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Apple brings Dictation to Mountain Lion

, Jun 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple has added a ton of new features to Mountain Lion today here at WWDC, and one of them is Dictation. Users will be able to speak in almost every app across Mountain Lion and have their words transcribed to text automatically. Apple say that Dictation will work for Facebook, Mail, and Microsoft Word. It’s not quite the full-blown Siri support that some were expecting, but it’s the next best thing. Read The Full Story

Your WWDC 2012 preparation guide: MacBook Pro and iOS 6 for everybody

, Jun 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week we’re getting prepped for one of the larger Apple events of the year, that being the Wordwide Developers Conference 2012. This conference is billed as “the weeek we’ve all been waiting for” by Apple and is sure to bring on more than just software – as we’ve seen in years past – but hardware as well. We’ll be bringing you all of the action live from our WWDC livecast portal as well as here in the main news feed, but before we get there, have a look at our pre-event guide.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook at D: All Things Digital – The Round-Up

, May 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

So the man that people are still calling "the new Steve Jobs" rather than his real name took the stage at one of the most heralded technology events tonight - heralded not because of the glitz and glamor and product announcements but because of the candor and insights you don't get anywhere else. Read The Full Story

Apple CEO Tim Cook faces D10, talks Siri flaws

, May 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Tim Cook took the stage at the D10 conference this evening, and as you might expect when he's facing questions from no-nonsense business types, he was asked to defend the iPhone 4S's personal voice assistant Siri, which has gone from a cool novelty to one of Apple's biggest marketing campaigns of the decade, even though some suggest Siri doesn't have the chops to back it up. Read The Full Story

Apple television in pilot production tip Chinese sources

, May 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

After Foxconn's "yes we are; no we're not" turnaround on the Apple television earlier this month, fresh rumors from China now claim once again that pilot production has begun at the long-time Cupertino partner. "Informed sources" spilled the test production details to the China Business News, or so the Chinese-language site claims, though exactly when that might mature to full production is unclear. Read The Full Story

John Malkovich talks laughter and life in latest Siri ad

, May 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

John Malkovich has become the latest celebrity to trade voice commands with Apple's Siri, with the Emmy award winning actor featuring in two new adverts for the iPhone 4S. The commercials - which you can watch after the cut - sees Malkovich using the digital personal assistant to plan a night out, being entertained by Siri's dry humor, and then getting philosophical. Read The Full Story

Siri’s Voice Dictation spotted in OS X Mountain Lion code

, May 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

The same Siri-based voice dictation features as on the new iPad look increasingly likely to show up in OS X Mountain Lion, Apple's next-gen Mac platform, according to new beta code tidbits. According to a new mention in the latest seed of Mountain Lion, spotted by 9 to 5 Mac, Apple could be using a new keypress combo to trigger what's presumably the same server-based dictation system as offered on the iPad. Read The Full Story

IBM blocks Dropbox and iCloud as well as Siri

, May 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Earlier today it was reported that Siri was being blocked for IBM employees nationwide as a sort of cut-back on their "bring your own device" policy for smartphones and tablets at the workplace - that policy has expanded, it seems. A new addition to the reports we've heard this morning indicate that IBM not only has Apple's Siri blocked, but several other applications such as Dropbox and Apples iCloud. The reason IBM has these applications blocked from the their offices is simple: data might not be as secure through these applications as they want their employees data to be. Read The Full Story

IBM blocks Siri on its networks

, May 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

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 in the fear that sensitive information may wind up in the wrong hands. Read The Full Story

Rovi and Nuance beat Siri to the television

, May 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Everyone seems to get rather excited when you talk about voice control on smartphones, but what about on the television? Rovi and Nuance have announced a partnership that would see Nuance making use of Rovi’s entertainment data in its Dragon TV service. That would let consumers access Rovi indexed shows using nothing more than their crystal clear voice. Read The Full Story

Samsung and Vlingo blocking unofficial S-Voice use

, May 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung Galaxy S IIIs are already out there in the wild even though the phone doesn’t official hit retail channels until May 29th. The exclusive Flipboard APK was ripped from the phone pretty quickly, and over the weekend Samsung’s personal voice assistant, S-Voice, was also uploaded for anyone with an Android phone running Ice Cream Sandwich to enjoy. Samsung doesn’t seem to be amused by such shenanigans, and has blocked users from accessing the feature. Read The Full Story

Samsung S Voice Siri clone gets leaked for Android 4.0

, May 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's no secret that when it comes to smartphones, Samsung sees only one company as its competitor - Apple. It believes, rightly so, that it has the most popular presence on Android so rather than fight against other Android manufacturers it has its eyes set solely on the iPhone. So it is really no surprise that the company has developed its own version of Siri. Will it be able to measure up? Read The Full Story
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