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Apple shows convenience doesn't always undermine privacy
Apple wants to convince its customers that they can trust it with their data.
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Google partners with delivery companies to make it even harder for consumers to live without it
Google is making it even harder to abandon its service.
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Google's data tentacles burrow deeper into smart phone apps with expanded Voice Control
Google has found a new way to make its products seem ubiquitous: Allowing consumers to command Android applications with its Voice Control feature.
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Dropcam's slow slide into Nest -- and therefore Google -- begins
Dropcam users are being asked to create Nest accounts -- regardless of whether or not they own a Nest product -- so they can use "new features and improvements" to their cameras.
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Should consumers be worried their televisions are spying on them?
Samsung has warned consumers that its smart televisions send information to third parties. Because people can ask the televisions to do something with their voices, much like Apple's Siri or Google Now, information pertaining to "spoken words" is among this shared dataset.
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Google Now learns even more about your likes, habits, and activities
Google has taken another step towards knowing everything about its users.
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Microsoft announces its own personal assistant years after everyone stopped caring
Microsoft today announced that Cortana, a digital assistant named after an artificial intelligence from the "Halo" series, will ship with its Windows Phone 8.1 operating system. It will first be available as a beta in the United States and will later expand to China and Europe.
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Predictions from abroad: Tablet photography and voice dictation are coming in a big way
After three weeks of traveling through New Zealand I’ve come to an unexpected conclusion: tablet photography is here to stay. Moreover, I’m not convinced that’s a bad thing.