Imagine the possibilities if we give Cortana access to our LinkedIn profiles, network of connections, groups and complete set of professional interests.
acquisitions
Nuance’s Acquisition of VirtuOZ Signals Growth for Mobile Personal Virtual Assistants
Nuance has reportedly acquired one of the leaders in the Web-based virtual assistant business, VirtuOZ.
West to Acquire HyperCube LLC; Tackle Network Reliability for Multichannel, Mobile e-Commerce
West Corporation’s pending acquisition of HyperCube brings to light a very important “ground truth” in the world of Conversational Commerce.
The Siri Chronicles: Amazon.com Quietly Acquired Yap; The Speech-Enabled Kindle Awaits
Yap, Inc., was quietly merged with a shell corporation owned by Amazon.com on September 8, 2011.
Voxeo Acquires Another Cloud-based Speech Service Provider
Referring to it as “the tenth acquisition in four years” cloud-based telephony-service provider now adds NetXentry to its roster of cloud-based voice and telephony service providers.
West’s Roll-up Continues With TuVox Acquisition
One thing’s for sure, the age of Recombinant Communications (RC) has rendered moot the classic “Apps versus Tools” debate and obliterated an entire category of solutions providers.
Suspense is Over: HP Buys Palm for $1.2 billion
The self-described largest IT company in the world is getting into the mobile phone business as HP agrees to buy Palm Inc. in a deal valued at $1.2 billion.