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FB assistant
Maria SantosGeneral

Facebook is building a Voice Assistant

Sometimes it feels like Facebook has no awareness of its public perception at all. There are already proven stories about how Facebook has been gathering more data than they claim and using that data in ways you might not expect. There are conspiracy theories…

Rcom
Aiko TanakaTelecom

RCom to stop offering 2G voice in eight circles

Struggling Indian operator Reliance Communications will stop offering 2G voice services in eight circles from December as a cost saving measure. Telecoms regulator Trai has issued a direction stating that RCom plans to discontinue 2G GSM services in eight…

Alexa Voice
Minjun ParkE-Tailing

Alexa allies with Cortana to take on Google Assistant, Siri

It’s the first time two tech giants, Amazon and Microsoft open up their AI powered virtual aides to each other. Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp have joined forces to let their voice-controlled virtual assistants talk to each other, offering users the…

Voice Assist
Aiko TanakaE-Tailing

Alibaba launches low-cost voice assistant amid AI drive

The Chinese device costs significantly less than counterparts by Amazon and Google. China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd launched on Wednesday a cut-price voice assistant speaker, similar to Amazon.com Inc’s “Echo”, its first foray into artificially intelligent…

ReadyRoam
Minjun ParkTelecom

Singtel expands ReadyRoam to 26 countries

Singtel has expanded its ReadyRoam mobile data roaming service to cover multi-destination roaming across 26 countries in Asia, Europe and North America. The ReadyRoam 1GB for 30 days service will allow customers to use the same pool of data while traveling…

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