Analysing employee competencies at regular intervals is an essential practice for businesses. Knowing the strengths, areas for improvement, and scope of learning at an individual level plays a key role in improving their performance. With the change in time, businesses are delving into new models and planning to upgrade with technological advancements and address changing ...

Smart cities are designed to make life easier for their residents: better traffic management by clearing routes, making sure the public transport is running on time and having cameras keeping a watchful eye from above. But what happens when that data leaks? One such database was open for weeks for anyone to look inside. Security ...

Amazon on Thursday launched a new service aimed at Alexa developers that automatically provisions and helps them to manage a set of AWS cloud resources for their Alexa skill’s backend service. The service is intended to help developers speed the time it takes to launch their skills, by allowing them to focus on their skills’ ...

Amazon this morning announced a new way for customers to use Alexa’s skills – together, in combined requests. That is, you can start a request in one skill, then have it fulfilled in another. For example, the AllRecipes skill can now connect the HP skill in order to print out recipes for customers, Amazon says. ...

Along with the launch of the all-new Echo Show, the Alexa-powered device with a screen, Amazon also introduced a new design language for developers who want to build voice skills that include multimedia experiences. Called Alexa Presentation Language, or APL, developers will be able to build voice-based apps that also include things like images, graphics, ...

Earlier this year, Amazon rolled out a new feature that allowed Alexa device owners to create their own custom skills using preconfigured templates. Today, Amazon is expanding Alexa Blueprints, as the service is called, to include a handful of new templates designed for families and roommates. These include a chore chart template, a house rules ...

When there is a downturn in the economy and sales start to plummet, one of the first things many businesses start to do is downsize in an effort to curb costs. Since the early 1980's, this has become a common practice for many businesses. The negative effect on employees is one of devastation. Those who ...

While there are no certainty in business, the galaxy of entrepreneurs will get you as close as possible. All entrepreneurs compete in their own galaxies. This insight ties two easy keys that ensure your future successes in business. ...

There are so many things you can do in your play to encourage early reading. If you incorporate these games, there will be no formal lessons. Reading will be a natural part of your life and your child will learn to read easily and naturally. I will give you some ideas to get your creative ...

Excellent customer care is of paramount importance to any business, whatever it is that you do. Whether the scenario is a face to face meeting with a potential client, or whether a customer has made a telephone call to you to complain, it is important that any member of staff is able to deal with ...