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Google’s new voice search ‘not your friend’
A Google executive says the company’s latest operating system for its Android platform will feature “the very first high-quality, natural-sounding, conversational, synthesized voice in the entire world,” according to an interview with Wired Magazine. Hugo Barra, Android’s director of product management, spoke to the magazine after unveiling the voice search…
Google unveils Nexus 7 tablet to challenge iPad
Google on Wednesday unveiled its own branded Nexus 7 tablet computer designed to challenge Apple’s iPad and be a window into its online shop for films, books, movies and more. The seven-inch tablet powered by the latest generation of Android software was made for Google by Taiwan-based Asus and weighs…
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