Microsoft, Google, Apple, Nuance, Vlingo and their partners are laying the groundwork for new advertising and promotions – bordering on “engagement” models.
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Cisco Names Rosters of Partners to Host (and Popularize) Quad
Cisco announced formal arrangements with a number service providers to offer Quad on a hosted or managed services basis. The chosen service providers include ACS (a Xerox company) in North America, Logicalis UK in Western Europe, and Alphawest (a wholly owned subsidiary of Optus) in Australia.
Update with Deal Terms: Nuance Acquires SVOX; Next Step in Battle Among Apple, Google, Microsoft, AT&T and IBM
Nuance completed its acquisition of SVOX AG, the Switzerland-based provider of a full range of speech processing software.
Webcast Tomorrow: The Contact Center as a Customer Information Hub
With all the chatter building around social media, data mining and analytics, it’s easy to forget that the telephone remains a frequently used instrument for conversational commerce.
Avaya Planning an IPO to raise $1 Billion; Values Company at 1/4 the Market Cap of Groupon
According to a report by Wall Street Journal reporters Dana Cimillluca and Anupreta Das, an IPO is imminent for Silver Lake Partners and TPG’s Avaya Inc.
By Popular Demand: A Paid Version of Google’s Translate API
Now that they got our attention by announcing the “deprecation” of the Translate API, Google is doing something of an about face today.
No Real Answer to why Google is “Deprecating” its Translation API
Claiming “substantial economic burden caused by extensive abuse,” Google has officially “deprecated” its Translate API.
Positive Signs for West Corporation’s IPO
Successful IPOs for LinkedIn and Yandex and should bolster confidence for West Corporation as it gets set to re-introduce itself to Wall Street.
SVOX Downloads Expose a Gender Gap for TTS
SVOX AG reveals interesting details about the mix of “voices” that have been downloaded from the Android marketplace to support navigation applications, ebook reading, game playing, speech-to-speech translation and other talking apps.
Square’s “Mobile Wallet” Service Sets Stage for Pay-By-Voice, Maybe.
Mobile payment startup, Square is very close to launching applications that enable people to authorize payments by using their voice over a smartphone.