voice

Apple TV set hinted in 2013 to tout Siri voice control

Published on: 9th November, 2011

Apple’s TV set that Steve Jobs had hinted before his death is still far from appearing, but some elements have shown up, according to recent rumors. The NY Times found out from sources that the controlling solution Jobs had mentioned would be Siri, the voice command engine for natural language, already included in the iPhone [...]

AIM chat and Google Talk integration is already working

Published on: 2nd July, 2011

Users of AIM have said that the expected integration of AIM chat and Google Talk is already working properly. Messages from AIM users can now go through and notice someone at a Gmail address. Google Talk users are also allowed to message someone’s screen name by attaching “@aol.com”. Messages skip any lag present in the [...]

Siri voice search technology to be integrated into iOS 5

Published on: 1st April, 2011

An eventual buyout of Siri would be an objective for Apple’s iOS 5 plans, as rumors go. By acquiring the voice-guided and multi-step searching, Apple intends to integrate it deeply into the operating system which would be presented in June at Worldwide Developers Conference. There is a possibility to expose it to third-party applications through [...]

Ads arriving through Skype’s Windows application

Published on: 10th March, 2011

The VoIP and video calling service, Skype, has recently announced that it intends to bring, for the first time, advertising to its Windows program. The first markets to implement this are the US, the UK and Germany; early spots come from Groupon, Nokia, Universal Pictures or Visa. The companies will be advertising daily, while users [...]

Paid multi-party video calling launched by Skype

Published on: 15th January, 2011

Trying to hurry with adding video calling using 3G or Wi-Fi for devices with iOS, Skype recently announced the introduction of a paid service which would support multi-party video calling for both businesses and consumers. The new service is part of Skype’s Premium package that groups video calling and customer support for live chat at [...]

Google Voice eventually reaching iPhone, new application rules

Published on: 13th September, 2010

Google Voice may reach the end of its ban on the iPhone while Apple loosens and clarifies the App Store rules. Google Voice Mobile developer Sean Kovacs said that he had been informed by Apple that he could try to resubmit his Google Voice application and could be accepted. Apple had been silent previously after [...]

Google Voice out of the test phase, now available

Published on: 27th June, 2010

On June 22, 2010, Google took its Google Voice out of the test phase, making it available to all residents in the USA. The service has been invite-only until now; it is normally free and offers its users a virtual phone number, which can be associated to regular phones, as well as to the Internet. [...]

New Skype SDK beta, especially for device manufacturers

Published on: 27th June, 2010

Skype will soon release a new software development kit (SDK), which will let device and software manufacturers incorporate Skype functionality into their products – SkypeKit. This new kit will contain various APIs for features like voice and video calling, instant formatting and also Skype’s SILK codec-based audio formatting. SkypeKit will come out, for the Linux [...]

First Voice Call on 4G LTE Network by Nokia Siemens

Published on: 19th September, 2009

On Thursday, Nokia Siemens announced that the organization had made the first call on a 4G LTE network. Even though this new technology had been already tested in the past, this voice call demonstration was done using a commercial base station and at the same time using a software which was in tune with the [...]

Moldova – Birthplace for Orange`s First HD Voice

Published on: 15th September, 2009

Orange company chose Moldova to be first place where its innovative mobile phone will be created. This model is the first HD voice call, an innovation in its field considering that since the 1990`s no developments were made in voice transmission. The company entitled this voice feature HD voice standard. It represents a high quality [...]