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CES Unveiled Paris – The Next Computer Interface is Voice
The GUI interface is something we’ve all become familiar with in the world of computers, mobile devices, and beyond. However, that trend is slowly turning, as we’re finding our reliance on pushing buttons and looking at a screen is diminishing. At CES Unveiled Paris, they took to the stage to…
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‘Dalek’ Commands Can Control Your Phone
When it comes to smartphones, voice commands are a coin toss for many users. While some enjoy being able to ask Google, Siri or Cortana to ring someone, google something for you or to just tell you what your calendar has planned for your day. Some researchers from several Universities…
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TalkTalk Introduces Voice Authentication
Remember all those times that you’ve had to ring up a company and they’ve got one through the entire Spanish inquisition to find out if you are who you say you are, only to then say they can’t help you with your problem? TalkTalk looks to make half of that…
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Amazon Fire Can Talk to Your Home and Listen to You
It would seem Amazon keep expanding on their technology, from the Kindle to the Echo, they produce more and more technologies that we now feel we need, that we never even considered before. The next one has a simple and nice name, Alexa, and she’s looking forward to helping you…
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Remembering Robin Williams 1yr On
Yesterday (August 11th) marked the one year anniversary since the passing of Robin Williams, who was a beloved, charismatic and exciting comedian, actor and personality. Uniqueness is overused within today’s generic saturation of celebrity; Robin Williams was without a doubt unique and creative. His career spanned the silverscreen which included…
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A Robot Passed the Self-Awareness Test and This Is How It Did It
When talking about robots and self-awareness, I think most people would just freak out, but there are some people who would be extremely excited and interested about these things. But I don’t think freaking out would be the case here, even though a robot just passed the first self-awareness test…
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Computers Can Now Talk To Each Other!
Sharing information between computers has long been an issue. Be it with a floppy disk or USB Memory Stick, or even other a wireless network, sharing information has long been limited by the hardware of the devices and occasionally a third device. Some companies wish to change this, and want…
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Voice Messaging Feature Arrives This April for the Xbox One
Microsoft is planning to get a voice messaging feature up and running on its Xbox One, which is due to arrive with the new firmware this April. Xbox One dashboard preview testers are said to be able to test the new feature this week, having them be the first to…
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Scientists Want to Help Power Your Phone by Talking to It
A group of scientists from the university of Sungkyunkwan in South Korea have apparently developed a new technology which converts sound waves into electrical energy. With this concept, smartphones will be able to charge from any sound source, from talking to music and even highway traffic noise. “The sound that…
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You Can Now Control Your Thermostat With Your Voice
The Nest thermostat has received an update which allows it to be controlled via your voice. You can simply ask for a particular temperature and your thermostat will get to work on it. On an Android device or in the Google app on iOS, you can ask “OK Google, change temperature…
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Cortana Personal Assistant Integrated in Skype for Windows Phone
Microsoft has announced some new features coming to Skype for both Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1, namely the Skype 2.19 update, which includes video improvements, fast app resume, increased language support and improved notifications. The most interesting feature in the update however is the Cortana personal assistant. The…
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EE to Offer Voice Calls, Text Messaging via Wi-Fi
UK wireless carrier EE is launching a program for subscribers to make voice calls and send text messages over Wi-Fi, promising sound quality better than what’s provided by Skype. The company has invested upwards of £275 million to try to eliminate white spots throughout the UK. Many customers living and…
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Windows Phone’s ‘Cortana’ Personal Assistant Leaked In Short Video
Previous reports highlight that Microsoft is working on a personal assistant, similar to Apple’s Siri or Google Now, for the Windows Phone platform. Previous reports say that it is codenamed “Cortana” after the advanced AI seen in Microsoft’s Halo game series. The latest rumors and leaks about it comes in…
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Future Generations Get To Know How Important People Sounded Like Through Wikipedia
Wikipedia is starting to add celebrity and other public figure voices to one of its projects, called WikiVIP, which stands for “Wikipedia Voice Intro Project”. What is it you ask? Well, Wikipedia thought it could do with some voices through all its article lines, namely important and known people will…
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Apple And Google To Battle Over Personal Assistants
Smartphone manufacturers have been battling over features, specs and design. But now it seems that the battleground is moving towards the personal assistant area, where Siri and Google Now comes into play. According to a report out of the U.K., both Apple and Google are hard at work improving their…
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