V-Enable ’s mobile voice search — goes old school, with live operators

V-Enable ’s mobile voice search — goes old school, with live operators

Voice mobile search is hot. Yahoo, for example, just partnered with a startup called Vlingo, which claims to offer the most advanced mobile search technology. V-Enable, on the other hand, is offering a very different new feature: Live operators.

Other free voice search companies, such as the new 411 services — like Jingle Networks’ and Google’s — are completely automated. Now, however, if you’ve got a hard-to-understand accent or just hate dealing with automated systems, you… Continue Reading

Blu-ray steps up integration with other hot tech

Blu-ray steps up integration with other hot tech

While Sony’s goal of having Blu-ray control 50 percent of the video disc market by the end of this year may be laughable, there are some interesting collaborations going on with the technology that should help its growth.

Blu-ray is an exciting technology that has garnered a lot of buzz recently, but it will need help to rise above the last-generation DVD and ward off the upcoming digital download market.

The first collaboration comes by way of… Continue Reading