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Can We Get a Better Digital Assistant Without Violating Our Privacy? [Opinion]

Ron June 8, 2015 94

AI, or artificial intelligence, is an old idea, but it's still probably the most important technological leap that we've yet to make. We've been inching closer with things like Google Now, Siri, and Cortana, but we are still so far away. As we inch closer,...

Chrome’s Touch to Search is Awesome, But No, It Isn’t Google Now on Tap

Kellen June 6, 2015 38

Just over a week ago, Chrome for Android received an update to version 43.0.2357.78 that included a feature called Touch to Search. If you have used the Chrome Beta within the last several months, you know exactly what this feature is. If you haven't, well,...

Google Now on Tap Brings Smart Multi-Tasking to Android M

Kellen May 28, 2015 36

Part of Android M is a major enhancement to Google Now, Google's smart-as-hell automated assistant service, called Now on Tap. With Google Now on Tap, the new piece to the Now puzzle, you can get Google Now help from almost anywhere with a simple long press of...

Google Introduces Custom Voice Actions Like “OK, Google, Listen to NPR” (Updated)

Kellen April 30, 2015 54

Quietly over on the Android Developers Google+ page, Google announced custom voice actions today for third party apps. They are currently piloting this new integration with select partners like NPR and Shazam, but are actively seeking additional app developers...

Google Gives 70 New Apps Access to Google Now

Kellen April 28, 2015 20

Back in January, Google announced that it was allowing 3rd party apps to work with Google Now for the first time; 40 of them to be exact. This was huge news because it meant that your favorite non-Google apps could start to give you relevant, perfectly timed...

Report: Yahoo Planning Google Now, Siri Competitor Codenamed ‘Index’

Tim April 23, 2015 56

According to sources of Business Insider, Yahoo is hard at work, making a competitor to Google Now and Apple's Siri. Reported to feature the ability to index a users' entire email archive, then spit it back at you in a contextual and helpful manner, the...

New Google Photo Stories Showing Up in Google Now

Tim April 3, 2015 21

Folks who utilize Google Photo's auto backup will begin to see new Stories pop up directly through Google Now. To explain, if you take enough photos at any given time, Google will throw those photos into a Story, then put music and effects to it. Moving...

You Can Finally “Send a Hangouts Message” With Your Voice in Google Now

Kellen March 16, 2015 93

That title isn't clickbait. I'm not even kidding with this one. You can say "send a Hangouts message" in Google Now, with your voice, and it will actually send a message in Hangouts with your voice. I don't know when this went live, but it's live. It will ask...