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  • Google is really working the candle at both ends with trying to build a better mouse trap [per se] to compete with Apple‘s Siri. Google knows that it can’t do the things Siri does with out giving relevant answers to the questions at hand… or presented. Google’s voice recognition has made some vast improvements in the last 2 years. They improved the voice recognition of the service, and then added personalized voice recognition, sync’d with the persons Gmail/Google account. The personalization starts keeping track of what you say, how you say it and to make your device more accurate to you; building a database of your speech patterns. But with Siri, she answers your questions… You’re able to ask it questions in normal speech and she just does it. But Google is really playing catch up; now they need a brain for Majel [Google Assistant]. Majel is supposed to be the ‘answer’ to Siri…

    Google is building an answer brain with ‘Knowledge Graph’

    Posted on May 16, 2012 | No Comments
    Google is really working the candle at both ends with trying to build a better mouse trap [per se] to compete with Apple‘s Siri. Google knows that it can’t do the things Siri does with out giving relevant answers to the questions at hand… or presented. Google’s voice recognition has made some vast improvements in the last 2 years. They improved the voice recognition of the service, and then added personalized voice recognition, sync’d with the persons Gmail/Google account. The personalization starts keeping track of what you say, how you say it and to make your device more accurate to you; building a database of your speech patterns. But with Siri, she answers your questions… You’re able to ask it questions in normal speech and she just does it. But Google is really playing catch up; now they need a brain for Majel [Google Assistant]. Majel is supposed to be the ‘answer’ to Siri…

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  • When Windows 7 was release it has voice recognition in it. My initial thoughts on the voice recognition was that it was good, but the user interface was for crap. Now, when I did that review, it was on a beta version of Windows 7; it was a release candidate— I recall thinking, this is so bad, they’re going to have to update this to make it usable… but when Windows 7 was released officially, Microsoft had done absolutely nothing to it to improve the GUI. I have always said that the voice recognition of Microsoft was good, but the GUI is the biggest problem with it. It’s like trying climb a range of boulders with a skateboard; it’s clumsy at best. So, when I downloaded the RC version of Windows 8, one of the first things I wanted to see was the GUI of the voice recognition. And what a disappointment it is. Microsoft has done NOTHING to it to make it more user friendly. But I need to explain…

    Review: Windows 8 Voice Recognition Interface Continues To Disappoint

    Posted on April 4, 2012 | 3 Comments
    When Windows 7 was release it has voice recognition in it. My initial thoughts on the voice recognition was that it was good, but the user interface was for crap. Now, when I did that review, it was on a beta version of Windows 7; it was a release candidate— I recall thinking, this is so bad, they’re going to have to update this to make it usable… but when Windows 7 was released officially, Microsoft had done absolutely nothing to it to improve the GUI. I have always said that the voice recognition of Microsoft was good, but the GUI is the biggest problem with it. It’s like trying climb a range of boulders with a skateboard; it’s clumsy at best. So, when I downloaded the RC version of Windows 8, one of the first things I wanted to see was the GUI of the voice recognition. And what a disappointment it is. Microsoft has done NOTHING to it to make it more user friendly. But I need to explain…

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  • Today’s technology makes it easier than ever for everyone from the average Joe to the business executive to stay organized at all hours of the day. There are literally apps for everything to help you manage your time and work and even more apps to help you multitask. You might have some of these awesome tools on your laptop, or on your tablet or some might even be on your phone. So what exactly do you do when you’re fumbling around between technology devices to get the information you need? Technology is supposed to make your life easier and more organized, not more difficult and challenging to keep track of. Here are some ways to better organize your use of all of your technological devices.  

    Organize Your Technology to Organize Your Life

    Posted on March 26, 2012 | No Comments
    Today’s technology makes it easier than ever for everyone from the average Joe to the business executive to stay organized at all hours of the day. There are literally apps for everything to help you manage your time and work and even more apps to help you multitask. You might have some of these awesome tools on your laptop, or on your tablet or some might even be on your phone. So what exactly do you do when you’re fumbling around between technology devices to get the information you need? Technology is supposed to make your life easier and more organized, not more difficult and challenging to keep track of. Here are some ways to better organize your use of all of your technological devices.  

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  • Imagine that you are an IT Manager for a large company.  You are responsible for ensuring every employee has a working computer equipped with the right hardware and software programs to do their jobs.  Each hardware and software program requires a license — and they are expensive.  When a new employee is hired, you must make certain they are covered by your company’s existing licenses.  If not, other licenses may have to be purchased.  As you can see, all of this is not only very costly, but difficult to organize and very stressful. Relax.  There are big changes on the horizon.  Instead of setting up multiple programs on each employee’s PC, wouldn’t it be easier to simply install one program instead?  This program is designed to allow each employee to securely log onto website that hosts all of the programs required to get their jobs done. This website offers what has come to be known as cloud computing.  Cloud companies offer services as varied as word processing and email to complex analytical and design programs.

    The Many Benefits of Cloud Computing

    Posted on March 16, 2012 | No Comments
    Imagine that you are an IT Manager for a large company.  You are responsible for ensuring every employee has a working computer equipped with the right hardware and software programs to do their jobs.  Each hardware and software program requires a license — and they are expensive.  When a new employee is hired, you must make certain they are covered by your company’s existing licenses.  If not, other licenses may have to be purchased.  As you can see, all of this is not only very costly, but difficult to organize and very stressful. Relax.  There are big changes on the horizon.  Instead of setting up multiple programs on each employee’s PC, wouldn’t it be easier to simply install one program instead?  This program is designed to allow each employee to securely log onto website that hosts all of the programs required to get their jobs done. This website offers what has come to be known as cloud computing.  Cloud companies offer services as varied as word processing and email to complex analytical and design programs.

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  • The Windows 8 Consumer Preview has given all of us a much clearer picture of what Microsoft has in store for its next-generation operating system. This time around, it truly is “next-generation;” in fact, it’s the biggest change since DOS grew a GUI. Already, the spectrum of responses have ranged from gushing love to seething hatred — with plenty of room for gray-area confusion in the middle. Let’s take a quick look at five of the biggest reasons why Windows 8 is (or will be) a success, followed by another five indications that Redmond has made a terrible mistake. And keep in mind we’ve still got at least half a year before the finished product.

    The Best and Worst of Windows 8 Consumer Preview

    Posted on March 12, 2012 | No Comments
    The Windows 8 Consumer Preview has given all of us a much clearer picture of what Microsoft has in store for its next-generation operating system. This time around, it truly is “next-generation;” in fact, it’s the biggest change since DOS grew a GUI. Already, the spectrum of responses have ranged from gushing love to seething hatred — with plenty of room for gray-area confusion in the middle. Let’s take a quick look at five of the biggest reasons why Windows 8 is (or will be) a success, followed by another five indications that Redmond has made a terrible mistake. And keep in mind we’ve still got at least half a year before the finished product.

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  • I was kind of surprised to see this new application/feature of Facebook being offered to everyone. I mean, did you happen to notice the pop-up window in the bottom right-hand corner? I thought it was interesting that Facebook would offer something like this considering that Facebook has an open protocol, jabber, that will let pretty much any instant messaging application interface with Facebook to be able to communicate with other members of Facebook. One of the things that you notice about the messenger immediately is that it looks almost exactly like the smartphone application that everyone uses. I just wrote an article recently on how to set up Digsby with Facebook, using jabber. For the time being, Digsby is my favorite application for managing my instant messaging needs.

    The new Facebook Messenger – but do you need it?

    Posted on March 7, 2012 | No Comments
    I was kind of surprised to see this new application/feature of Facebook being offered to everyone. I mean, did you happen to notice the pop-up window in the bottom right-hand corner? I thought it was interesting that Facebook would offer something like this considering that Facebook has an open protocol, jabber, that will let pretty much any instant messaging application interface with Facebook to be able to communicate with other members of Facebook. One of the things that you notice about the messenger immediately is that it looks almost exactly like the smartphone application that everyone uses. I just wrote an article recently on how to set up Digsby with Facebook, using jabber. For the time being, Digsby is my favorite application for managing my instant messaging needs.

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  • Over the past couple of months I’ve been using Skype with some friends, but I have also been using Google+ hangouts and I’ve to say that between the two, I’ve more fun with Google+ hangouts than I do Skype. I like Google+ in the respect it’s really browser based and I’m able to get people to simply go to a website and just hook up. Personally, I don’t know a lot of people that don’t have a Google account; and if you’ve got a Google account, then you have Google+ account. The difference is with Skype you have to load software on the machine, you have to start it and create a new account. And there’s the catcher right there. When I say Skype, some people look at me like I’m speaking Greek or something. It turns immediately in to where do I find it, do I’ve to download it, is it hard, and then the process of creating an account with Skype. And to be honest, the Skype account serves nothing more than for Skype, whereas having a Google+ account means that you can lots of other stuff, Google e-mail, documents, YouTube, blogger and several other things— all linked...

    Video Chats: Skype vs. Google+ Hangouts

    Posted on January 13, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Over the past couple of months I’ve been using Skype with some friends, but I have also been using Google+ hangouts and I’ve to say that between the two, I’ve more fun with Google+ hangouts than I do Skype. I like Google+ in the respect it’s really browser based and I’m able to get people to simply go to a website and just hook up. Personally, I don’t know a lot of people that don’t have a Google account; and if you’ve got a Google account, then you have Google+ account. The difference is with Skype you have to load software on the machine, you have to start it and create a new account. And there’s the catcher right there. When I say Skype, some people look at me like I’m speaking Greek or something. It turns immediately in to where do I find it, do I’ve to download it, is it hard, and then the process of creating an account with Skype. And to be honest, the Skype account serves nothing more than for Skype, whereas having a Google+ account means that you can lots of other stuff, Google e-mail, documents, YouTube, blogger and several other things— all linked...

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  • I was speaking with a friend of mine the other day in regards to mobile devices, and he mentioned that he had a Windows smartphone [Windows phone 7 Series], me being curious I asked about what he thought about the phone itself; he said he loved it, and that he found that the phone performed better than an android or the iPhone. I found this extremely intriguing, because he was previously a diehard iPhone fan, and just about everything that Apple did with the iPhone or the iPad, he thought was just perfect; but because of some business decisions and how Apple has treated developers with the iPad and the iPhone, he decided to try something new. My argument with Microsoft and the Windows Mobile 7 operating system is that it’s always come to the table too late; the game is already started and the front runners have already been established. At this point, Microsoft is not doing anything more than playing the game of catch-up; they’re not doing anything new and they’re making a whole new series of mistakes.

    Windows Phone 7: Continues It’s Path Of No Respect

    Posted on January 11, 2012 | No Comments
    I was speaking with a friend of mine the other day in regards to mobile devices, and he mentioned that he had a Windows smartphone [Windows phone 7 Series], me being curious I asked about what he thought about the phone itself; he said he loved it, and that he found that the phone performed better than an android or the iPhone. I found this extremely intriguing, because he was previously a diehard iPhone fan, and just about everything that Apple did with the iPhone or the iPad, he thought was just perfect; but because of some business decisions and how Apple has treated developers with the iPad and the iPhone, he decided to try something new. My argument with Microsoft and the Windows Mobile 7 operating system is that it’s always come to the table too late; the game is already started and the front runners have already been established. At this point, Microsoft is not doing anything more than playing the game of catch-up; they’re not doing anything new and they’re making a whole new series of mistakes.

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  • The good news today in technology is that Adobe Flash has ceased development for mobile devices. This is a huge announcement and achievement for technologies going forward using HTML 5. I guess one would say that Steve Jobs was the vampire slayer of Adobe Flash. Steve Jobs was the one who decided that Adobe Flash wasn’t good enough, was a reliable, had security problems and didn’t have the performance that was required for mobile devices. From there, Steve Jobs decided that Apple products would not support Adobe Flash. At the time, this was a revolutionary idea; it was very bold, but the writing was there on the wall, and while competitors took advantage of Apple‘s lack of support for Adobe Flash, they [Google] made it a absolute point to say that there devices supported Adobe Flash… Skipping to the current day, what Adobe is conceding at this point is that Adobe Flash isn’t intended for mobile devices; they’re simply too many problems for Adobe Flash to keep going in that direction.

    Adobe Ceases Development of Mobile Version of Flash

    Posted on November 9, 2011 | No Comments
    The good news today in technology is that Adobe Flash has ceased development for mobile devices. This is a huge announcement and achievement for technologies going forward using HTML 5. I guess one would say that Steve Jobs was the vampire slayer of Adobe Flash. Steve Jobs was the one who decided that Adobe Flash wasn’t good enough, was a reliable, had security problems and didn’t have the performance that was required for mobile devices. From there, Steve Jobs decided that Apple products would not support Adobe Flash. At the time, this was a revolutionary idea; it was very bold, but the writing was there on the wall, and while competitors took advantage of Apple‘s lack of support for Adobe Flash, they [Google] made it a absolute point to say that there devices supported Adobe Flash… Skipping to the current day, what Adobe is conceding at this point is that Adobe Flash isn’t intended for mobile devices; they’re simply too many problems for Adobe Flash to keep going in that direction.

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  • Several years ago when phone providers were coming out with their data plans, they could offer unlimited data plans for a flat rate because basically no one was using large amounts of data; there was another applications that were really showing a huge draw on the services of the phone providers networks. But as everyone knows, smartphones and data plans started to become a very big topic one smart phones were well established and then the number of applications that were being created; using larger and larger amounts of bandwidth. I still laugh at the article where AT&T claims that they have 4G service; when in actuality they don’t. this was documented by the chief technology officer for AT&T earlier this year. Basically, his comments said that there weren’t enough applications that would show the customers aren’t getting 4G service; so there’s no reason to say that we don’t already have it.

    Bandwidth Should Be Unlimited

    Posted on November 4, 2011 | No Comments
    Several years ago when phone providers were coming out with their data plans, they could offer unlimited data plans for a flat rate because basically no one was using large amounts of data; there was another applications that were really showing a huge draw on the services of the phone providers networks. But as everyone knows, smartphones and data plans started to become a very big topic one smart phones were well established and then the number of applications that were being created; using larger and larger amounts of bandwidth. I still laugh at the article where AT&T claims that they have 4G service; when in actuality they don’t. this was documented by the chief technology officer for AT&T earlier this year. Basically, his comments said that there weren’t enough applications that would show the customers aren’t getting 4G service; so there’s no reason to say that we don’t already have it.

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  • One of the biggest, most aggressive, pushes for voice recognition is going on RIGHT NOW. The big boys like Nuance, Google and Microsoft are on the verge of making this world something out of Star Trek. I believe everyone has dreams of being able to ask a computer a question and then have it give you the answer… well, with what the iPhone is doing with Siri and what Nuance has been doing with Dragon NaturallySpeaking and the PC for years is exactly that. They’ve been training computers to understand common language; common questions. The most brilliant example of this was with Watson on the show Jeopardy. Most of the time questions and requests and phrase have to be programmed in to first recognize the question, then decipher the information and then the computer is going to have to reply by using text to speech [to speak back]. But I suspect that with all the data that Google, Nuance and Microsoft are able to get their hands on with the voice recognition they have on their respective Smartphones/platforms, this research and data is growing exponentially right now.

    Voice recognition; and the computers that can talk back

    Posted on October 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
    One of the biggest, most aggressive, pushes for voice recognition is going on RIGHT NOW. The big boys like Nuance, Google and Microsoft are on the verge of making this world something out of Star Trek. I believe everyone has dreams of being able to ask a computer a question and then have it give you the answer… well, with what the iPhone is doing with Siri and what Nuance has been doing with Dragon NaturallySpeaking and the PC for years is exactly that. They’ve been training computers to understand common language; common questions. The most brilliant example of this was with Watson on the show Jeopardy. Most of the time questions and requests and phrase have to be programmed in to first recognize the question, then decipher the information and then the computer is going to have to reply by using text to speech [to speak back]. But I suspect that with all the data that Google, Nuance and Microsoft are able to get their hands on with the voice recognition they have on their respective Smartphones/platforms, this research and data is growing exponentially right now.

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  • There’s been some exciting things happening at Nuance; or for Nuance. A couple of months ago Nuance announced an SDK for utilizing their speech recognition engine, but the problem was that Nuance was charging a war chest to interface with/or use the speech recognition engine. But now that Nuance has changed their mind and has allowed developers to access the speech recognition engine for free, this really has developers on-the-fly creating new applications and functions for various smartphones. This ranges from android, iOS and Windows Mobile 7. Nuance is finally taking the position they should’ve taken back in January. Giving developers the access to freely use the recognition engine. this would have promoted Nuances speech recognition much faster and pretty much more applications in the market that could utilize speech recognition on a high level.

    Nuance is now the preferred input method for Smartphones

    Posted on October 8, 2011 | 1 Comment
    There’s been some exciting things happening at Nuance; or for Nuance. A couple of months ago Nuance announced an SDK for utilizing their speech recognition engine, but the problem was that Nuance was charging a war chest to interface with/or use the speech recognition engine. But now that Nuance has changed their mind and has allowed developers to access the speech recognition engine for free, this really has developers on-the-fly creating new applications and functions for various smartphones. This ranges from android, iOS and Windows Mobile 7. Nuance is finally taking the position they should’ve taken back in January. Giving developers the access to freely use the recognition engine. this would have promoted Nuances speech recognition much faster and pretty much more applications in the market that could utilize speech recognition on a high level.

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  • As Microsoft starts rolling out Mango to all the Windows Mobile 7 users, putting them on Windows Mobile 7.5; this is really the last ditch effort for Microsoft to prove that they can produce a competitive operating system. The last effort from Microsoft in the Smartphone market was met with disappointment and plagued with problems; especially with system updates; something Apple and Android seem to have mastered right out of the box. Microsoft missed the boat, the whole boat and nothing but the boat— I swear to God, when it comes to entering the Smartphone and tablet market. No they’re not only pushing Mango as their new and improve mobile operating system, the ‘stuff’ from Windows Mobile 7.5 is making it in to Windows 8. Microsoft is hoping that  enough people will be excited about Mango and Windows 8 to relate the two; sparking a ‘familiairity’ that customers like. But Microsoft is getting in late and getting in deep in to a race that seems pretty much decided. I equate it to a horse race; the fishing pictures are being reviewed now to see who won and Microsoft‘s horse is just getting on the track…

    Mango: The last hope for Microsoft in the Smartphone market

    Posted on September 28, 2011 | No Comments
    As Microsoft starts rolling out Mango to all the Windows Mobile 7 users, putting them on Windows Mobile 7.5; this is really the last ditch effort for Microsoft to prove that they can produce a competitive operating system. The last effort from Microsoft in the Smartphone market was met with disappointment and plagued with problems; especially with system updates; something Apple and Android seem to have mastered right out of the box. Microsoft missed the boat, the whole boat and nothing but the boat— I swear to God, when it comes to entering the Smartphone and tablet market. No they’re not only pushing Mango as their new and improve mobile operating system, the ‘stuff’ from Windows Mobile 7.5 is making it in to Windows 8. Microsoft is hoping that  enough people will be excited about Mango and Windows 8 to relate the two; sparking a ‘familiairity’ that customers like. But Microsoft is getting in late and getting in deep in to a race that seems pretty much decided. I equate it to a horse race; the fishing pictures are being reviewed now to see who won and Microsoft‘s horse is just getting on the track…

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  • Microsoft is supposed to be releasing a new version of Windows today. It’s not new information that Microsoft has no presence in the tablet PC market; Microsoft has been way behind in the smart phone and tablet market in the world of mobile computing. Microsoft is hoping that Windows 8 is going to change that. Microsoft‘s image of being a technological leader has been damaged quite a bit; this is evidence proved that Microsoft was no longer the most valuable company— Apple is. The tablet market has been pretty rich with competition. You have the iPad, and the android tablets; the competition in the mobile market is pretty steep. evidence of that is because Hewlett-Packard has given up on the touchpad. But Microsoft is hoping that with the release of Windows 8 on a tablet PC will really change all that. And one thing that really going to help Microsoft move into the tablet PC market is that Microsoft already has an abundance of well-established, name backed and robust applications that should be compatible with the tablet PC as soon as it debuts.

    Going Head-to-head: Windows 8 vs iOS and Android

    Posted on September 13, 2011 | No Comments
    Microsoft is supposed to be releasing a new version of Windows today. It’s not new information that Microsoft has no presence in the tablet PC market; Microsoft has been way behind in the smart phone and tablet market in the world of mobile computing. Microsoft is hoping that Windows 8 is going to change that. Microsoft‘s image of being a technological leader has been damaged quite a bit; this is evidence proved that Microsoft was no longer the most valuable company— Apple is. The tablet market has been pretty rich with competition. You have the iPad, and the android tablets; the competition in the mobile market is pretty steep. evidence of that is because Hewlett-Packard has given up on the touchpad. But Microsoft is hoping that with the release of Windows 8 on a tablet PC will really change all that. And one thing that really going to help Microsoft move into the tablet PC market is that Microsoft already has an abundance of well-established, name backed and robust applications that should be compatible with the tablet PC as soon as it debuts.

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  • The creation of the Microsoft application store is something that I’ve been talking about for years, but sadly, Microsoft hasn’t come around this idea until after everyone else has. Apple and Google have already established themselves with application stores for their operating systems, mainly the smartphones, but now that Microsoft has a new inspiration, with the impending release of Windows 8, they’re trying to jump on the bandwagon and right the wrongs. Even Linux has had a storage of applications with their operating system for many years; it was in place before Apple or Google even decided to do an application market. Matter of fact, I think Linux may have been an inspiration to both Apple and Google for the application stores. The potential to make a lot of money with the application markets is obviously there. Charging developers to post their applications, and charging customers to purchase applications from the application market. Microsoft‘s new vision for Windows 8, in my opinion, seems a little bit bold and mixed with a bit of desperation. I think a perfect world it would have been better for Microsoft to try to deploy a application market in the later years of Windows XP...

    Microsoft Confirms Windows 8 App Store

    Posted on August 18, 2011 | 1 Comment
    The creation of the Microsoft application store is something that I’ve been talking about for years, but sadly, Microsoft hasn’t come around this idea until after everyone else has. Apple and Google have already established themselves with application stores for their operating systems, mainly the smartphones, but now that Microsoft has a new inspiration, with the impending release of Windows 8, they’re trying to jump on the bandwagon and right the wrongs. Even Linux has had a storage of applications with their operating system for many years; it was in place before Apple or Google even decided to do an application market. Matter of fact, I think Linux may have been an inspiration to both Apple and Google for the application stores. The potential to make a lot of money with the application markets is obviously there. Charging developers to post their applications, and charging customers to purchase applications from the application market. Microsoft‘s new vision for Windows 8, in my opinion, seems a little bit bold and mixed with a bit of desperation. I think a perfect world it would have been better for Microsoft to try to deploy a application market in the later years of Windows XP...

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