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<title>Apple adds phone calls to Siri suicide prevention responses</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/06/18/tech.in.new.beta.ios.releases/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1371562933_suicideispainless.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has changed the way Siri responds to suicide references, users have discovered.  Until this week, the system would simply display the locations of nearby mental health facilities.  In the US Siri will &lt;a href="http://9to5mac.com/2013/06/18/siri-steps-up-response-to-possible-suicide-references/"&gt;now&lt;/a&gt; ask people if they want to talk to someone at the Na...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Siri to offer more options, new voices, iOS in the Car</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/06/10/french.german.voices.too.more.languages.coming.later/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1370905338_Apple-Siri-iOSinCar-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[As expected, Siri will be &lt;a href="http://macnn.com/rd/287411==http://www.apple.com/ios/ios7/features/#siri" rel='nofollow'&gt;given an upgrade&lt;/a&gt; in the forthcoming version set for iOS -- incorporating new services including Twitter, Wikipedia and Bing among other new sources. The interface will be reshaped to fit into the iOS 7 design aesthetic, with a "w...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>All 2014 BMW cars to come with Siri Eyes Free support</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/06/07/tech.enabled.through.connecteddrive.service/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1370615427_bmwsiri.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[All 2014-model BMW cars will support the Siri "Eyes Free" technology included in iOS, the luxury automaker has announced.  The technology is being delivered through an update to BMW's iDrive platform.  By pressing and/or holding a voice command button on the steering wheel, people will be able to trigger Siri without reaching for their iPhone.  The same button will also be able to trigge...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nuance acknowledges presence in Apple's Siri technology</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/30/confirms.long.standing.reports/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1369946460_nuancericci.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Speaking earlier today at the ongoing D11 conference, Nuance CEO Paul Ricci confirmed that his company's technology is integral to Apple's Siri voice command system.  "We are the fundamental provider of voice recognition for Apple," Ricci said in response to a question of whether Nuance was to blame for misheard Siri commands.  The Nuance tech only handles voice recognition however, not ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 20:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Windows 8 ad lampoons iPad's price, missing features</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/22/uses.siri.like.voice.for.narration/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1369273518_windowsvsipad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft is airing a new TV ad for Windows 8 tablets targeting their main competition, the Apple iPad.  The spot points out that the iPad is missing equivalents to Windows 8 features like Live Tiles and true multitasking, and that at $449, a 64GB ASUS VivoTab Smart tablet is far cheaper than a comparable 64GB iPad, which is $699.  Narrating everything is a Siri-like voice trying to defend Apple....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 01:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Siri now responding with quotes to overly long commands</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/05/14/apple.discourages.complicated.requests/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368565245_siristrunk.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has run a server-side update to Siri, changing how the service responds to long commands, notes &lt;em&gt;iLounge&lt;/em&gt;.  If Siri judges that a request is too long, it will now reply with a quote from either William Strunk or Thomas Jefferson, in either case praising brevity of language.  It's not clear exactly when the update was made, but it &lt;a href="http:/...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 20:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple may push 'aggressively' into in-car integration with iOS 7</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/30/special.version.of.maps.may.appear.on.dashboard.displays/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1339514368_ios6-mapsturnbyturn.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[With &lt;a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/29/learning.curve.expected.to.stay.minimal/"&gt;iOS 7&lt;/a&gt;, Apple wants to deepen in-car integration options for iOS devices, sources claim.  Currently such integration is limited mostly to things like iPod input or Siri Eyes Free, which makes it possible to issue Siri commands with a quick-access button.  S...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Siri data stored for up to two years, Apple says</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/19/apple.claims.data.anonymized.used.to.improve.technology/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351227046_iphonesiri-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[All the requests people have made through Siri are being stored on Apple servers for a period of up to two years, says Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller.  The statement comes in response to &lt;em&gt;Wired&lt;/em&gt; inquiries about ambiguity in Siri's privacy policies, initially pointed out by American Civil Liberties Union lawyer Nicole Ozer.  Muller insists that Apple is anonymizin...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Report: Amazon acquires Siri competitor Evi for $26M</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/17/voice.assistant.app.for.android.or.ios/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366227265_evi.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Amazon has reportedly acquired &lt;a href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/23/evi.promises.to.answer.complex.questions.by.voice/"&gt;voice-assistant app&lt;/a&gt; developer &lt;a href="http://evi.com/"&gt;Evi Technologies&lt;/a&gt;, unnamed sources have &lt;a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/04/17/sources-say-amazon-acquired-s...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Rumor backs claims about iPhone 5S specs, Siri upgrade</title>
<link>http://www.macnn.com/articles/13/04/15/info.photo.match.earlier.leak/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366048280_a7leak2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[An iPhone 5S expected this year will use a quad-core 1.2GHz A7 processor paired with PowerVR's quad-core SGX554MP4 graphics, and 2GB of LPDDR-800 RAM, says a &lt;em&gt;DroidGator&lt;/em&gt; source allegedly working for Apple.  The person has also supplied a photo of the device's motherboard, and claims that improving Siri will be a major focus of iOS 7.  Every iPhone upgrade has be...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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