Tag: Siri

Starting your car with Siri more realistic than you may think

We’ve mentioned a couple of Siri hacks that have shown off what the future of Siri may hold for us, and today we have another...
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The future of Siri is already on display with this thermostat hack

Pretty soon Siri will be taking live requests to spice up your life. Developers have already put together a hack that lets them control a...
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You can now put Siri on your iPhone 4 or iPod touch

Developers have managed to crack the Siri security protocol, making it theoretically possible to install Siri on an iPhone 4 or an iPod touch; however,...
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iPhone 4S proximity sensor always on so Siri can hear you

One of the design philosophies of Apple of late is that there are no on/off switches on their devices. You pick it up, you press...
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Apple tells Jon Briggs to Shhh-up and keep Siri on the down-low

Appearing in any Apple commercial or technology can clearly be a double-edged sword. On the one hand it could mean instant fame (Hello Mr. Long...
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Amazon buys Yap, a Siri-like speech thingie

Amazon picked up a little piece of voice-recognition software called Yap that some pundits are saying could eventually be their answer to Apple’s Siri. Whatever...
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How-To: Update Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ with Siri

  Some of you might still be in the dark as to how to make Siri do your social work. In other words, getting the...
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Is Siri a threat to Google?

Google apparently is a little more worried than it let on that Apple’s Siri technology could pose a significant threat to the search giant. While...
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SiriTunes quite possibly helping you pirate music with your voice

SiriTunes is a new service that basically capitalizes on the name Siri, and its core functionality of letting you send a text message and receive...
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Siri’s mysterious blue underline, and what it means to you

I’m sure you’ve all noticed it at some point, but Siri is pretty dang cool. She’s not quite as good at listening as, say, Apple’s...
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Siri goes all “BlackBerry Messenger” for a few hours

iPhone users found out today that pride cometh before a fall, as the iOS digital assistant, Siri, went off the grid for a few hours,...
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Siri is not eating up as much bandwidth per query as we thought

Right after the iPhone 4S launched, Siri was painfully slow, which we expected. After all, everyone walking out of an Apple store with the new...
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Using Siri while driving in California might get you into trouble

Yes, we know. Siri has been hot news for the past three weeks. The reviews have all been for positive, too — until now. MercuryNews...
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Iris 9000 lets you boss Siri around from across the room

Siri is the new kid in town. Quite popular, too. However, she can only be used when your iPhone 4S is within reach. But what...
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Siri makes it to iPad, jailbreak will be required

Siri is hitting news once again; however, this time the personal assistant is showing her face on the iPad 1st-generation. One thing’s for sure — this...
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Siri co-founder leaves Apple after iPhone 4S launch

The co-founder and CEO of Siri has left Apple according to All Things D. It’s being reported that Dag Kittlaus’s exit was planned for a...
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Make sure Siri is passcode protected for some extra security

In our child-like excitement to try out Siri on iPhone 4S release day, most of us missed the fact that you can launch Siri, compose...
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Siri is coming to any iOS 5 device soon, no jailbreak required

Siri is now running smoothly, for the most part, on all iOS 5 devices. To be specific, those devices are the iPad 1, iPad 2, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod...
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