It was gratifying to see this post by Tim Hastings in ReadWriteWeb, addressing “multi-factor authentication in the cloud”. I was especially interested to note that the dynamic duo of VMWare and Intel are sponsors of the ReadWrite Cloud “channel”, which… Read More ›
Recombinant Communications
RC (Recombinant Communications) Spells New Life for TTS (Text-to-Speech)
Life-like text-to-speech rendering is one of those evergreen, yet elusive, opportunities for advancement in speech processing.
Spoken Completing its Transformation, Allies with ROK Entertainment Group
Today, by announcing this alliance with a UK-based mobile application distributor, the center of gravity moves steadily away from the enterprise contact center and more deeply into the mobile experience.
Peace on Earth: Amazon and Microsoft to Share Patents
Microsoft reveals that Amazon.com is paying an undisclosed sum and entering an agreement by which each company provides “access to the other’s patent portfolio” which “covers a broad range of products and technology, including coverage for Amazon’s popular e-reading device, Kindle™”.
Now it has a name: Alcatel-Lucent Virtual Sandbox
A couple of weeks ago, in this post, I mentioned that Alcatel-Lucent had assembled some very impressive resources to enable carriers to lure third-party developers. Yesterday, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC2010), the company formally launched a much better organized,… Read More ›
The Real Meaning of Fonolo’s iPhone App – Reinventing the Contact Center
On February 9, when Fonolo launched a free app for the iPhone, it raised the visibility of all efforts to shorten the time it takes to get things done through phone-based self-service.
Google’s Approach to Real-time Translation: A Matter of “Satisficing”
“Satisficing” has long been the unspoken business imperative of the speech processing community.
Google Buzz is Mobile Advertiser Friendly But Developer Unfriendly
Google debuted its new “Buzz” today, positioning it both as a service enhancement for the 150 million users of Gmail, and as a social networking extension to mobile subscribers with a gmail account.
Siri Debuts on iPhone: Speech-based Virtual Personal Assistant
Today the App Store in Apple’s iTunes site begins distributing Siri, a new app that transforms the iPhone into a “virtual personal assistant.”
Cisco Previews Its Mobile UC Approach
There is no question that “unified communications” and “collaboration” are destined to have a mobile component.