Assistant and Artificial Intelligence

Google is starting to roll out a new feature called Wi-Fi Assistant to Nexus users which will allow you to connect to free, open Wi-Fi hotspots. Unfortuantely it's not coming to Australia, at least initially. The option to connect to...

As expected Google have announced their in-home voice interaction device, the Google Home. Google Home will be a gateway to the Google Assistant allowing you to interact with Google’s new voice assistant. The Google Home hardware is...

Google kicked off today’s Google IO Keynote with “Google Assistant”, Google’s new conversational voice assistant. Google Assistant brings two way conversational interaction to Google’s current  voice interactions, e.g. OK Google, as well as becoming a platform for voice interactions...

Plain and simple, Amazon is owning the home voice assistant market at the moment, at least in the US, with their Echo line of devices. Many have wondered, including us, why Google hasn't responded with their own hardware with,...

In a world where someone is always looking for the next 'big thing', there is a cluster of trends emerging in the technology arena, Artificial Intelligence (AI), personal voice assistance, bots and X-as-a-platform, ie messaging as a platform for...

Many tech savvy Aussies would be well aware of Amazon's home assistant, the Echo, which can respond to a host of voice commands, and while Amazon hasn't yet shown any inclination to launch it abroad, Google may be working...

Facebook has joined the ranks of Google, Microsoft and Apple, announcing they too are getting into the virtual assistant game, building the functions right into the Facebook Messenger app. Rather than a search replacement like Cortana or Google Now, Facebook's...

Microsoft's personal assistant app Cortana, which is due to make an appearance on Android and iOS devices later this year when Windows 10 launches has leaked for Android. The APK has been made freely available for users to download...

If you're not quite happy with the functionality of Google Now, you'll soon have another option - Microsoft's Cortana. Microsoft has today announced that their virtual assistant will be moving to iOS and Android shortly. In their blog post, Microsoft...

Siri, Cortana, and to a lesser extent due to its availability on iOS, Google Now - are all virtual assistants to an extent, but limited by availability. Google is apparently backing an open sourced approach to virtual assistants built...

It's a busy time of year, with many families travelling on the roads and a large portion of accidents attributed to driver distraction, Australian developers Mike Shaw and Mike Wilkinson wanted to introduce a new App which will read...

Deep within the secret labs of Google a team of Googlers has been working on an augmented-reality assistant that comes in the form of a futuristic looking set of glasses, except it's not. But it is being called Project...