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Amazon To Pay Developers For Best Alexa ‘Kid’ Skills
Amazon To Pay Developers For Best Alexa ‘Kid’ Skills
May 31, 2018  |  Alexa

Amazon announced that kid skills published in the U.K. and Germany are now eligible to earn Alexa Developer Rewards. Last year Alexa began supporting kid...

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Amazon Rolls Out Home Security Services For Alexa
Amazon Rolls Out Home Security Services For Alexa
May 18, 2018  |  Alexa

Amazon has launched home security services for Alexa in select areas. According to CNET, the service starts at $575, which includes professional installation. There are...

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The Chatbot Revolution: When, Not If
The Chatbot Revolution: When, Not If
May 17, 2018  |  Voice Activation

Sometime around the year 2000, small business (SMB) owners woke up one day and realized they needed a website. The case for SMBs having their...

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Study: Consumers Want Novel Payments Innovations But Feel Secure With Old Providers
Study: Consumers Want Novel Payments Innovations But Feel Secure With Old Providers
May 17, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

When TSYS conducted its first consumer payments study seven years ago, the primary focus was on debit vs. credit according to TSYS’ Gavin Rosenberg. The...

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Coupa Taps Alexa For Added Spend Management Features
Coupa Taps Alexa For Added Spend Management Features
May 11, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Coupa has rolled out enhancements to its business spend management (BSM) solution, the firm revealed this week. The enterprise spend management company announced at its...

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Amazon Forms Alexa Team To Disrupt Healthcare
Amazon Forms Alexa Team To Disrupt Healthcare
May 11, 2018  |  Alexa

In its efforts to disrupt the healthcare market, Amazon has built a team to focus on making Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant more useful in the...

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In-Store Kiosks A Sign Of QSR Innovation
In-Store Kiosks A Sign Of QSR Innovation
April 27, 2018  |  Retail

There’s a rule of thumb at fast food and quick-serve restaurants (QSR): a seven-second reduction in customer wait time results in an average 1 percent...

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Amazon Launches New Alexa Experiences For Parents, Kids
Amazon Launches New Alexa Experiences For Parents, Kids
April 25, 2018  |  Alexa

Amazon announced Wednesday (April 25) all new Alexa experiences for kids and parents dubbed Amazon FreeTime on Alexa, Amazon FreeTime Unlimited on Alexa, and Echo...

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Amazon Alexa Gets Customizable Through Skill Blueprints
Amazon Alexa Gets Customizable Through Skill Blueprints
April 20, 2018  |  Alexa

On Thursday (April 19), Amazon announced Alexa Skill Blueprints, a new way for anyone to create their own skills for the virtual assistant. In a...

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