Thursday, 12 September 2013

Microsoft's Cortana’ Siri-like Voice Assistant For Windows Phone

Until this point, Siri and Google Now have been battling for the title of best personal voice assistant, but soon Windows Phone users may get a voice-enabled search aide of their own. Microsoft is reportedly readying a Windows Phone 8.1 update that may include a new personal assistant codenamed “Cortana.” Named after the “Halo” character, the Cortana voice assistant is expected to build upon WindowsPhones’ existing basic voice commands with the capability to learn and adapt.

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Apple iPhone 5s


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Apple unveiled their next-gen iPhone, iPhone 5s along with the new iPhone 5c at a special event on 10 Sept 2013 (Tuesday). The iPhone 5s is a much improvised version of the iPhone 5 with new internals, although it sports almost the same design and offers some revolutionary features. Here's a look at Some new features of the iPhone 5s.

1.iOS 7
iOS 7 is the biggest change happened to iOS since the introduction of the first iOS. It sports a brand new user interface, new set of redesigned Icons, brings new and improved features, such as a refreshed multitasking view, AirDrop, improved Notification Center and Control Center. It also offers new native apps and a new version of Siri. The new iPhone 5s will run iOS 7 that leverages its 64-bit A7 chip, the Touch ID fingerprint identity sensor, and the new iSight camera. 

2.New A7 chip with 64-bit architecture