A while back, Mark Zuckerberg showed off Jarvis, an AI personal assistant he had built to help around the home–his…
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According to the National Retail Federation, Americans spent more than $616 billion in winter holidays retail purchases during the 2014-2015 season. That’s…
Spotify and Apple Music certainly have a strong position in the streaming music market—they have collected around 30 million and…
You focus on the call. A new personal assistant system with artificial intelligence, Clarke.ai, will focus on taking the call notes. It turns out there actually is an AI in “team.”
The online job listing website Snagajob released its mobile app this past June, allowing job seekers to view an interactive…
Pooper is an app that connects dog owners to people paid to scoop poop, so if you don’t feel like picking up after your dog, you can hire it out. This app certainly seems real, but there’s certainly speculation that it’s a joke. If Pooper is real, there are concerns about timing, pricing, and more.
It used to be that the term ‘artificial intelligence’ evoked images of anthropomorphic robots. The field of study has helped…
Digital assistants can help make your daily routine easier by providing traffic updates, package tracking, event notifications, answers to your questions, and more. Here are 5 virtual assistant apps that break the mold.
From the Hackathon and its winning tool – a CMS with voice recognition – to the Battlefield and its winning startup – Beam and its SDK to integrate with Twitch – to the most interesting keynotes, here are all the highlights from 2016’s TechCrunch Disrupt in New York.
If you’re like most people, you probably don’t like getting out of bed in the morning. Fortunately, there’s now an…
Last night was the 2016 Met Gala. For those of you who don’t know, the Met Gala is a fundraising…
Slack has its own spinoff market of integrated products with one of the latest, Hey Taco, a simple spin on employee rewards and recognition. Of course, there’s not just one name in the game. This roundup of Slack integrations and employee recognition tools covers several startups.
Life would be so much easier with a virtual assistant, and Siri just doesn’t do it for me. Prompt does, however, thanks to its artificial intelligence that integrates with key services like Wikipedia, Slack, HipChat, texting, search, and more.
I’m not sure exactly why I hate scheduling meetings as much as I do, but they are, and have always…
Well, folks, we’ve done it. We’ve made an app for absolutely everything, from finding a hooker in Germany to losing…
2015 has been a very exciting year for SnapMunk. Over the last twelve months we’ve grown like crazy and that is all thanks…
For years we’ve dreamed of having robots in our lives. The Jetsons had Rosie the Robot to wait on them…
I love talking to chicks. The problem is, if my calculations are right, they don’t always love talking to me.…
What company is simultaneously working on augmented reality technology, an advanced virtual assistant, an initiative to bring internet to the…
Disclaimer to those stuck in the 90s: This article isn’t about PDAs / handheld PCs. Sorry not sorry. For any…
Coordinating schedules for groups has always been challenging. With so many meetings to attend, the calendar can fill up rather…
We’ve all had that heart wrenching feeling as we come back to the office and see the dreaded missed call…
As the 2015 Comic-Con in San Diego, CA draws to a close, the SnapMunk team thought it would be fun…
It has been another busy week for startups on the move. From Blue Talon’s $5 million raise to Urban Airship’s…