Shopify's plan to let 400,000 merchants run their business via Alexa and bots

Shopify wants its 400,000 merchants to be able to run their business almost entirely through the use of bots or voice apps like Alexa. Speaking exclusively with VentureBeat, Shopify product director Brandon Chu said steps being taken to improve its Alexa skill continue a conversational computing strategy that has been carried out by the ecommerce […]