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In the middle of the night, a startup that had raised $5.5 million dissolved and disappeared. It deleted its Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, and Google+ profile. It changed its website to say it was...
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Virtual assistants are going to replace your mouse and touchscreen
The idea of everyone having a virtual assistant sounds a bit pompous. After all, an "assistant" has traditionally been a luxury reserved for the elite.Yet, many companies are working on bringing...
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Smart agents like Cortana will replace the web...
First, we had the PC. Then we had the browser. Next, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks it will be the "agent," the sort of virtual assistant like his company's Cortana that controls the apps on our...
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Microsoft has a master plan with its Cortana digital assistant and Windows 10...
Microsoft is working on putting Cortana, its Siri-like personal digital assistant, anywhere and everywhere within Windows 10, reports The Verge.Right now, in Windows 10 as it stands today, Cortana sits...
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Nick Gray is the founder of Museum Hack and uses virtual assistants in almost every aspect of his life. He explained to us how using a virtual assistant took all the stress out of planning a bachelor...
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How to check if Google is storing what you ask your phone — and listen to the...
If you frequently use the virtual assistant on your Android phone, chances are Google is recording and storing your queries.The Independent's Andrew Griffin first pointed out that Google now lets you...
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5 gadgets you might not know work with the Amazon Echo
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Researchers are figuring out how to make virtual assistants understand your...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is all about getting a machine to mimic a human in every way: thought, speech, movement. That’s why one of the tests for AI is the Turing test: whether a robot can fool a...
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A More Decentralized Workplace Is Becoming Inevitable
The future of work in America is changing dramatically. As companies continue to streamline their operations, low-skill jobs are increasingly going offshore, to robots, or being outsourced in some way....
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I 'Hired' A Virtual Personal Assistant To Do My Job For Me — Including...
I often find myself pressed for time. Wouldn't it be great to be in two places at once, being twice as productive?This is where a company called MobileWorks comes in extremely handy. It's a...
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This Woman Just Sold A 'Chat Bot' To IBM To Help IBM Blow Away Siri (IBM)
IBM has acquired Cognea, a small Australian software company that makes a Siri-like "chat bot."Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and Cognea, which was formerly named MyCyberTwin, hasn't publicly...
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Leaked Screenshots Show Microsoft's Virtual Assistant Cortana Is Likely...
After the Windows 8 largely failed to convince Windows 7 users to upgrade, Microsoft seems to be shaping Windows 9 into a mixture of old and new.One of Windows 9's new features could actually be...
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You'll Be Able To Use Siri With Apple Pay (AAPL)
iPhone 6 users will be able to use Siri to activate Apple Pay when the platform launches later this month, according to Bank Innovation's Ian Kar.The financial tech publication tested Apple Pay with an...
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Meet 'Charlie,' A Virtual Assistant That Emails You A One-Page Cheat Sheet...
A new web app called "Charlie" wants to give everybody the perks of a personal assistant.By syncing with your Google Calendar, "Charlie" helps prep you for any upcoming meetings. (The company plans to...
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People are sending flowers and chocolate to thank personal assistant 'Amy...
When former Havas CEO David Jones — now founder of his own brand technology network You & Mr Jones — pulled out his iPhone and offered to show me his amazing personal assistant "Amy Ingram," I...
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A startup dissolved overnight and laid off its 400 employees via email with...
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Apple's Siri is a pretty great iPhone utility. But things can get a little weird when you start asking about her favorite things.Produced by Matthew StuartFollow TI:On FacebookJoin the conversation...
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Virtual assistants are going to replace your mouse and touchscreen
The idea of everyone having a virtual assistant sounds a bit pompous. After all, an "assistant" has traditionally been a luxury reserved for the elite.Yet, many companies are working on bringing...
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Smart agents like Cortana will replace the web...
First, we had the PC. Then we had the browser. Next, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks it will be the "agent," the sort of virtual assistant like his company's Cortana that controls the apps on our...
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