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Alexa Internet, Inc. was a web traffic analysis company based in San Francisco, California. It was founded as an independent company by Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat in 1996. Alexa provided web traffic data, global rankings, and other information on over 30 million websites. [3] It was acquired by Amazon in 1999 for $250 million in stock. [4]
Amazon Alexa, or, Alexa, [2] is a virtual assistant technology largely based on a Polish speech synthesizer named Ivona, bought by Amazon in 2013. [3] [4] It was first used in the Amazon Echo smart speaker and the Amazon Echo Dot, Echo Studio and Amazon Tap speakers developed by Amazon Lab126.
An application programming interface (API) key is a secret unique identifier used to authenticate and authorize a user, developer, or calling program to an API. [1] [2]Cloud computing providers such as Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services recommend that API keys only be used to authenticate projects, rather than human users.
Amazon announced on Wednesday that it's now sold more than half-a-billion Alexa-enabled devices.The company also unveiled four new Echo devices. The four new products are the Echo Pop, a new semi ...
The tech company has one of the hottest holiday gifts -- and RBC estimates Alexa could drive at least $10 billion in annual revenue by 2020. Alexa is the key to Amazon's future Skip to main content
Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids' voice and ...
In March 2013 Amazon announced its Mobile Ads API for developers. The new Ads API can be used on apps distributed on any Android platform as long as the app is also available on Amazon's Appstore. [94] As of December 2014, Amazon Web Services operated 1.4 Million servers across 11 regions and 28 availability zones. [95]
The Alexa Skills Kit is a collection of self-service application programming interfaces (API), tools, documentation and code samples. Developers can also use the "Smart Home Skill API", [26] a new addition to the Alexa Skills Kit, to extend Alexa's compatibility with cloud-controlled lighting and thermostat devices. All of the code runs in the ...