After Nuance's aggressive push to get its voice recognition technology in front of consumers via first-party apps, the company is taking a small turn and offering it to third party apps. The twist here is "Nina," which is Nuance's name for a suite of voice-powered "personal assistant"...
Yet another voice-activated personal assistant
NASA has created a 3D simulation of the Curiosity's flight path, allowing you to see a virtual representation of the rover as it travels to Mars. The rover's location can be viewed in real-time or you fast forward to see the "Seven Minutes of...
ASCIIvania is a fresh take on the "metroidvania" style that challenges players to shapeshift and solve word puzzles. You start off as a single letter that can scoot around the text-based map until you get your first power-up, the carat symbol, which allows you to jump. By collecting the other letters scattered around the map, you can complete more words, unlocking new rooms in the ASCIIvania u...
The drama that's unfolded for over a year between mobile juggernauts Apple and Samsung has finally resulted in a trial in California. Apple says that Samsung was obsessed with beating it and that it ripped off its designs, while Samsung says its designs are original and that Apple's own patents are invalid. Each side will have to convince the jury, and we'll be there covering the trial as it unfolds.
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Microsoft is killing off the use of its Metro design name to describe a tiled interface in Windows Phone and Windows 8. We brought you news of the change earlier today, but a tipster has provided an internal memo sent to Microsoft employees confirming the move. In it, Microsoft reveals that "discussions with an important European partner" led to the decision to "discontinue the use" of the...
Combining a puzzle game with role playing elements isn't a new concept, but 10000000 has a distinct advantage over similar games that makes it a perfect fit for playing on your iPhone: it's really, really fast. The game is all about exploring a dungeon, where you'll find all manner of bad guys to battle and treasure chests to open. And in order to perform actions, you'll need to match tiles at the bottom of the screen. Matching three or more swords will cause your pixelated character to attack, for instance, while matching keys will open up locked chests. But what sets it apart from games...
eBay has launched the eBay Now app for iOS devices, giving San Francisco residents the option of having $5 same-day delivery when making purchases of over $25 from a local store. eBay quietly introduced the service this morning by sending out email invitations to eBay users in San Fransisco, and beta users will receive a $15 discount for their first purchase and free delivery for their first three orders. Unfortunately, the $5 delivery fee...
Beta limited to San Francisco
It was more than two decades ago that the first web page launched, and if you're curious what the web looked like back in 1991, CERN has preserved that original site for your perusing pleasure. Created by Tim Berners-Lee on a NeXT computer, the site was a place to find information about the new...
Redmond. Cupertino. Mountain View. In the tech world, these cities are indelibly stamped with their respective company names: Microsoft, Apple, Google. The places have become synonymous with their firms: we await the “news from Redmond” when Microsoft debuts a new operating system, or whisper...
Researchers have created a 3D printing robot that uses organic materials to build some truly stunning sandcastles. The Stone Spray project, created by Anna Kulik, Inder Shergill, and Petr Novikov at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of...
Shepherds may soon have a bit of technology on their side in the battle to keep wolves from devouring their precious sheep: heart rate monitors that can scare away wolves or send a message to the shepherd when the herd is under attack. A prototype model has yet to be developed...
After NBC revealed some impressive statistics following week one of the London Games, the BBC is providing some numbers of its own. Engagement has been a particular strong suit, with 17 million people having watched at least 15 minutes of footage from the company's 24 "Red Button" livestreams. In...
Splashtop has long focused on providing remote desktop applications for Android tablets and iPads, and now that Windows 8 is nearly upon us it has seen fit to release a similar solution for the tablet-friendly OS. The app — naturally called Splashtop Remote Desktop — should function just like its Android and iOS brethren and allow you to view, control, and modify your Windows or Mac over the web. The free...
Designed to help disabled people with underdeveloped muscles in their arms, the Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton (WREX) attaches to the body and uses a set of resistance bands and metal bars to provide artificial strength. Previously only available...
You could make investments based on market trends or finely tuned financial data, or you could just leave it all up to Shing Tat Chung and his Superstitious Fund Project — an experimental fund that executes trades based on lunar cycles, numerology, and other superstitions.
At the core of the...
During an interview with our own Nilay Patel on the latest episode of On The Verge, Senator Al Franken said AT&T charging customers an additional...
It looks like all One X and One S owners — including those internationally — are going to get a similar update to the one AT&T released last Thursday, allowing users to map the pre-Android 4.0...
You've waited, you've watched, you've sent angry letters to our homes and offices — and now the day is finally here. Yes, The Verge has been unleashed in the App and Play Stores, and you can go...
Eight months after its release, it looks like there's at least one person who hasn't mastered Skyrim yet. His name is Conan O'Brien, but in the world of Tamriel, he's a member of the feline Khajiit...
Chinese scientists have used a specially developed chemical formula in conjunction with an electrical charge to make fingerprints glow, allowing observers to distinguish a much higher level of...
Facebook recently rolled out the ability to edit comments on posting, which naturally led to an obvious question: what about editing the posts...
HTC's superlative One X has emerged as one of the most exciting smartphones of 2012, owing in no small part to its amazing display and unique design. Both the international model and the AT&T-branded version — with LTE support and Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor — have earned high marks in our reviews.
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Hot on the heels of its integration of Google+ hangouts in Gmail, Google has introduced new profile cards, which allow users to add contacts to circles, navigate to their profile, and more from right within the email service. In order to access the features, both the sender and recipient must...
