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Tag: personal assistants

Associated Press: New Siri smart speaker expected as Apple kicks off WWDC 2017

Monday, June 5, 2017 12:01 pmMonday, June 5, 20171 Comment

Apple appears poised to unveil a voice-activated, internet-connected speaker that would create a new digital pipeline into people’s homes…

Hey Apple, can you top Google, Facebook in Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality?

Friday, June 2, 2017 2:01 pmFriday, June 2, 20175 Comments

Apple’s back in a tricky position heading into this year’s developer conference: playing catchup…

Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple likely to launch all-new 10.5 inch iPad Pro and Siri Speaker at WWDC

Saturday, May 13, 2017 10:54 am20 Comments

Apple’s WWDC conference kicks off on June 5th and whilst it is predominantly a software conference…

Microsoft’s ‘me too’ smart speaker

Wednesday, May 10, 2017 9:27 am15 Comments

First there was Amazon’s Echo, which I characterized as an attempt to advance home automation…

Samsung’s Siri knockoff ‘Bixby’ not ready for Galaxy 8 global launch

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 9:35 am8 Comments

Samsung has gone to great lengths to position its new Bixby assistant as the automated centerpiece…

Samsung officially unveils its Siri knockoff ‘Bixby’

Monday, March 20, 2017 1:55 pmMonday, March 20, 201719 Comments

Apple gave us Siri, Microsoft gave us Cortana, Amazon gave us Alexa, Google gave us, um, Google, and now Samsung…

Amazon’s Alexa arrives on iPhones and iPads; challenges Siri on Apple’s iOS

Friday, March 17, 2017 1:01 pm23 Comments

Apple’s Siri may not be the most capable voice assistant, or the most beloved…

Siri learns Shanghainese as Apple’s voice assistant’s language lead widens

Thursday, March 9, 2017 9:59 amThursday, March 9, 20175 Comments

With the broad release of Google Assistant last week, the voice-assistant wars are in full swing…

Apple’s Siri has a huge language advantage

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 11:36 am16 Comments

We live on an international planet….

Tech’s latest innovations struggle to live up to hype

Tuesday, January 3, 2017 12:55 pmTuesday, January 3, 20177 Comments

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas attracts thousands of exhibitors and attendees searching…

Apple’s Siri is beginning to freak me out

Monday, October 17, 2016 1:40 pm18 Comments

Sometimes, writers feel the need to flex their vocal chords just to test that they still work…

Five years on, why doesn’t Apple’s Siri work better than it does?

Friday, October 14, 2016 4:28 pmFriday, October 14, 201629 Comments

There are some fundamental differences between Apple and Google when it comes to privacy…

Mossberg: Why does Apple’s Siri seem so dumb?

Wednesday, October 12, 2016 1:56 pm57 Comments

In addition to the iPhone, Siri is now on the iPad, and was recently added to the Mac…

Apple’s Mac is now a threat to Alphabet Inc.’s Google

Thursday, August 11, 2016 12:03 pmThursday, August 11, 201624 Comments

Later this year, Apple will release macOS Sierra, the next version of its Mac operating system…

Tim Bajarin: Siri is crucial to the Apple’s future

Tuesday, July 5, 2016 10:28 amTuesday, July 5, 20165 Comments

Apple has been working on speech and voice AI solutions for decades…

Why we might not see Apple’s answer to the Amazon Echo

Thursday, June 23, 2016 5:35 pmThursday, June 23, 201621 Comments

Nobody puts Siri in a corner…

Coming later today: Apple’s next big software improvements

Monday, June 13, 2016 11:51 amMonday, June 13, 20163 Comments

Apple’s annual software developers conference, which kicks off Monday…

Apple expected to showcase more powerful Siri today

Monday, June 13, 2016 9:06 am2 Comments

Apple Inc is expected to show off new abilities for its Siri digital assistant on Monday…

Will Apple take on Amazon Echo at WWDC?

Friday, June 10, 2016 11:00 amFriday, June 10, 201613 Comments

Apple will kick off its WWDC 2016 Monday at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco…

Apple’s App Store revamp: Ads are coming

Thursday, June 9, 2016 12:00 pm11 Comments

This year’s WWDC isn’t just about new operating systems: starting next week and continuing throughout the fall…

Apple revamps App Store, may not win over all developers

Thursday, June 9, 2016 9:26 am3 Comments

Apple Inc announced a series of long-awaited enhancements to its App Store on Wednesday…

97% of iPhone users are too embarrassed to talk to Siri in public

Monday, June 6, 2016 1:35 pmMonday, June 6, 201621 Comments

Alexa, Siri, Cortana, and OK Google are all hot names in tech right now…

Will Apple buy Viv, from the creators of Siri?

Friday, May 13, 2016 12:55 pmFriday, May 13, 201617 Comments

With the news that Alphabet’s Google is reportedly working on its own answer to Amazon’s surprise hit, the Echo…

Why isn’t Apple’s Siri where ‘Viv’ is by now?

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 5:20 pmTuesday, May 10, 201625 Comments

A full third of the original Siri team left Apple to create a brand new intelligent assistant, Viv…

Meet Viv, the next-gen AI assistant, from the creators of Siri

Monday, May 9, 2016 1:28 pmMonday, May 9, 201618 Comments

Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer created the artificial intelligence behind Siri, Apple’s iconic digital assistant…

Why you might soon be texting robots as often as your friends

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 2:00 pmTuesday, April 12, 20168 Comments

The robots are coming! Expect to find new automated assistants offering information and services at a variety of businesses…

Apple’s Siri and her many knockoffs: Sassy personality or bland impersonal machines?

Tuesday, November 24, 2015 9:02 am10 Comments

When users ask Siri, Apple’s digital assistant, what she likes to drink…

Here’s how iOS 9’s Siri will push ahead of Google Now and Cortana

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:29 am25 Comments

Several of Siri’s promised features push the platform ahead of the competition…

Microsoft’s Cortana coming to Apple iPhones this year; requires a Windows 10 PC

Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:28 pmTuesday, May 26, 201521 Comments

Microsoft has confirmed it’s getting ready to make its digital assistant Cortana…

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