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Viv is a new virtual assistant from creators of Siri

Before Siri was a virtual assistant built into the operating system that powers iPhone and iPads, the software was a standalone app developed by a team including Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer. Apple bought the company and the rest is history… except that Kittlaus and Cheyer weren’t finished coming up with new ways for your device […]

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Amazon Tap and Echo Dot: Alexa voice-assistant speaker gadgets for $90 and up

The Amazon Echo is a $180 internet-connected speaker that can answer your questions, stream music from the internet, add items to your shopping list, and much more. People who have them seem to love them: the Echo has over 33,000 reviews and an average rating of about 4.5 stars. But $180 is a lot of […]

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Cortana might become a cross-platform virtual assistant via Microsoft Office

The Verge is reporting that Microsoft is working on a prototype Work Assistant app that will integrate Cortana, the company’s virtual personal assistant, into Office to open and share documents with voice commands. Although there is no official information about what the Work Assistant will consist of, there is a slight possibility that this new […]

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BlackBerry Assistant is the company’s answer to Siri (and Google Now… and Cortana)

BlackBerry is joining the voice-activated personal assistant party with a new feature called BlackBerry Assistant. When the BlackBerry 10.3 operating system launches it’ll include the company’s voice assistant software which lets you search for information, send text messages and more without touching the keyboard. In other words, BlackBerry Assistant is basically the BlackBerry version of Apple’s Siri. […]