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The First Piece of Google Chrome’s Conversational Future Is in Place

The first crazy leaps into a Star Trek future just showed up in the latest stable build of Chrome. As of now, "Conversational Search" has now rolled out, which means that Chrome can now remember what you're searching for if you ask a couple of questions in a row. Read More >>

May 22, 2013 - 4:00pm
By Eric Limer
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Featured comment by Hip:
""The big feature, being able to just say “OK, Google” to initiate search, hasn’t rolled out quite yet, but it should be coming very soon. " ..." More »

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Apparently You’ll Just Be Able to Shout at Your Xbox to Turn It On

The Xbox rumours are flowing thick and fast at the moment, with the latest report stating that Microsoft's going all-in with voice recognition, allowing you to simply walk in the room and shout "Xbox on" to fire the thing up. It's even going to go all Siri-like on us too, let's just hope it's a tad more useful in the UK than Apple's poor-excuse-for-butler. Read More >>

February 8, 2013 - 9:30am
By Sam Gibbs
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Featured comment by hughes82:
"lol well why make a console then when there are people who are blind LOL" More »

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Say Hi to The New Google Chrome Beta, It’s Listening

Voice control has been the trend in phones for a while now, but it's not content to just stay there. The newest Chrome Beta 25 is introducing a Web Speech API, which means a talk-y future is on the horizon, hopefully. Read More >>

January 14, 2013 - 11:00pm
By Eric Limer
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Point and Laugh With/At LG’s Updated Magic Remote

This isn't Christmas 2012's hottest sex toy. It's LG's revised Magic Remote, the new way to turn the act of changing channels into a never-ending loop of frustration. Read More >>

December 19, 2012 - 11:30am
By Gary Cutlack
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Featured comment by Bhenn:
"Most probably ;-)" More »

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Soon Your Phone Will Know How You’re Feeling

Of course we spend a lot of time talking into our phones, but more and more we're also spending a lot of time talking to them. For the most part they tend to be pretty good at simply retrieving data, but soon they might be able to figure out your mood as well. Read More >>

December 8, 2012 - 10:00pm
By Eric Limer
1 Comment

Featured comment by E-ROLE:
"I'm pretty sure Marvin from Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy (HHGTTG for short) evolved from my mobile. Like me it's always feeling depressed." More »

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RIM Getting in on the Siri Clone Scene With BB10 Voice Assistant

RIM is set to jump on the clumsy voice control/personal assistant bandwagon, with developers reporting that the latest BlackBerry 10 OS alpha code has been updated to feature a selection of voice-activated personal assistant features. Read More >>

July 24, 2012 - 1:45pm
By Gary Cutlack
9 Comments

Featured comment by dirtymagic86:
"Oh man you should hear some of the NZ News Presenters. It is quite jarring listening to them after getting used to the BBC https://www.youtube.com/..." More »

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Zypr: Voice Control for Every Device and Application

One day, we'll all expect our gadgets to respond intelligently to voice commands. But right now, with the exception of Siri, nothing really works very well. Read More >>

November 7, 2011 - 11:30pm
By Mario Aguilar
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Jailbroken iPhone 4 and iPod Touch Run Limited Siri

A hacker group has successfully ported Siri over to jailbroken iPhone 4s and 4th-gen iPod touches, marking the beginning of what could be a "whack a mole" response from Apple as it attempts to block the 4S's "killer feature." Read More >>

October 30, 2011 - 9:30pm
By Jack Loftus
4 Comments

Featured comment by B-Roll:
"Just goes to show what a half-baked idea the 4S was." More »

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