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  Google Now updated with movie showtime suggestions, emergency alerts, and more

  By Bryan Bishop on August 29, 2012 08:07 pm + 45 comments

  One of the headline features of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is Google Now, the company's riff on the Continue reading…

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  Saga for iOS and Android: a virtual assistant to help improve your quality of life

  By Jeff Blagdon on July 31, 2012 04:51 am + 24 comments

  Ever since we talked with Matias Duarte about Google Now at Google I/O last month we’ve been Continue reading…

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  LG renames Quick Voice tool 'Q Voice' with English version set for early 2013

  By Louis Goddard on July 23, 2012 05:00 pm + 11 comments

  Just over a month after its launch, LG is rebranding its Siri-style Quick Voice personal assistant Continue reading…

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  SRI International reveals Lola, a Siri for online banking

  By Louis Goddard on June 28, 2012 08:19 am + 4 comments

  SRI International, the Menlo Park-based company that developed the technology behind Siri, is Continue reading…

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  'Hologram-like' assistants coming to New York airports in July

  By Sam Byford on May 22, 2012 10:51 pm + 25 comments

  You could get help setting off on your vacation from an unusual source this summer, courtesy of a Continue reading…

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  Google Assistant listens and responds to voice like Siri, to be company's main focus of 2012?

  By Dante D'Orazio on March 3, 2012 07:43 pm + 441 comments

  TechCrunch is reporting that Google has a new service in the works called Google Assistant, which Continue reading…

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  iOS 5 includes Siri 'intelligent assistant' voice-control,dictation -- for iPhone 4S only

  By Paul Miller on October 4, 2011 02:15 pm + 211 comments

  As rumored, Apple's doing some all-new voice-control AI stuff in iOS 5. It's called Siri, which is Continue reading…