers in patients’ rooms at Cedars-Sinai, the company this morning announced an invite-only program allowing select developers ...