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Tag: voice control

Verizon had deal to put Siri exclusively on Android phones before Apple bought the company

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:13 amWednesday, January 23, 201318 Comments

In February 2010, three weeks after Siri debuted as an independently developed iPhone app…

Apple’s Siri allegedly infringes on patent from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professors

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 5:05 pm26 Comments

Apple is being sued for allegedly infringing on a patent filed in 2001 by two professors…

Taiwan university sues Apple in U.S. over Siri, speech recognition patents

Monday, July 30, 2012 3:32 pmMonday, July 30, 201216 Comments

A Taiwan university has filed a patent infringement suit against Apple Inc in a U.S. court…

Apple iOS 6 to extend Siri personal assistant to iPad (2012), sources say

Monday, June 4, 2012 11:35 am6 Comments

Apple’s breakthrough Siri Assistant, based on an incredible artificial-intelligence system…

Apple patent application describes bringing Siri to the Mac via iPhone pairing

Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:40 pm14 Comments

Apple has shown interest in bringing Siri functionality to other devices, like Macs…

Steve Jobs wasn’t a fan of the Siri name

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:44 amWednesday, March 28, 201224 Comments

Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus relayed how Jobs wasn’t particularly enthralled with the name…

Mercedes-Benz integrates Apple’s Siri personal assistant into its vehicles

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 11:21 amTuesday, February 28, 201244 Comments

Mercedes-Benz has now integrated Apple’s iPhone comprehensively into the user experience…

Google races to patent Siri-like TV voice commands

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:00 amTuesday, February 21, 201212 Comments

Google has applied for a patent that could give Google TV natural language voice commands…

RUMOR: Apple’s Siri to speak Mandarin, Japanese and Russian next month

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 9:29 pm17 Comments

Siri will launch in Chinese, Japanese, and Russian next month…

Apple ‘iTV’ currently in Rogers’, Bell’s Canadian labs amid ongoing ‘iTV’ partnership talks, says source

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 11:02 am15 Comments

Canada’s largest telecommunications companies are squaring off in a fight about the future of television…

RUMOR: Apple OLED HDTVs up to 42-inches with souped-up Siri coming in April/May

Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:28 pmThursday, January 26, 201237 Comments

Expect the long-rumored Apple TV set this April, or possibly May at the latest…

Apple’s universal remote concept hints at future television set

Thursday, January 26, 2012 1:02 pm10 Comments

Apple has shown interest in building a new, simplified remote control that would automatically control…

Patent application suggests Apple to add Siri to services

Monday, January 23, 2012 5:16 pm18 Comments

Siri will play a major role in Apple‘s future, according to its latest patent filing…

Cringely: Siri may infringe old Excite patents

Sunday, January 15, 2012 1:09 pmSunday, January 15, 201222 Comments

All this technology was patented — patents owned today by Excite@Home’s creditors…

Nuance launches voice-controlled television with new Dragon TV platform

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:08 am20 Comments

The service allows you to navigate your way around different content…

Apple’s Siri the talk of CES 2012

Monday, January 9, 2012 4:20 pm7 Comments

Apple Inc will again dominate conversations at CES…

Study: Apple iPhone 4S users consume twice as much data as iPhone 4 users

Friday, January 6, 2012 9:08 am20 Comments

Apple’s new iPhone 4S consumes on average twice as much data as the previous iPhone…

The three biggest tech blunders destined to happen in 2012

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 6:26 pmTuesday, January 3, 201235 Comments

We’re going to see a lot more cool stuff in the tech world in 2012…

Android’s fake Siri apps: Laughable at best

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 11:26 am37 Comments

When we first introduced the Siri clone Iris, I figured that would be the last…

Nuance buys Vlingo virtual assistant, takes out would-be Siri rival

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 1:31 pmTuesday, December 20, 201116 Comments

Nuance Communications, Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Vlingo, Inc…

Schmidt: Google to sell tablet of the ‘highest quality’ within 6 months; Android can already do things similar to Apple’s Siri

Monday, December 19, 2011 2:02 pmMonday, December 19, 201151 Comments

Google chairman Eric Schmidt in an interview with Italy’s Corriere Della Sera…

Dilbert comic strip again features Apple’s iPhone 4S’s Siri personal assistant

Saturday, December 17, 2011 7:52 pmSaturday, December 17, 201137 Comments

Dilbert creator Scott Adams has featured Apple’s iPhone 4S and Siri personal assistant…

Dilbert comic strip features Apple’s Siri personal assistant

Friday, December 16, 2011 9:16 amFriday, December 16, 201112 Comments

Dilbert creator Scott Adams has featured Apple’s iPhone 4S and Siri personal assistant…

Apple’s iOS 5.0.1 update makes Siri iPhone 4 port legally possible

Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:00 pm18 Comments

Siri is by far the iPhone 4S’s most-desired feature…

Google gets ‘Alfred’ but it’s certainly no Siri

Wednesday, December 14, 2011 3:15 pmWednesday, December 14, 201139 Comments

Google’s Android has been losing high-end business to Apple because of the popularity of Siri…

Forgetting about (or oblivious to) iPhone 4S’s Siri, NTSB advises U.S. States to ban all driver use of mobile phones

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 4:41 pmTuesday, December 13, 2011120 Comments

The National Transportation Safety Board voted 5-0 to recommend that states ban all driver use…

Is Apple prepping Siri for Mac?

Sunday, December 11, 2011 10:30 pm35 Comments

Apple’s breakthrough voice recognition user interface for the iPhone 4S is already…

Why Apple had to release Siri in beta form

Wednesday, December 7, 2011 12:32 pmWednesday, December 7, 201115 Comments

Usually, Apple limits beta testing mostly to internal users and selected developers…

‘Siri backlash’ threatens Apple’s future magic or something

Tuesday, December 6, 2011 12:01 pmTuesday, December 6, 201171 Comments

Since the iPhone 4S’s launch in early October, I’ve run into an increasing number of Siri users…

Apple reveals using Siri and non-visual controls for future devices

Thursday, December 1, 2011 3:05 pm3 Comments

On December 1, 2011, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application…

Why Apple is about to build, buy, or partner on a web search engine

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:01 am8 Comments

iPhone 4S’s one revolutionary feature that could shape Apple’s future…

Microsoft’s stupid TellMe vs. Apple’s brilliant Siri (with video)

Saturday, November 26, 2011 10:00 amSaturday, November 26, 201162 Comments

Competitors are stumbling over one another to dismiss Siri…

Apple’s Siri can now control third party apps and even start your car (with video)

Friday, November 25, 2011 12:01 pmFriday, November 25, 201111 Comments

Siri can now control third party apps and even open cars thanks to clever developers…

Apple’s Siri’s amazing voice-controlled artificial intelligence marks an inflection point in computing

Thursday, November 24, 2011 1:02 pmThursday, November 24, 201126 Comments

After a month of using Siri, the new voice-controlled ‘personal assistant’ available on the iPhone 4S…

Hacker gets Siri to work with a radio thermostat

Monday, November 21, 2011 11:44 amMonday, November 21, 201111 Comments

A hacker has altered Apple’s voice-activated personal assistant Siri…

Apple’s iOS on the road: Using Siri in the car

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:35 am15 Comments

So, how is Siri stacking up, you ask? So far, I absolutely love it. LOVE IT!

New study shows people using Apple’s Siri don’t really need Google search

Monday, November 7, 2011 1:51 pm38 Comments

Siri is the most innovative feature of the new iPhone 4S from Apple…

Now your iPhone talks back and humors you

Sunday, November 6, 2011 12:31 pmSunday, November 6, 201128 Comments

Alex Johnson, a freelance video producer in Indianapolis, has a self-esteem problem…

Apple may release Siri for iPhone 4; seeds internal build for testing

Saturday, November 5, 2011 5:29 pm29 Comments

Apple is considering releasing Siri on the iPhone 4…

Will Apple’s iPhone 5 be the death of Google?

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:20 amTuesday, September 27, 201132 Comments

We’re now just weeks, if not days, away from Apple’s iPhone 5…

Apple patent application details advanced handsfree iPhone voice control, audio feedback

Thursday, July 14, 2011 12:01 pmThursday, July 14, 20112 Comments

Apple has shown continued interest in creating robust handsfree…

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