Too Long; Didn't Read
It feels like it was just a month and a half ago that<a href="https://chatbotslife.com/what-was-missing-from-amazon-echo-9f39778fc910" target="_blank"> I was talking about Amazon launching their Alexa Calling & Messaging service</a>, and what their next steps could be. <a href="https://medium.com/@jorge.serna/amazons-strategy-for-alexa-calling-messaging-f4e7b330ed5b" target="_blank">One of the strategic options that I considered then</a> was for Amazon to use this service to directly compete in the Social Communications space, offering an alternative to <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/whatsapp" target="_blank">WhatsApp</a>, <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a> Messenger, etc.