Tag Archives: Apple Siri

About 559 days ago Apps | Tablets and eReaders | Telecom and Wireless

Amazon Rumored to Make Its Own Siri

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First Amazon announced the Kindle Fire, which many seem to think is going to dent Apple’s iPad sales this holiday season. Now some say the digital retail giant plans to build a speech recognition interface to rival Apple’s Siri personal assistant technology. The speculation stems from the recent revelation that Amazon.com has quietly acquired speech-to-text software developer Yap, which was founded in 2006 by Igor Jablakov, who previously worked on speech recognition technologies at IBM. READ MORE »

About 560 days ago Blogging and Social Media | Internet and Online Business | Smartphones and PDAs

Venmo Gets Integrated Voice Payments Via Apple

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Despite a recent hiccup, Siri, Apple’s virtual assistant, is helping to open up a whole new world in mobile payments. Social payments start-up Venmo is taking full advantage of Siri’s capabilities with say-to-pay functionality. READ MORE »

About 587 days ago Business Software | Innovation | Online Marketing | Web Analytics

Need a Virtual Customer Service Rep?

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You may have heard about how IBM created an artificial intelligence (AI) system called Watson that competed on Jeopardy against humans, or Apple’s Siri technology on the iPhone 4S that understands what you say, knows what you mean, and even talks back. Now even small businesses can get some of that magic. READ MORE »