Siri

WATCH: Apple's Siri Hacked To Control An Entire Home

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Tech

Thanks to HuffPost's Bianca Bosker, you know all about Siri's secret origins. But what about its future? One creative individual has taken that int...

Under the Radar: Voice Control and the Science of the Unobtrusive

John West | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK Tech
John West

The holy grail of user-experience is to design something that is inherently unobtrusive, without needing a learning period, but very few new pieces of technology achieve that.

Why IBM Banned iPhone's Siri and the Work Around You Need

Charli Radke | Posted 06.01.2013 | UK Tech
Charli Radke

"What can I help you with?" IBM employees cannot hear that familiar soothing voice of Siri. Why? IBM recently imposed a ban on the usage of Siri, DropBox and iCloud as a way to protect the company's intellectual property, among other things.

Clamping Down on Crime and Bureaucracy

Brian Redpath | Posted 29.12.2012 | UK
Brian Redpath

Police officers should be crime fighters not form fillers. The desire to reduce the paperwork is shared by serving officers, David Cameron and was stated in the Home Office's Policing in the 21st Century White Paper.

PICS: Siri Learns To Review Movies (From A Robot's Perspective)

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 03.12.2012 | UK Tech

Apple's voice assistant Siri has learned to review movies. No - not just pull up movie reviews from RottenTomatoes.com (though she can do that too)...

Siri Does Not Know Cricket

Laxmi Hariharan | Posted 29.11.2012 | UK Tech
Laxmi Hariharan

"Is the Iphone5 available in London?" his brother, texted him from Dubai. "I'm texting you from one. We live in the first world..." was his sardonic ...

COMIC: Apple Maps Say Sorry (To Siri)

AllThingsD | AllThingsD | Posted 27.11.2012 | UK Tech

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Most European Languages Face 'Digital Extinction'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.09.2012 | UK Tech

A staggering 21 European languages are facing 'digital extinction', according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Manchester’s Nat...

WATCH: iPhone 5 Siri Replaced By Staci... Solomon

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.09.2012 | UK Comedy

In an unexpected move, Apple has made Stacey Solomon the voice of 'Siri' in the UK. Take a look at the new advert, above. (With thanks to Jess Robi...

Apple's Siri Voice Assistant 'Fails One Third Of The Time'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.09.2012 | UK Tech

It's an open issue whether Apple's voice assistant Siri has gained mainstream adoption. The fact that Google has built a very Siri-like voice searc...

WATCH: What If John Malkovich's Apple Advert Was Actually Funny?

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 28.05.2012 | UK Comedy

Have you seen the John Malkovich Apple advert? If you haven't, you probably ought to, as this clip we've got for you above won't make a whole lot of s...

5 Reasons Why The Galaxy S3 Beats The HTC One X

Ramy Khuffash | Posted 04.07.2012 | UK Tech
Ramy Khuffash

The HTC One X has lived a short life as the King of Android phones. We all expected the S3 to be similar but we also expected Samsung to go that extra mile and it seems they've done just that.

WATCH: Samuel L. Jackson Stars In Siri iPhone Advert

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK Comedy

Apple are a very cool brand. As a very cool brand, they can get some very cool people to help them sell their products. Their latest phone shiller? No...

Am I an Apple Fanatic?

Sam Sheppard | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK Tech
Sam Sheppard

When I purchased my first iPhone back in 2008, an incredible, abrupt, and dramatic transformation apparently occurred. According to friends, family, and random people commenting on forums, I had become an Apple fanboy. A slave to the cult of Jobs.

Siri Sings In New Flaming Lips Song

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 31.03.2012 | UK Tech

Siri, the virtual personal assistant on Apple's latest iPhone is not just a source of humour and advice on how to dispose of dead bodies. Now the ...

Siri Won't Find Abortion Clinics

Huffington Post UK | Melanie Hick | Posted 31.01.2012 | UK Tech

In the UK Siri is a somewhat useless personal assistant which provides vaguely amusing answers to our purile questions. But in the US, Siri is tur...

Siri Under Siege: Apple's Voice Assistant Cracked, Could Run On Android Apps

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 14.01.2012 | UK Tech

As soon as Apple released Siri, the helpful and occasionally hilarious voice assistant featured on its latest iPhone, the race was on to hack it on to...

Five Developments That Siri Needs

Sam Sheppard | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK Tech
Sam Sheppard

So, I have been using Siri on my iPhone 4S for three weeks now, and I have to say I am pretty impressed. However, Siri is still in beta, and that means that there is still plenty of new functionality to come. Here is my list of the top five developments I want to see for Siri in the next few months.

Why Steve Jobs' Car Never Had A Number Plate

The Next Web | Melanie Hick | Posted 27.12.2011 | UK Tech

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Melanie Hick

(VIDEO) Scots Voice Recognition A Joke: Siri Doesn't Understand Scottish Accent

HuffingtonPost.com | Melanie Hick | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK Tech

You want directions to your house in Scotland? Aye? Well, ye cannae. Siri, Apple iPhone 4S' virtual assistant doesn't understand the Scots accent. ...

Siri Doesn't Understand Scottish Accent

Evening Express | Melanie Hick | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK Tech

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Shame About Steve Jobs, but he Was Hardly Bob Dylan

Monty Munford | Posted 21.12.2011 | UK Tech
Monty Munford

The dust has settled, the iPad candles have tapered out and a-man-who-employed-more-creative-people-to-put-his-ideas-into-action has gone away; away to a most uncertain fate.

Top Five Worst Features Of iPhone 4S

Melanie Hick | Posted 19.12.2011 | UK Tech

You've got to get an iPhone 4s! Well, that's the buzz going around Twitter/your mates/all the tech media. Hold your horses son, there are flaws in tha...

Siri Says: Top Ten Best Things Apple iPhone 4S Says

Melanie Hick | Posted 17.12.2011 | UK Tech

So Siri doesn't understand regional accents, won't find you anything location-based outside the US, and doesn't know anyone's knock knock jokes. Yet t...

iFrustration: iPhone Users Report IOS 5 Update Delays

Melanie Hick | Posted 12.12.2011 | UK Tech

Apple iPhone's new operating system, IOS 5, is now available but users downloading the update over night have reported long delays. Naturally they hav...