I’m really looking forward to watching the TV game show Jeopardy tonight, when “Watson,” a computer that’s been fine-tuned by the scientists at IBM’s R&D lab, takes on two of the best players in the history of the game.
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Vlingo Reveals its 2011 “Virtual Assistant” Roadmap
With the Mobile World Congress fast approaching, Vlingo deemed it timely to introduce the full range of products and services it plans to introduce in the coming year under its “Virtual Assistant” marketing umbrella.
Waze Adds Voice Features to Crowdsourced Traffic Reporting App
Waze was one of the earliest mashups of crowdsourcing, Maps and Navigation services on an application for Apple’s iOS based devices. It has, over time, added versions for Symbian, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile based devices.
C3 Coverage Continues: The “Personal Cloud” Picks Up Steam
The final session at the Conversational Commerce Conference (C3) continues to inspire some ground-breaking thought.
Google Translate App is Now Available for iPhone Users
Google officially launched its own speech-to-speech translation application for iPhone users to download from Apple’s ITunes store.
C3 Commentary: Welcome to VRMville!
The first Conversational Commerce Conference (C3) is history. I’m grateful to all attendees and panelists for engaging in a series of thoughtful and thought-provoking (ahem) conversations. For a very good summary (including a pointer to the Chirpstory site featuring a… Read More ›
Nuance Offers Vocon “App Module” for Personal Navigation
Nuance is making it easier for mobile application developers to add voice input and output to personal navigation applications by offering Vocon Navigation as a pre-packaged “App Module” to support “one-shot destination entry.”
Marchex, Cisco and Spanlink Demostrate Better Listening Through Analytics
At C3, attendees were given a glimpse of real world instances where companies and their customers both benefit from implementations of real-time speech analytics.
West Corporation Buys Twenty First Century Communications
With VoiceXML platforms from HollyConnects and Tuvox safely ensconced in the corporate infrastructure, West has purchased Twenty-First Century Communications (TFCC) a company with a long history of providing high-volume emergency alert and inbound call management systems for utilities, government, public safety and corporate applications.
Both Microsoft and Google Signal Future Prominence of Hybrid Mobile Apps
The “App versus Browser” debate is steadily being made moot; and rightfully so.