Siri Showdown: Google intros Voice Search for iOS

Google has submitted its Voice Search application to the Apple App store. Once it is approved and made available to iPhone and iPod Touch users it will give them another voice-enabled search application aside from Siri (which is getting a lot smarter in its iOS 6 iteration coming this Fall).

Update on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 10:28PM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The feature is available now on the Google Search App and users can search by voice as well as using the camera. There doesn't seem to be a voice response yet but you do get the results on the screen like regular search results. Stay tuned for a more in depth look at this feature.

Google Launches Knowledge Graph in Canada

 By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Google users in Canada will be able to access Knowledge Graph, a new feature that enables you to search for things, people or places that Google knows about—landmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and more. This is the future of Search and helps users by pushing forward information that they might not have thought relevant.

 This is a critical first step towards building the next generation of search, which taps into the collective intelligence of the web and understands the world a bit more like people do. Below is a detailed overview on knowledge graph from Google.

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Review: Toshiba Excite 7.7 inch Android Tablet

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

A few months ago, Toshiba showed off its new series of Excite Android tablets. The smallest member of the trio was the Excite 7.7-inch tablet which shared many features of the 10-inch and 13-inch variants but in a more portable size.

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Windows 8 branding and packaging revealed

Image from The VergeIt seems like Microsoft's shift to the newer, cleaner and sleeker design and user interface in Windows Phone and Windows 8 is also translating nicely to their product packaging. The first images of Windows 8 boxes were uncovered by The Verge and show the Windows 8 and Windows 8 Variant boxes which somehow reflect the screen and livetile layouts from Windows Phone. Windows 8 is expected to ship October 26 although the Release Preview has been around for months for anyone interested in trying out the revamped OS.

Source: The Verge