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Voice Brief for iPhone is updated with some welcome new features

by Mel Martin (May 4th, 2011)

I first reviewed Voice Brief in March. The app uses a synthesized voice to read your email, Twitter feed, Facebook, the current weather, stock prices you follow and some RSS feeds that you choose. I liked the app and said it had great potential but needed some updated features. Today it has ...

Siri for iPhone is like the proverbial Genie in a bottle

by Mel Martin (Feb 5th, 2010)

We're getting closer and closer to some of the stuff we see it science fiction literature and films. Siri [iTunes link] is a small Silicon Valley startup with a really breakthrough product that for now only works on the iPhone. Here's the deal. You download the free app, start it up, and tell it ...