Heather Durham with her daughters Linden, 8, Haley, 10 and Elise, 5. Amazon’s new Magic Word update offers positive reinforcement. If you choose Magic Word, Alexa will respond to a request ...

While the newest wake words can change your Amazon Echo's voice, "Hey, Disney" offers more than just a new way to talk to your smart speaker. In fact, it's actually a new voice assistant with its ...

As an aside, I am a self-confessed David Bowie fan, so I am enjoying saying ‘Ziggy, play Ziggy’ and ‘Ziggy, play guitar’ to my Echo device.” We are expecting there to be a few new Echo devices over ...

Since the release of Amazon's digital assistant Alexa in late 2014, that name has been said billions of times by millions of people followed up by a command like: "Play 'Africa' by Toto" or "turn ...

Social game developer Zynga today is launching a new voice game based on “Words With Friends” to be played exclusively with Alexa. It’s called “Word Pop.” Social game developer Zynga ...

The Ratings Game Amazon just taught Wall Street a new word — and it’s a good one for the bulls Amazon investors had been worried about spending optimizations in the cloud, but CEO Andy Jassy ...

A few weeks ago, Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy released his 2025 annual letter to shareholders. A lot of it is what you might expect. Annual letters, after all, are a way for a company to tell its ...