Fahad HJan 4, 20172 min readLenovo debuts Amazon Alexa-powered smart speaker at CESLike Microsoft is doing with Cortana, Amazon is making Alexa available to third-party developers and hardware makers to voice-enable...
Fahad HNov 3, 20162 min readGoogle Home’s arrival ushers in the era of the virtual assistantGoogle Home is a powerful new search and discovery device. I like it, though I didn’t find it in normal usage to be dramatically better...
Fahad HOct 14, 20162 min readSay hello to the newest intelligent agent, OzloComparative searches on Ozlo and Google Assistant The society of intelligent agents now has a new member. His name is Ozlo, from the Palo...
Fahad HSep 23, 20162 min readReport: Apple may be six months from launching an Echo-like Siri assistantA second report, from Bloomberg, says that Apple is developing an Amazon Echo-like stand alone virtual assistant based on Siri. That...
Fahad HJun 13, 20162 min readSiri goes viral: Apple opens up the virtual assistant to third-party developersAmong the many iOS-related announcements today at Apple’s developer conference, there was the anticipated news that Siri would be opened...
Fahad HMay 3, 20162 min readAppWords Concierge: a new in-app assistant that “preempts search”Mobile deep-linking platform Deeplink has introduced what it’s calling AppWords Concierge. It operates like a chatbot, designed to engage...
Fahad HApr 29, 20161 min readIs your brand prepared for voice search? 3 steps to get the conversation startedAlexander Supertramp / Shutterstock.com Whether you work in SEO or PPC, you’ve likely noticed a new trend emerging in your search...
Fahad HApr 11, 20162 min readGoogle Voice Access beta enlarges role for voice, conversational device interactionAlexander Supertramp / Shutterstock.com As part of its effort to make Android devices more accessible to people with disabilities, Google...
Fahad HSep 9, 20152 min readGilt Shows How Apps And Online Shopping Are Coming To Apple TVThe new Apple TV is all about apps (more on that below), with the new Apple TV App Store, and that includes apps that will let us shop...
Fahad HSep 9, 20152 min readApple Event: iPhone 6s, iPad Pro, Apple TV And Ad Blocking Expected TodayLater this morning (at 10 a.m. Pacific) in San Francisco, Apple is expected to introduce its widely anticipated interim-generation...
Fahad HMay 26, 20152 min readCortana For Android, iOS Coming Very Soon, Windows 10 To Sync With iPhones, AndroidMicrosoft is making Windows 10 cross-device friendly. To that end the new operating system will work with Android and the iPhone to sync...
Fahad HMar 9, 20152 min readThe Big News From Apple’s Event Today: TV, MacBook And Watches AplentyAll over Techmeme are dozens of articles detailing Apple’s product announcements today. While there were many little announcements, the...
Fahad HOct 16, 20142 min readStephen Colbert Demands Google Apology For Getting His Height WrongIncreasingly, Google has been trying to provide people with direct answers to questions rather than sending them to web sites. That got...
Fahad HOct 8, 20142 min readAAA Study Finds Siri — And Potentially Any Smartphone Assistant — Hugely Distracting To Bad news for the folks who think using Siri can make you more productive while driving. A new study by the AAA automobile group has found...
Fahad HSep 9, 20142 min readApple’s iWatch Could Usher In Wearables EraIf Apple doesn’t announce its smartwatch tomorrow observers will be shocked. Details remain scarce though there’s plenty of rumor and...
Fahad HMar 5, 20142 min readAs “Cortana” Approaches, Remembering Microsoft’s Other Digital Assistant: Ms. DeweMicrosoft is apparently readying its own digital assistant called “Cortana,” to take on Apple’s Siri and Google Now. Hopefully, Cortana...
Fahad HMar 3, 20142 min readApple Formally Introduces In-Car iOS Integration: CarPlayformally announced “CarPlay.” The service was previewed last year and is being rolled out in vehicles from Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and...
Fahad HOct 4, 20132 min readWould The Real Siri Please Stand Up: Susan Bennett Identified As Woman Behind Iconic iPhone Voicevoice behind iPhone’s Siri as professional voiceover actor Susan Bennett. CNN reporter Jessica Ravitz said Bennett decided to come out of...
Fahad HSep 11, 20133 min readMorning After iDay: iPhone 5C, Touch ID And iWorkHowever almost everything else about yesterday’s iPhone event was predicted and endlessly discussed prior to the appearance of Tim Cook &...
Fahad HJun 26, 20132 min readNew Google Now Cards: Live TV, Music And Offersan update to its Android search app (not yet for iOS). They extend to live TV, music and location-sensitive offers. Google announced the...
