Apple, Amazon, and Google say their virtual helpers—Siri, Alexa, and the less snappily named Google Assistant—can make our lives easier by acting on our commands to book cabs, order pizza, or check the weather. But like all the other free-to-use goodies that tech giants offer up, these new personal assistants must also earn their keep. …
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Other changes for Ink include a compass on its ruler and a slew of smaller tweaks, like defaulting to touch Inking on for non-pen enabled touchscreen devices. Now the Windows Game Bar works with a few more games (League of Legends, World of Warcraft, DOTA 2, Battlefield 4, Counterstrike: Global Offensive, and Diablo II) in …
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The doors to TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 opened May 9 at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The three-day conference hosted 2,300 attendees and hundreds of thousands more tuning in online. Indeed, Disrupt NY 2016 was the first media conference to stream on Facebook Live in full, making it one of our most watched events ever. In the much-anticipated Startup Battlefield, 22 competitors pitched to …
Get ready: Four years in the making, Viv, Siri’s cousin, is here — and those who know her say she is one of a kind. At Disrupt NYC this week, Siri creators Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer offered convincing evidence that their new AI-powered assistant could disrupt commerce as we know it: Through the power …
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By Cailey Rizzo KAYAK and Amazon are bringing flight planning to Alexa, the virtual assistant in Amazon’s smart home products. Launching Tuesday, the KAYAK integration provides a voice-activated travel service to let users ask about travel options using their voice and an Alexa-enabled device. Users can track live flights, find out what destinations are within …
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Now you can use voice prompts like: “Alexa, ask Kayak to track a flight” or “Alexa, ask Kayak where I can go for $300?” Amazon’s Alexa just learned a new skill: how to plan and track a trip. The cloud-based voice service that powers Amazon’s Echo speaker now works with travel site Kayak, letting you access …
The creators of Apple’s artificial intelligence assistant, Siri, have come out with a new product, Viv, which can handle more complicated tasks and partner with third party sites. Ordering things online is definitely going to become a helluva lot easier. Long Story Siri is great and all, but she’s got some flaws (sorry baby). Most …
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Since its delivery in my office, Philips hue has radically changed my décor, kept my sanctuary safe, helped me relax and focus and above all, lighting has changed. It actually combines high quality LED light with intuitive technology and literally put it in your palm. Hue is a blessing for me since there were very …
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