HOW TO MAKE MONEY ON VOICE APPS There’s a tendency with new technologies to reach back into recent history for situations that parallel the current context, with the aim of finding business approaches that shorten the path to success. Right…
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GOOGLE ASSISTANT NOW ON ANDROID 6.0 AND UP
GOOGLE ASSISTANT NOW ON ANDROID 6.0 AND UP We’ve been predicting for some time that Google is in a strong position to dominate the intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) market. And just today Google announced its plans to roll out Google…
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PAY-TO-SUBSCRIBE SKILLS FOR ALEXA
Pay-to-Subscribes Skills for Alexa We did a live cast recently covering various options for monetizing Audio Apps. We also speculated about three possible new features that Amazon and Google might bring out for easier monetization. Amazon requires you to enable…
TSATSATZU: #1 ALEXA DEVELOPER!
TsaTsaTzu: #1 Alexa Developer! The numbers are in, we’ve crunched them, and we’re #1! But these aren’t numbers you will see on Amazon’s pages. They’re pretty cagy with their statistics. However, independent developer dale3h regularly scrapes the data from alexa.amazon.com…
HOW TO PREPARE YOUR ALEXA SKILLS FOR GOOGLE HOME
HOW TO PREPARE YOUR ALEXA SKILLS FOR GOOGLE HOME Google just announced, yesterday, a change of mind: they are going to release a SDK to let you add “agents,” the equivalent of Alexa skills, to Google Home, in December. If…
ENTER SAMSUNG: THE SCOOP
ENTER SAMSUNG: THE SCOOP Samsung just submitted documents to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on behalf of a device called the Scoop, which include photos of and a users manual for the device. The Scoop appears to be a new…
CNN’S SHOUTOUT FOR TSATSATZU’S STARLANES
CNN MONEY just published the article “Eight odd tricks to try with your Amazon Echo” which includes a nice shoutout for our innovative Alexa skill StarLanes, the audio-based MMORPG. From the article: “Play a choose your own adventure game Say…
AMAZON’S ALEXA ROADSHOW: MORE THAN A LAZY STONER’S DREAM?
A few weeks ago, Amazon released a new template and tutorial to help novice programmers build skills for the Amazon Alexa. The resulting “quiz” skills – applications that entertain with questions on command – are now plentiful and available. The…
“HOW TO PROGRAM THE AMAZON ECHO: DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & TESTING ALEXA SKILLS”
An Amazon Best Category Seller The Amazon Echo is a natural language digital assistant, an important step in the race for home automation. But this device presents distinct challenges not seen elsewhere in software development. TsaTsaTzu has published a book…
COMPARING ECHO & SMARTPHONE DEVELOPMENT
Stacy Colella, Partner, TsaTsaTzu The following excerpt is from a new section in the Second Edition of “How To Program: Amazon Echo“. The Echo Vs Smartphone Alexa development has parallels with Smartphone app development. The Echo is like a smartphone,…
