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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) hosted a number of local events to promote Windows 10 to its small business customers. The long-awaited operating system was released in store and online on Wednesday, but Microsoft continued the launch festivities on Friday, July 31. "This is...

Tech website The Information recently revealed that social media giant Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is testing a virtual assistant feature for mobile devices called "Moneypenny." Michael Learmonth, editor of tech, media and culture at International Business Times, was on CNBC Tuesday to...

Automated assistants that respond to smartphone users' voice commands have been around for years, with developers improving the services constantly in order to make their offerings "smarter." These intelligent assistants are able to learn from their users by remembering search options and adapting...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s foray into the Internet of Things was largely considered a flop after the company released Echo, a voice activated personal assistant. When compared to her Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) counterparts Siri and Cortana, Echo's...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) confirmed its acquisition of artificial intelligence startup, Cognea, via a blog post Tuesday. Cognea offers a stable of virtual assistants that communicate with people via relatable personalities. Depending on the user, IBM said, Cognea’s virtual assistants would focus on “...

Strange as it seems, it would appear that is the case. Whether it is an “under the radar” feature by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or comes with Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) blessing, was not known according to iMore. What is known is that Passbook, a feature of iOS 6 that allows users to store tickets,...

Asked about its acquisition of speech recognition technology company, Novauris Technologies, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) told TechCrunch, “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.” According to TechCrunch the technology held by...

Move over, Siri. There’s a new computer-generated personal voice assistant service in town. At least there will be soon if reports from ZDNet are true. Rumor has it that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been working on a rival to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s Siri and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Now, code-...