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Siri's Protocol Is Cracked By Developer

Siri's Protocol Is Cracked By Developer

Applidium has announced it has cracked the protocol used for Apple’s voice recognition service, Siri. As the result, the company was able to use Siri’s recognition engine from any device for the first time.

Bryan M. Wolfe
Project Black Mirror Uses Mind Control On Siri

Project Black Mirror Uses Mind Control On Siri

Technopathy is the ability to control machines with your mind. It is a superpower possessed by characters, such as Micah Sanders from the television show "Heroes," and Hank Henshaw, the Cyborg Superman. It isn't real, or it wasn't. The hackers at Project Black Mirror hope to turn this superhero fantasy into a reality.

Lenny Liang
Say Hello To The Voice Behind Siri - In The U.K.

Say Hello To The Voice Behind Siri - In The U.K.

In the United States, Siri’s voice is female. However, in the United Kingdom, Apple’s voice recognition software has a male voice who answers to the name of “Daniel.” Now, the person behind the voice is speaking out about how Siri came to be and about an interesting conversation he recently had with someone in Apple’s PR department, as reported by The Telegraph.

Bryan M. Wolfe
Siri Arrives On The iPhone 3GS - As A Proof-Of-Concept

Siri Arrives On The iPhone 3GS - As A Proof-Of-Concept

The same team which late last month successfully ported Apple's voice recognition service, Siri, to the iPhone 4 have done it again. Steve Stroughton-Smith, chpwn, and Ryan Petrich have announced they have ported Siri to the iPhone 3GS as well, according to TiPb. While this news doesn't mean Apple will be putting its voice recognition service on the iPhone 3GS anytime soon, it does suggest it is possible to do so.

Bryan M. Wolfe
Former Google CEO: Siri Could Hurt Company's Search Business

Former Google CEO: Siri Could Hurt Company's Search Business

The former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, suggests that Apple’s new voice recognition assistant, Siri, could pose a “competitive threat” to his company’s popular search business. Schmidt made these comments during a meeting in September with U.S. Senators. However, those comments were just made available this week in written form, according to Cult Of Mac.

Bryan M. Wolfe
How To: Teach Siri To Open Third-Party Apps

How To: Teach Siri To Open Third-Party Apps

While you wouldn't know it from Apple’s latest marketing campaign, the Siri voice assistant service remains in beta. As such, it doesn’t contain some of the features that will likely be added in the future. Case in point, Siri is currently unable to launch third-party apps. However, there is a way to do this, according to iDownloadBlog.

Bryan M. Wolfe
Will Using Siri Cost You More Each Month?

Will Using Siri Cost You More Each Month?

It has been nearly a month since the first iPhone 4S’ made their way to households across the world. During this time, much has been made of Siri, Apple’s new voice assistant service that comes exclusively on the company’s newest handset. But, could using Siri actually cost you money due to bandwidth overages? Highly unlikely, according to a new report from Ars Technica.

Bryan M. Wolfe
There's A Lot You Can Do With Siri And Wolfram Alpha

There's A Lot You Can Do With Siri And Wolfram Alpha

Siri and Wolfram Alpha really are the perfect combination. There's nothing I love more than asking my iPhone random, impossibly-difficult mathematical questions and having the software present me with an answer. However, if you thought Wolfram Alpha was all about math, think again - because the service can provide users with more than just square roots, multiplications and currency conversions.

Joe White
If You're Scottish, Good Luck Trying To Get Siri To Understand You

If You're Scottish, Good Luck Trying To Get Siri To Understand You

Apple claims that Siri is compatible with English when spoken by native members of the UK, along with several other countries and languages. However, since the launch of iPhone 4S countless Scottish Apple fans have been reporting that talking to Siri is kind of like talking to somebody who is incredibly hard of hearing.

Joe White