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Siri SDK may open Apple up to voice assistant frenzy
With Amazon’s runaway pace found in Alexa and the products based on that service, the voice assistant has gotten very popular with other tech companies. Google Assistant (and Continue reading »The...
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WWDC keynote has a start time and we don’t have a clue what iOS will be called
It’s not even two weeks now until WWDC16 comes along. It’s the Apple developer gathering that reveals everything new in the company’s software. The big reveal we’re looking out for? iOS 10. iOS X. iOS...
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Apple WWDC 2016 preview: what to expect (and not to expect)
It’s one thing to wish for a major imminent VR breakthrough from the world’s most profitable tech company, but it’s an entirely different kettle of fish to realistically expect Apple’s Daydream answer...
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Siri can’t wait to be in Mac OS X
Big changes are expected at WWDC tomorrow. Mac OS X may just become macOS. Siri might be handling more things in your life like Amazon’s Alexa and Continue reading »The post Siri can’t wait to be in...
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[LIVE] Watch the Apple WWDC 2016 livestream
Time for another Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, huh?No more wishlists, no more expectations, not even a single thought thread extra. We’re about to get the straight stuff from Apple on where...
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Mac OS X becomes macOS Sierra
When you talk about “OS X,” Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, ribbed his engineers for going on some “inspired” tour around California. Well, now it’s time to say hello to...
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Apple unveils iOS 10-integrated Home app for smart home controls
Apple just outdid itself by improving iOS in not one, not two or three or more departments, but ten to go nicely with the new platform’s name. Of course, at first glance, News and HomeKit upgrades are...
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Calling out “Hey Siri” won’t turn on every device your own with iOS 10
As media that cover mobile tech, we have a ton of review devices, especially of the Android ilk. And when we feel like shouting something to our daily driver across the room, it seems that every...
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Barbara Streisand complained about Siri, Apple will push a fix on September 30
Barbara Streisand is a woman on a mission. At 74, not only does she continue to sing her heart out, — her latest album, Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, shows her chords off with the likes of...
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Apple’s Touch Disease, Verizon gimps the Note 7, and IFA 2016 Spoilers |...
We’ve got a mega show for you this week, running down our favorite spoilers before we ship off to Berlin for IFA. We’re getting a better look at what could be the LG V20, and let’s have a chat about...
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The mother of ambiguous FCC listings may hint at fifth-gen Apple TV
The future of TV is apps, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, as well as high-resolution video content, according to everyone else. Hopefully, the company’s fifth-generation digital media player will...
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Apple’s smart home Amazon Echo rival reportedly enters prototype testing phase
Talk about perfect timing. Just as we were trying to make heads or tails of one of the FCC’s most enigmatic Apple product filings in recent history, the always knowledgeable Bloomberg was quoting...
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Samsung acquires Viv, the ‘next-gen AI platform’ hailing from Siri’s creators
Samsung might be trying to beat arch-rival Apple quite literally at its own game in the increasingly competitive artificial intelligence arena, also going after Google, Amazon or Microsoft with...
View ArticleSiri can now take voice commands for seamless PayPal transactions in 30...
Can you believe it’s taken this long for probably the world’s largest Internet payment platform to meet up with arguably the most popular intelligent personal assistant, and enable very simple voice...
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Can Siri or Cortana survive without a standalone device?
In my time with Google Home, I’ve been thinking about personal assistants in general, and Google home specifically. As a man of many devices, I can be found using Google, Siri, or Cortana at the drop...
View Article‘Premium Echo-like’ Amazon speaker expected as early as Q1 2017 with 7-inch...
Nobody, including e-commerce giant Amazon and its often eccentric Lab126 engineers and developers, expected the Echo smart speaker to catch on. Certainly not as fast as it did, and on such a large...
View ArticleOppenheimer: Apple too “reliant” on iPhone, unprepared for next decade
After the iPhone 8, then what? That’s essentially the question that Oppenheimer’s Andrew Uerkwitz and others are now asking. In an investment note, Uerkwitz and his colleagues remarked that Apple...
View ArticlePartnership on AI expected to include Apple as soon as this week
The Partnership on AI is already comprises Google, IBM, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft. Apple has just been an odd (and valuable) fruit out. The post Partnership on AI expected to include Apple as soon...
View ArticleApple starts Theater Mode and SiriKit beta testing in watchOS 3.2 dev preview
Apple's watchOS 3.2 developer preview finally brings Theater Mode and SiriKit integration to the table, though a final release may still take a while. The post Apple starts Theater Mode and SiriKit...
View ArticleTake that, Google Assistant: Samsung’s Bixby AI rumored to support 7 or 8...
Samsung's Google Assistant rival, tentatively dubbed Bixby, is getting more and more interesting by the day, with the latest rumor talking languages. The post Take that, Google Assistant: Samsung’s...
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