Trapit launched its new publisher suite today, the startup's first business-to-business product that publishers and brands can use to create personalized, more engaging reading experiences.
Siri's itchy-footed sister Desti takes an additional $1 million to add more users and regions into her database.
ToyTalk has raised $11.5 million for its talking teddybears, created by former Pixar CTO and SRI scientist.
Desti uses Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing to act as a personal virtual tour guide.
Kuato Studios plans to use artificial intelligence and gaming technology to teach children how to program a computer. As such, it is the latest startup to try to “gamify,” or use game mechanics to foster interest in non-game applications, education.…
I recently spent a few days with my family at a ski lodge in the Sierras. While we were there, we noticed a young French couple who spent the vast majority of their time sitting by the fire, staring at …
Say hello to Trapit. The latest offspring from CALO, the DARPA-commissioned artificial-intelligence project that gave birth to iPhone virtual assistant Siri, launches in public beta Tuesday as a personalized discovery engine for the web.
The service offers web denizens a …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week, I’m writing a column on business and technology called Dylan’s Desk, while Dean Takahashi is writing a column on video games called The DeanBeat. They are available to newsletter subscribers a whole day before they appear …
Even high-quality games are still getting lost amid the thousands of apps on the various mobile app stores.
Getting your app discovered is still a lot harder to do on a mobile platform than it is on a social game …
Our well-attended GamesBeat 2011 conference took place this week, and here’s what you missed.
As I noted in a preview story on mobile games, the conference was all about the wide-open battle for control of the emerging mobile gaming market. …
