In this case, that personal assistant technology is being applied to a specific
industry — banking. (Banking was, incidentally, one of the industries called out
by Siri co-founder and former CEO Dag Kittlaus when he wrote a
column for TechCrunch about the future potential of the virtual personal
assistant.) BBVA Chief Innovation Officer Beatriz Lara Bartolomé says Lola
is named after a real BBVA sales agent in Madrid, Spain. Her numbers were orders
of magnitude better than anyone else’s, and when BBVA researchers interviewed
her about the secrets of her success, they were most impressed by her passion
and enthusiasm for the customers.
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Leak: future iOS update to introduce Siri-based voice control -- Engadget - 0 views
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This ties in to Emily's post on virtual assistants. iPhone integrating Siri deeply into the OS as an "assistant" service bundled in the OS.
Next Xbox Will Reportedly Have Siri-Style Natural Language Input | TechCrunch - 0 views
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virtual assistants... on y our console?
GM Says Several 2013 Cars Will Come with a Built in Backseat Driver: Siri | MIT Technol... - 0 views
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virtual assistants, connected cars
General-Purpose AI is the Logical Endpoint for Task Management Software | MIT Technolog... - 0 views
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virtual assistants
Grokr brings Google Now-style search to the iPhone | The Verge - 0 views
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virtual assistants
With New App, Google Acts as Tour Guide - Technology Review - 0 views
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"Google's search and map offerings are go-to products for many people, and now the company wants to be your tour guide, too, with a new Android app called Field Trip. In the vein of Google Now, the company's smart new virtual assistant software that aims to anticipate information you may want, Field Trip pings you every so often with notifications about your surroundings that range from historical data to special deals to cool sight seeing attractions."
'Virtual Assistant' technology makes retail debut at Duane Reade | Chain Store Age - 0 views
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speaks 7 scripts on a continuous loop
Apple Advances future Finger Devices that will work with Apple's MR Headset to assist u... - 0 views
Springpad Introduces Social Search, Embeddable Notebooks for Publishers - SocialTimes - 0 views
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4 million users Springpad today announced a redesign of its personal assistant app that includes a socially powered search bar For brands and publishers, the notebooks are a way to make content marketing more mobile. The notebooks can be filled with how-tos, articles, and pictures for others to follow or embed on their own sites.