Video: Cortana, Siri and Google Now battle in extensive comparison
One of the main features of Windows Phone 8.1 is Microsoft’s voice-based virtual assistant called Cortana. While Microsoft has extensively demoed Cortana on stage during …
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Apple isn’t taking Cortana’s challenge lying down
Microsoft finally got around to releasing its rival to Siri and Google Now this week and early impressions have been pretty strong. However, TechCrunch reports …
Microsoft shows us how Cortana is different from Siri in these videos
Of all the announcements at the Microsoft Build Developer Conference, Cortana certainly stands out as one of the most intriguing. With the addition of a …
The Siri of the future was invented even before the iPhone launched
Apple on Wednesday was granted 38 patents, Patently Apple reports, including a Siri-related patent that stands out not only for describing advanced features for a …
Ask the right questions and Siri will tell you her entire backstory
Want to know Siri’s backstory? All you have to do is ask the right questions. The engineers responsible for creating Apple’s virtual personal assistant Siri …
More intelligent Siri to gain Google Now capabilities, offer advanced iWatch features
Apple is apparently interested in further developing its voice-based virtual assistant Siri to offer users more advanced features, possibly akin to Google’s Google Now functionality. …
The quest to build a better Siri
Since Marissa Mayer became CEO, Yahoo has been on a bit of a roll and has released several well-reviewed apps (Weather, News Digest, Sports, etc.) …
Exciting new features that could come to Siri have been uncovered
A newly awarded Apple patent describes a technology that would allow the Siri voice-based virtual assistant that’s currently available on various iOS devices to help …
Apple and Google spending hundreds of millions on the next big mobile war
There’s no question that smartphone developers believe voice-activated personal assistants are the wave of the future, but in their current state, they have failed to …
What might finally take Siri to the next level? You.
Siri is a competent personal assistant as it stands, but not much more. Although Siri is capable of finding a great deal of information very …
Siri is still being ignored by iPhone users, even after iOS 7 makeover
Apple’s personal assistant has received some significant upgrades in its transition over to iOS 7, but is anyone actually using Siri? According to a survey …
Apple finally sheds Siri’s ‘beta’ label
It looks like Apple is finally confident enough in Siri to call it a finished product. 9to5Mac points out that Apple has at long last …
Siri inventors now developing the intelligent assistant of the future
SRI International, creator of Apple’s voice assistant Siri, is hard at work on a new intelligent assistant known as “Bright” that could one day know …
Video: Microsoft takes a page from Samsung’s Apple-bashing playbook in new ad
Samsung’s smartphone commercials didn’t really begin to generate any buzz until the company took aim at Apple and started to mock its products and users. …
It was only a matter of time: Apple says Google Now violates Siri patents
Apple has updated an earlier lawsuit filed against Samsung with claims that the Galaxy S4 and its Google Now feature violate two Apple patents covering …
Siri creator says texting-while-driving study was flawed, Siri is safe
A recent study suggesting that Siri and other voice-to-text services are just as dangerous to use while driving as traditional text messing is seriously flawed, …
Siri is just as dangerous to use while driving as texting
A new study from the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University found that using a voice-to-text feature such as Siri to send messages while driving is just …
Apple job posting points to Siri’s imminent arrival on OS X
In line with reports from late last year, a new job posting on Apple’s (AAPL) website suggests the company plans to bring Siri functionality to its …
Siri was supposed to be a key feature on Verizon’s DROID lineup until Apple swooped in
Since the release of the iPhone 4S, Apple (AAPL) has touted its intelligent voice assistant Siri as a key feature of the iOS ecosystem. The …
Apple looking for developer to help make Siri more ‘engaging, funny’
Apple (AAPL) is apparently looking to give Siri a personality boost. 9to5Mac has found a new Apple job posting looking for “a uniquely creative individual …
Raspberry Pi hack lets Siri open garage doors [video]
The holidays are over, but if you find yourself the owner of an iOS device with Siri and a Raspberry Pi computer, you can combine …
GM will be first automaker to integrate Apple’s Siri into its Chevy Sonic and Spark cars
It’s not the mythical iCar, but it’ll suffice for drivers who have long dreamed of talking to their car. General Motors (GM) announced on Tuesday at …
Desperately seeking Siri
Let’s face it — TV is boring. Not the 57 Channels and Nothin’ On kind of boring, the kind of boring you experience when you’ve …
OS X 10.9 rumored to include Siri and Apple Maps
Whether Siri is ready or not, Apple’s (AAPL) virtual assistant is the future. Although OS X 10.9 is still largely a mystery outside of a few …
Siri will be able to buy movie tickets for you in iOS 6.1
iOS 6 gave Siri the ability to track sports, look up movies and ratings, launch apps and make restaurant reservations. The update was a step …
Google’s iOS Voice Search app absolutely demolishes Siri in a speed test [video]
Gizmodo decided pit Apple’s (AAPL) Siri against Google’s (GOOG) new iOS Voice Search application in a speed test, and the results were not pretty for …
Apple scoops up Amazon search executive William Stasior to beef up Siri
Apple (AAPL) is in the news for the second time in two weeks for hiring another top employee from a competing company. According to AllThingsD, …
Siri is fouling up weather forecasts for major cities and suffering from intermittent outages
New York iPhone users who ask Siri for a weather forecast this week might be surprised to learn that the Big Apple is expected to …
Siri-controlled iTunes could be coming to future Macs
Voice control is the way of the future, or at least that’s what Apple (AAPL) wants people to believe. With the launch of Siri on …
Siri co-founder Cheyer parts ways with Apple
Another one of Siri’s daddies is leaving home. Bloomberg reported on Tuesday afternoon that Siri co-founder Adam Cheyer was parting ways with Apple (AAPL) just two-and-a-half years …
