Here’s what you missed last week on the Amazon Developer Blog:
5 Ways to Level Up Your Alexa Skill with AWS
Alexa recently announces a new program that makes it free to build and host most Alexa skill using Amazon Web Services (AWS). Here are five ideas for using AWS services to unlock your skill’s potential.
Alexa Flash Briefing Skill API – Now Available in the UK and Germany
Alexa is happy to announce that you can now add skills to the Flash Briefing on Alexa in UK English and German languages using the Flash Briefing Skill API, a new addition to the Alexa Skills Kit.
Push Notifications vs. In-App Messages
Every smartphone user has experienced a push notification, and there is a big focus on push notifications in the messaging space right now. In contrast, in-app messaging is being adopted at increasing rates by developers and marketers, due to its ability to create more targeted, purposeful user sessions. Not sure which approach is right for your app? This blog will tell you what you need to know about each method.
Makers Academy’s Alexa Series: Build a Fact-Checking Skill with Slots and Custom Slot Types
This is the second module in the Alexa Makers Academy series. This module focuses on how to handle variable data from users using slots. Learn how to build a fact-checking mechanism so Alexa skill users can ask for facts about particular numbers.
A Piece of Match-3 Magic
Belka Games is a social and mobile game development company from Belarus, specializing in creating casual game applications with rich graphics. Amazon Developer Evangelist Mike Hines had a chance to sit with Belka Games’ Head of Marketing, Zar Serebyannikov, to chat about game development and their recent successes.
CMU Students Prototype a VR World with Amazon Alexa
Learn how a team of students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) built a prototype of a fully-immersive virtual world in two-weeks time.
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Source: Alexa