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Smart calendar app Tempo speeds up your day

by Michael Rose (Feb 13th, 2013)

Not to bother you with a study from the University of the Obvious, but if you think about the history of technologically facilitated intelligent agents, the goal always seems to be to sub in for a clever, always-on human personal assistant. There's a reason that hyper-busy, well-compensated folk ...

Why Google and Microsoft need to fear Siri

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Oct 26th, 2011)

Tech.pinions' Tim Bajarin has opined on why they feel Google and Microsoft hate Siri, citing some excellent sources. As the article states, Google's Andy Rubin told the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg, "You shouldn't be communicating with the phone; you should be communicating with somebody ...

Siri and the possibility of artificial intelligence

by Mike Schramm (Oct 17th, 2011)

Wired does a little speculating over on the Cloudline blog about whether or not Apple's redesigned Siri service actually counts as an AI. Technically, no, Siri's not a real artificial intelligence. When you ask "her" something and she comes back with a witty answer, your iPhone doesn't actually ...

iPhone Assistant called a "world-changing event" by Siri co-founder

by Steven Sande (Oct 3rd, 2011)

One of the expected announcements in tomorrow's "Let's Talk iPhone" event revolves around the iPhone Assistant, a powerful voice recognition and artificial intelligence tool that will enable real-time searching and control of iPhones. The tool, based on technology acquired in Apple's 2010 ...

tChess Pro for iPad is very, very good

by Mel Martin (May 25th, 2010)

I love to play chess and was looking for something that worked well on the iPad. The large screen and crisp graphics make board games on the iPad an attractive proposition. Based on some reviews, I installed tChess Pro for US $7.99. I wasn't disappointed. While you can use the app to let two ...

Former Apple Store employee creates Iron Man's J.A.R.V.I.S. using a Mac mini

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 6th, 2010)

Okay, there's no HUD display like Tony Stark had and it isn't voiced by Paul Bettany, but former Apple Store employee Chad Barraford has created Project Jarvis, a digital assistant that greets him, Tweets for him, and can even tell his family when he has a headache and dim the lights of his ...