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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. IBM has agreed to purchase Australian-based virtual assistant software startup Cognea. The company ...

Most business owners learn to accept that there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to accomplish every task. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already found a solution and made your first ...

Though virtual assistants and chatbots only entered the industry spotlight fairly recently, they’ve been around in some form or another for over a decade. One of the earliest players in this space is ...

When Apple acquired Siri in 2010, several members of the team behind the technology joined Apple to continue development of the virtual assistant. As iOS evolved and the vision for Siri changed, ...

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An Apple patent application published Thursday suggests the company is investigating the potential of integrating its Siri virtual assistant into Messages, with claims suggesting the feature might ...

At the heart of Google’s new Pixel smartphone is a piece of software that would be your companion: Google Assistant, the spiritual successor to Google Now and the sum of the company’s work in AI and ...

Tool acts as a leak detection analyst for underground storage tanks. Canary Compliance released its AlarmAssist virtual assistant software, which acts as a virtual leak detection analyst for ...

When hiring a virtual assistant from another country, consider their cultural knowledge as well. Do they have a good understanding of your culture and business practices? Do they understand the ...