Siri

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120612_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] It’s that time of year. Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference opened yesterday and true to form, some very exciting announcements were made. Apple’s top executives took to the stage to show off the new MacBook Pro with the world’s highest resolution notebook display and up to 768GB of Continue Reading →

The personal assistant for Android known as Samsung S-Voice has been released on the Galaxy S III smartphone and has been hacked and distributed to the public at the same time. This application works much in the same way as the Galaxy S II voice assistant did when it was released last year and is Continue Reading →

When you use Siri, voice data is sent back to Apple’s servers in order to be processed, but the information is also stored there for a period of time to help hone the voice assistant. IBM seems to be a little spooked by this, and has begun blocking use of Siri on its private networks Continue Reading →

 Read the full story at Davide Houle. I am frequently asked about what technology I carry and use.  This is due in large part because I am a futurist and to many people technology and the future are close to synonymous.  That of course is not wholly true, but certainly understandable as it is technology Continue Reading →

Far from the first time Apple’s Siri has made headlines, new reports have suggested that asking the voice commanded service the seemingly self evident question “What is the best smartphone ever” has seen a number of surprising answers. Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120329_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The Wall Street Journal and Parks Associates did a survey of Apple iPhone 4S users to see how much they liked using Siri, Apple’s personal digital assistant.  Not surprisingly, usage is limited and it’s pretty easy to understand why.  Let’s try Siri, schedule a call for me Continue Reading →

The army of startups — some 65 in all — pitching a packed room of investors at Y Combinator’s Demo Day today all begin the same way: Explaining what problem they’re trying to solve. Some resonate more quickly than others. That was the case with Sonalight. Its basic pitch is that it makes a better Continue Reading →

Remember the game show 1 vs. 100, where one contestant played against 100 people for a cash jackpot? As the lone contestant built up his/her end of the jackpot (through incredibly inane multiple-choice questions) host Bob Saget (later Carrie Ann Inaba) would call for a decision to play on with this question: Do you want Continue Reading →

With the constant development of new search tools, Google is having to fight harder to keep its place at the top of the food chain. For example, Apple’s voice activated personal assistant, Siri, is changing the way many people search for and consume information. Read the whole story at Forbes.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120312_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] I’m Shelly Palmer and this is Digital Living: You can visit the Apple store and pre-order the New iPad, but should you?  It’s got a faster processor, better camera, it shoots in HD and it’s 4G.  And, although it does not have Siri, the new iPad does Continue Reading →