Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Skill Connections lets two different Alexa skills work together to make your life easier. A skill that sells show tickets, for instance, might let you also book an Uber to the theater. I'm PCMag's ...

Amazon has opened up Alexa to the masses, likely to set the stage for an Alexa Skill sprawl and to enable parents to annoy kids with corny jokes. And it's kinda brilliant. The company launched Alexa ...

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Amazon today launched in-skill purchasing to all Alexa developers, along with Amazon Pay for skills. That means developers have a way to generate revenue from their voice applications on Alexa-powered ...

Amazon has counted on others to spread Alexa everywhere — first developers, then device makers, and most recently everyone else. It’s been about a year since Amazon unveiled Alexa Skill Blueprints, a ...

After grabbing 70 percent of the voice-controlled speaker market, Amazon says it’s now opening up a way for third-party developers to make money from their voice apps, known as skills, on its Alexa ...