When voice biometrics goes mainstream it will be on the coattails of several burgeoning phenomena that are on display in Las Vegas at CES.
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Estimote Unveils New Product for Indoor Location and iOS Mobile Apps
A new software product designed to work with Estimote’s existing beacons enables easy set up for indoor mapping and the ability to deliver contextual features to mobile apps.
New Apple iOS to Ship with Baked in “Hey, Siri” Feature
“Hey, Siri” was the top feature promoted by Craig Federighi, senior vice president of Software Engineering, when he introduced iOS 8 at WWDC (Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference).
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.