Controlling your phone by voice is great, but it’d be even better if you could do it without ever laying hands on the …
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Sidecar App Lets You Share Photos, Location and Live Video During Calls
Despite what hyperbolic pundits might tell you, the phone call is not dead. But it could use a kick in the pants. That’s what Sidecar is trying to do with new apps for iPhone and Android.
Sidecar supplements traditional phone …
Rumor: Android’s Answer to Siri Is Coming Soon
Siri, the virtual assistant built into Apple’s iPhone 4S, seemed to catch competitors off guard. But all along, Google has reportedly been working on its own voice-controlled assistant for Android phones that responds to natural …
Google Talk Video and Voice Chat Comes to Android
Huzzah! Google’s spiffing up their Android phones by adding Google Talk video and voice chat capabilities. It also might be time for me cheat on my iPhone, with a hot, newer number.
The calls can be made over 3G/4G and Wi-Fi. It doesn’t matter if the other party is on their Android phone or sitting behind a clunking computer – …
Newest Chrome Update Is Very Cool, Translates Human Speech into 50 Languages
Google’s newest Chrome update, beyond being incredibly cool, could have huge implications in the way we as humans interact with one another. A new functionality not only allows users to translate speech directly to text via a microphone, but allows those results to be translated into 50 other languages (a few of which Chrome can already …
Google Intros ‘Chrome to Phone’ and ‘Voice Actions’ for Android
New Android goodies from Google today. First, there’s the Chrome to Phone extension. You install it in Google Chrome and when you find a link, map, phone number, YouTube video, or selection of text on the web, you can send it off to your Android handset and it’ll open in the appropriate application immediately. Pretty …
Would You Dump Your Mobile Voice Plan If You Could?
The New York Times cited a statistic yesterday stating that 2009 was the first year that mobile data from texting, e-mailing, and internet usage “surpassed the amount of voice data in cellphone calls.”
If you own a smartphone, how much time do you spend talking versus doing everything else? My wife and I are on a shared iPhone …
