Google has finally closed the deal on Wavii, a natural language processing startup, for a price that is more than $30 million, TechCrunch reported today. It is known that both Apple and Google were competing for Wavii and finally Google has […]
This Sunday night, during the Grammys award show, Google aired a new commercial highlighting the Nexus 4 and its Google Now service found within Jelly Bean. Google Now is a personal assistant created by Google and has received many praises since its […]
Siri is hitching a ride in the 2013 Chevrolet Spark and Sonic LZ and RS, with support for the voice control system in the MyLink infotainment systems; meanwhile, an all-new version will debut in the 2014 Impala. The Siri functionality, announced at the […]
It seems like the integration of the iOS into OS X will continue in 10.9 if the rumours of Siri and Maps being included prove to be true. According to sources, both Siri and not-so-critically-acclaimed Maps are coming to OS […]
Most people don’t know who Scott Forstall is. But to those who do, he’s something of a demigod. If the future of mobile is software, and Apple is the company in pole position, then Forstall, Senior VP of iOS, is […]
Apple was hit with a patent infringement lawsuit (read it below) over Siri, the Cupertino, California company’s computer voice search-and-speak technology inside newer iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. The twist in this case, however, is that patent holder Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute isn’t the one […]
Adam Cheyer, an engineer who helped build the Siri voice-recognition software that was acquired by Apple Inc., is no longer working for the iPhone maker, according to three people familiar with the situation. Cheyer, a Siri co-founder and its former vice […]
Google on Wednesday announced that it will be updating its Search application for the iPhone and iPad. The new version of Google Search will include the company’s enhanced voice functionality, which is similar to the service it offers in the latest version of Android. Performance […]
We all know the pen is mightier than the sword, but for 21st-century storytellers, the voice could be the one tool to rule them all. With speech-recognition software such as Siri and Dragon Naturally Speaking becoming more widely available to users, it’s time to […]
Here comes another application that wants to automatically track your activity in order to provide a history of your communications, additional analysis, and even a search engine for your own life. The app is called Friday, and it’s now available in […]
