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How does Hound stack up to the rest? (Video)

Hound is SoundHound’s new voice assistant to compete with the likes of Google Now, Siri, and Cortana. It, like the others, can launch apps, run search queries, identify songs, and more, but one thing...

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Google Now, Siri and Cortana need to be more human

No, I’m not talking about their sound. I mean, sure, developers can definitely help relating voice assistants’ with the average user by fine-tuning their voices to sound like people and not cyborgs. I...

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Apple reportedly wants to reinvent voicemail by using Siri

The launch of the first-generation iPhone didn’t just mark the reinvention of smartphones, but also a new concept for voicemail. Visual Voicemail became a thing after this launch as well, even though...

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iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan to include a more powerful flight tracker

After Apple had Siri abandoned for years since the departure of Scott Forstall, iOS 9 has changed that dramatically. Siri has mimicked Google Now’s functionality of proactively suggesting content even...

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Siri’s holding back answers to music questions unless you subscribe to Apple...

Digital assistants like Cortana, Google Now, and Siri are supposed to make accessing the world’s information easier than ever before, right? You need do little more than wonder aloud, “What’s icing...

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New Apple TV Siri support for Apple Music will have to wait

Cupertino’s new Apple TV has so far gained some mixed reactions from the media. While it is cool to have an expensive set-top box that can play games and that listens to your voice, so far it hasn’t...

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Microsoft Clip rumored as upcoming Cortana-powered wearable

What gadget geek doesn’t want his or her own combadge? Somewhere at the intersection between virtual digital assistants and wearable hardware there’s the dream of being able to access a powerful...

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Survey claims that users like Siri more than Google Now and Cortana

It’s been years since Apple launched Siri with the iPhone 4s, and so far the user adoption of the service has been polarizing. For some Siri is something nice to have for setting an alarm or a...

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More features to 3D Touch on iOS 9.3

If you want to take a stab at doing more on your phone in 2016, make sure you have an iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus, first of all. It has 3D Touch. Rimshot aside, iOS is getting another point upgrade...

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Siri now gives relevant results when looking up abortion clinics

Voice assistants tend to be pretty helpful in getting you what you want to know. Google Now seems to be one of the more matured services that can get more than the basics down to an art. Cortana,...

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Siri could finally be ready to hit OS X with this year’s 10.12 Fuji release

Voice-powered virtual assistants may no longer be the headlining, phone-selling features they were just a few years back, but that’s not because we didn’t love the heck out of them. Far from it, and...

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Latest iPhone 6s commercial stars Cookie Monster, highlights always-on Siri

While Apple would probably never admit to it, there’s clearly a high-stakes publicity war going on between its iDevices and Samsung Galaxy phones for several years now. Need fresh proof? Well, it was...

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Jaime Lannister fails to woo Annie from ‘Community’ in new Apple TV ad (video)

Who could ever resist real-life Danish heartthrob Nikolaj Coster-Waldau or his on-screen Westerosi heartthrob persona Jaime Lannister from HBO’s hit TV show “Game of Thrones”? Apparently, a very...

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Siri and 3D Touch combine for this contacts- and photos-revealing iPhone...

Smartphone security is all about balance, finding ways to deliver the functionality and convenience we desire while taking reasonable steps to keep our data secure: go too nuts with the security...

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Apple’s fixing iOS bugs with Siri update, first iOS 9.3.2 beta

In case you can’t tell, we’re in sort of an Apple wrap-up mode right now, bringing you tidbits on stories from multiple sources that all add up to something that’s hopefully a little more interesting...

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Kobe Bryant exposes himself to Michael B. Jordan’s ridicule in latest Apple...

A hilarious iPhone 6s commercial starring the adorkable Cookie Monster might feel like a very tough act to follow for Apple’s marketing department, but Cupertino sure knows how to pander to cinema, TV...

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Apple TV highlights its live-viewing capabilities with Siri support

Over the years, reports of Apple’s home entertainment ambitions have ebbed and flowed. The Apple-branded television that once sounded like such a sure thing ended up being the stuff of vaporware, but...

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Apple may have just let the secret slip about WWDC 2016 dates

Every year, we look forward to the big developer conferences behind some of the most popular mobile platforms out there: Microsoft Build, Google I/O, and Apple WWDC. With Google I/O on our calendar...

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Why aren’t we talking to our phones more?

Talking to my phone is probably one of my favorite things to do with it. Asking my phone’s voice assistant to perform tasks such as giving me the weather, texting my wife, or looking up information is...

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Neil Patrick Harris gets hands-free Siri assistance in iPhone 6s ad (video)

In response to quite possibly some of Samsung’s best commercials not loaded with celebrities or Apple venom of late, Cupertino once again takes to YouTube to promote the always-on “Hey Siri”...

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