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Following media exposure over customer care, Apple is once again in focus in China. A Chinese company filed a lawsuit claiming Apple has copied components of Siri's voice recognition software. (more…)

Siri, Apple's voice assistant is special. So special she thinks god is a member of the Ottawa Senators, captain Daniel Alfredsson. All you have to do is ask her "show me a picture of god" and you'll get the following answer: What does Alfredsson think of this? He told Sportsnet TV reporter Ian Mendes the...

Winston for iPhone, a completely re-designed speech-enabled personal assistant that narrates you the news from your social streams and favorite news sites, is now available on the App Store for free. Unlike Siri, Winston is a personable British butler that focuses on news instead of sending messages, bringing you an audiovisual newscast that you can enjoy on your...

Earlier this month, Hyundai announced support for Siri Eyes Free mode and today, Honda has announced that its 2013 Accord and Acura RDX / ILX models will receive support for Apple's hands-free extension of Siri (via Engadget). The feature will be available as a dealer-installed option, the price of which is yet to be announced. For those who aren't...

Yesterday actor Matt Damon got his sweet revenge on Jimmy Kimmel Live. After years of having Kimmel note the show was 'out of time' for Damon, the latter ended up taking over the show. For background on the episode, here is the clip of Kimmel ruining Matt Damon's life: During the opening, Damon took out...

The Huffington Post has a seemingly endless post which documents the origins of Apple's voice assistant, Siri, before it was acquired by Apple back in 2010. Siri's former co-founder and chief executive Dag Kittlaus, once again shares details on how he spent time at Steve Jobs' home to talk about the future of voice engines and subsequently...

With less than ten days before RIM is set to officially hold the BlackBerry 10 launch event, BGR has obtained a handful of leaked screenshots of the BlackBerry 10 operating system running on a BlackBerry Z10 handset. As we reported back in July 2012 that BlackBerry 10 is expected to introduce a Siri-like functionality, one of...

An interesting job listing posted by Apple on its website shows that the company is looking for a creative writer skilled in character-driven dialog in order to help the Siri team "evolve Siri as a distinct, recognizable character”, points out 9to5Mac.  According to the listing, the Apple is searching for a writer/editor who can not only help...

Hyundai is the latest automobile manufacturer to announce it will jump on Apple's Siri technology and Eyes Free mode. Eyes Free mode: Hyundai will integrate Siri, the intelligent assistant that helps drivers get things done just by asking, and the much-anticipated Eyes Free mode into its vehicles. Through the vehicle's infotainment system, drivers with a compatible iPhone* running...

Tired of listening to Siri try to pronounce those difficult names, and failing miserably? While one may give her an "E" for "Effort", it may quickly become annoying. Here's a tip that some of you may not know. For each entry in the Contacts app, iOS allows you to enter fields called "Phonetic First Name"...

Turns out Apple has distanced itself from Google much more than we thought. With iOS 6, Apple didn't just drop Google Maps and YouTube, but reduced Siri's reliance on Google by 50%. (more…)

Here's a quick tip on how to use Siri to open the Google Maps iOS app for directions to any place instead of Apple Maps. All you have to do is add the phrase "via transit" at the end of your request. So for example you might ask Siri the following: "Give me directions to...