What we are excited about working on at Marino Software this year Illustration by Patricia Herrero, designer at Marino Software Our team at Marino Software talks about trends, technologies and processes we are looking forward to working on this year. From conversational interfaces, biometrics, design sprints, to augmented reality and iBeacons… It’s meant […]
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And how listening to Subcast seamlessly between your apps and Alexa is easy, and kinda magical. Do you remember trying to explain to a flip phone user why they should get a smart phone? I distinctly remember trying to tell my brother how having Google maps on your phone means that […]
Introduction I have been excited about conversational agents for some time, previously building an iOS chatbot simulating a human radiologist powered by Watson. As a delightful weekend project, I sat down with my glorious corgi and lots of coffee and built a radiology assistant for Google Home. It is designed to […]
The past few years have been huge for voice-activated command services. It seems like every major tech manufacturer has one on the market. Whether you’re using Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri or Microsoft Cortana, it’s hard to ignore the hands-free revolution. But how secure are your communications? Are your commands […]
How Amazon and Google’s big bets on the smart speaker market affect their customers’ privacy Google Home units on display during CES 2018. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images Speech recognition technology and the voice user interfaces (VUIs) we use to engage with it have gotten so good that they now […]
Voice user interface, a great step in mobile-first to AI-first transition This post was originally written on my personal blog, mirekstanek.online. A couple days ago Google published the 2017 summary of their voice-first solutions: Google Home (hardware) and Google Assistant (software). And it seems that the new way of how […]
Smart speakers are resurrecting an old tradition Christian radio was the soundtrack of my family when I was growing up. Specifically, the sounds of variety shows and praise worship meant my dad was working on a project around the house, car or garage, with his old coat-hanger antenna radio tuned […]
Two Reasons Why You Should Develop Actions on Google A few years ago, I got a phone call from a friend from New-York. He said, “Drop everything you’re doing, and start developing apps for the iPhone.” I protested, skeptical if I had the patience to develop in language like Objective-C. He responded: […]
It’s not just the kids on South Park that are fascinated with the endless possibilities of playing with personal assistants like the Amazon Echo and Google Home. Virtually every kid over three has now surely figured out how to get Alexa, Siri or the Google Assistant to do its bidding […]
There’s now more evidence Google is testing a touchscreen Home device. AndroidPolice points to sections of code of the latest Google app that refers to a device that sports a new on-screen interface. The APK teardown of 7.14.15 beta version revealed a long list of on-screen menus and functions that […]