The Windows Phone Nokia Lumia 920 advertisement was one of a new kind from Microsoft where it boasts about the advantage of a Windows Phone against competitors’ devices. This slick Windows 8 ad is… For more visit TheWindowsClub.com. The Windows [...]
Ask A VC: Menlo Ventures’ Shawn Carolan On Sourcing Siri, How He Wants To Solve Email Overload And More
Menlo Ventures Managing Director Shawn Carolan stopped by the studio for our Ask A VC series. Carolan, who focuses on consumer tech investments for Menlo Ventures, chatted about how he sourced the firm’s investment in Siri, which was acquired by Apple [...]
Android-Based Siri Alternative Maluuba Gets Into Online Shopping, Partners With Best Buy And Walmart
TechCrunch Disrupt alumni Maluuba is launching the latest version of its Siri-like Android app in the Google Play store today. The major new feature in this latest release is the addition of shopping-related queries and results to the eighteen other [...]
Come iOS 6.1, Siri Will Be Able To Help You Purchase Movie Tickets
Siri got nice little boost a few weeks ago when she (or he, depending on your locale) was updated to handle sports information, restaurant reservations and movie listings, but it seems the virtual assistant’s faculty with films will soon extend [...]
Google Takes on Siri With Free Search App for Apple Devices
There’s a new search app in town for Apple devices courtesy of Google. The search engine giant is offering a free voice search app for the iPhone and iPad — a direct challenge to Apple’s virtual voice-driven assistant, Siri. The [...]
Apple snags Amazon’s A9 head to lead Siri team
Companies poach each other’s employees and execs all the time. But, Apple’s latest score, William Stasior, is a pretty substantial one. For the last six years he has served as president and CEO of A9, Amazon’s search and ad subsidiary. [...]
Android-Based Siri Alternative Maluuba Goes International, Looks To Raise Up To $10M
Maluuba, the Siri-like personal assistant that launched at TechCrunch Disrupt SF earlier this year, just announced the launch of its Maluuba International Edition. Until now, the service was only available in the U.S., Australia, UK and Ireland, but the International [...]
Insiders claim Siri co-founder Adam Cheyer has left Apple
It’s not uncommon for executives of smaller companies to jump ship within a few years of the business selling to a larger firm, whether it’s out of entrepreneurial restlessness or unhappiness with the corporate status quo. We don’t know which [...]
Siri Is The New Clippy
So you’re trying to navigate through apps to distract yourself from the mind numbing boredom of a tech conference, let’s say, and all of a sudden you accidentally press too hard on your iPhone’s home button and boom, the tell-tale [...]
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