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...or perhaps not naming digital assistants would be better. The weather was glorious in the UK on Easter Monday, breaking the record for the warmest Easter on record. The whole country went out to the beach, local parks, stately homes and other visitor attractions and as a dad with two young 'uns, I inevitably ended up in a children's playground
Apple's Siri got an update on March 17, 2016, that probably went unnoticed by most people – but it is a very important and necessary update. Siri now is able to understand questions about sexual assault. A study was posted in JAMA Internal Medicine that focused on smartphone assistants, including Apple's Siri, Google's Google Now, Microsoft's Cortana, and Samsung's Voice.
A young man from Middle Tennessee used Siri to make a 911 call that saved his life. The story is making the rounds across news websites today in part because it's an interesting story. At the same time, the story inadvertently emphasizes how useful Apple's virtual assistant can be. Sam Ray is an 18-year-old from Middle Tennessee. He was working
Google has been busy today with a couple of releases. The first is voice search for iOS and the second was an update to how compose works in Gmail. Now you can use Google search by voice. I did a search for the date of the Battle of Bunker Hill using both Siri and Google Search. Siri came back with
What is Maluuba you maybe asking it? Maluuba is a replacement for Siri on Android, with more power than Google Now. These are just some of the things you can do with Maluuba: Ask a question, like what is the population of New Jersey Set an alarm. Set up a meeting. An email will be automatically sent to the
The Internets are quietly humming with the recent realization that Apple is, uh, absorbing your “personal” data if you use Siri – the voice-activated personal assistant (of sorts) that lives in the iPhone 4S (launched in October 2011). What does that mean, precisely? Well, according to information disseminated by the ACLU, Apple’s privacy policy in relation to the Siri software
Well, that is if you have a car with a Viper remote start system. Developer Brandon Fiquette has written a PHP script that would send notification to the remote start service and ultimately, start your car. The hack was made possible by the Siri Proxy Server. The proxy server allows the custom creation of handlers - such as the included