Update 1: YouTube embed now below (thanks draz!). Conan O'Brien has poked fun at Apple before and now he's come up with a spoof of Apple's Siri TV commercial, titled 'We Know What You're Gonna Use It For'. It could be NSFW, so turn down that volume if you're at work. (Flash video) As funny...
IRIS 9000 is quite an amazing first dedicated accessory for Siri, the iPhone 4S’s AI-powered digital assistant. Developed by ThinkGeek, it is a voice control module that lets you control Apple’s Siri voice assistant from across the room. Just place your iPhone 4S into the Iris 9000 cradle and tap the included micro remote control once to trigger Siri. The...
We have been hearing rumors of an Apple branded TV set every now an then for the last couple of years. A new publication by Fortune quoting analyst Gene Munster (via 9to5Mac) claims that according to Gene, all evidence is pointing to a launch as soon as next year. Among the newly presented evidence from him...
According to an exclusive report by AllThingsD, the co-founder and Chief Executive of company which developed the magical Siri voice assistant for iPhone 4S, has departed from Apple. Dag Kittlaus has led the speech recognition efforts for Apple, since it bought Siri in April of 2010. He had been Siri’s CEO since 2007. According to the report, he...
Update 1: New official embed from Apple's YouTube channel. Looks like Apple has started its iPhone 4S TV commercials campaign. The first commercial debuted tonight on network television. The video was filmed by a viewer and posted online, but expect this commercial to go live soon on Apple's YouTube channel: [via MacRumors]
One can be easily frustrated with Siri if your contact list consists of hard to pronounce names. The workaround is to set phonetic first or last name fields for your contacts. This isn't new, but now that Siri is relevant on the iPhone 4S, it's probably one of the more important tweaks to maximize your...
The creators of the free 'To Do' app Remember the Milk have come up with a way to enable Siri to enter tasks into the app, as noted on the company blog. They have demonstrated how it works with the following video: Here's how to setup Siri to add tasks to Remember the Milk: Open Settings on...
Apple has just announced in a press release the iPhone 4S has sold more than 4 million units in its opening weekend. Not only that, more than 25 million people updated to iOS 5, along with 20 million signing up for iCloud. Not too shabby for a phone that was supposed to be a dud,...
Yesterday we told you how to setup Siri to send tweets for you to Twitter. Today, we will show you how to get Siri to post Facebook updates for you using the similar method. Just add your phone number to activate Facebook Texts, add Facebook's SMS number as a contact named 'Facebook', and voila. How...
All this time, I wondered if SkyNet was secretly involved with Siri and the Joy of Tech confirms it below, in their explanation of how Siri *really* works: From Terminator 2: Judgment Day (insert Arnold voice): John Connor: Can you learn stuff you haven't been programmed with so you could be... you know, more human?...
If you've tried to ask Siri to send tweets for you, it won't work. But there is a workaround--enable text messaging within your twitter account, and save your country's twitter short code to your Contacts. Once your account is confirmed, all you have to do is say "Message Twitter _____ " and you'll be sending...
Since the launch of the iPhone 4S on Friday, the one home run so far has been Siri. Still in 'beta', Siri hasn't been localized for Canadian English and French. Other shortcomings include the lack of location-based searches for restaurants and directions. You might have tried asking Siri to tell you the time and date,...
