Siri Is Only The Beginning

Dag Kittlaus was co-founder and CEO at Siri, which was acquired by Apple in 2010.

For decades, Hollywood has been portraying machines that humans can converse with, delegate tasks to, and command. Remember the HAL 9000, KITT the car, COMPUTER from Star Trek, or even the brilliantly conceived and visualized Apple “Knowledge Navigator” from over 20 years ago? The day is dawning.

Hello Siri.

The response to Siri has exceeded even my own imagination … and I have a rather vast imagination. I ..read more

Eating Right: There Are Apps – and More – for That

Healthy intake can be tricky, but electronic media make it easier than ever before. Apps and sites are fear for helping to motivate people to do the right thing, according to nutrition expert Susan Mitchell. “This always-on communication gives people tools to change their health goals whenever and however they want to.”

One day, Hemi Weingarten’s wife brought home some glow-in-the-dark yogurt for their three young children. He read the ingredient list to find out how the strawberries could be ..read more

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BTJunkie Scurries Into the Shadows

BTJunkie has suddenly gone dark, apparently in response to the severe actions the Justice Department took against Megaupload and its operators last month. These closures are clearly a win for the RIAA and MIAA, said tech attorney Christopher Collins, but “unless some version of SOPA with real teeth is enacted — a question for another day — then I believe that this will be a recurring issue for the content owners and their Net police.”

BitTorrent search engine BTJunkie has ..read more

Daily iPad App: Monster Wars is a great addition to Legendary Wars series

I first saw Monster Wars a little while ago at Macworld as Liv Games was just publishing it, but the title has been out for a little while now and I’ve had a little longer to play with it. Monster Wars is not only another massive content pack for Legendary Wars, with tons of new stages, modes and units to play with, but it is a nice iteration on the series as a whole, with a lot of subtle ..read more

Halliburton Dumps RIM, Chooses iPhones For 4,500 Employees

To say that RIM has had a tough time these past few months is an understatement, and today’s news probably won’t help raise the morale around Waterloo. According to AppleInsider, oilfield services giant Halliburton will soon be migrating their BlackBerry-toting workforce to run exclusively on a new fleet of iPhones.

I can also imagine the conversation now. “Sorry RIM, it’s not you, it’s us… alright, fine, it really is you.”

The news was sent out via an internal newsletter, which mentions that ..read more

iPhone 4S Ranks #1 In Q4, But More First-Time Buyers Choose Android

According to new research from the NPD Group, Apple passed LG and Samsung to become the top-selling U.S. handset brand in Q4 2011. Combined, the three acquirable models of the iPhone (iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS) accounted for 43% of the U.S. smartphone market.

Android, however, continued to see larger market share at 48%.

Together, iPhone and Android accounted for over 90% of U.S. smartphone sales, leaving little room for any up-and-comer like Windows Phone, or even the declining brand ..read more

Citing “Short-Term Difficulties”, HTC Forecasts Weak Q1, Significant Revenue Drop

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Smartphones and tablets maker HTC this morning said it foresees a large drop in revenue (PDF) in the ..read more

Anons’ FBI Phone Snooping Casts Long Shadow on Cybersecurity

Members of Anonymous managed to tap into an FBI conference call recently, after which they place a recording of the call on the open Web. The news has raised concern in many corners of the security industry. “The odds are that cybersecurity at the FBI and Scotland Yard is on par with, or superior to, security at most corporations,” Abrams said.

The coder community Anonymous on Friday landed another blow in its war with the United States Federal Bureau of ..read more

Leaked Info Offers Glimpse of WinPho’s Muscular Future

New features are coming soon to the next version of Microsoft’s mobile platform, Windows Phone 8. The upcoming OS will support multicore processors, a wider variety of screen sizes and NFC, according to leaked info. Microsoft will likely beta-test the software in the third quarter of the year, according to analyst Rob Enderle.

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is overhauling Windows Phone 8, which is still in development, to make it more competitive with market leaders iOS and Android, according to leaked ..read more

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