Bits: Will Google's Personal Assistant Be Creepy or Cool?
Google Now raises questions about the line between when tech is helpful and when it makes users uneasy. The service will do things like remind an Android owner that they have a lunch date — but also who it is with, how to get there and when they should leave, based on traffic. full story 
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Google pushes personal assistant on Apple
Google announced Monday it will offer its personal assistant app Google Now to users of Apple devices, stepping up its challenge to its rival's Siri program.
nydailynews.com (24 days ago)
Google pushes personal assistant on Apple
GOOGLE'S personal assistant app Google Now has become available to users of Apple devices in a challenge to Siri.
news.com.au (25 days ago)
Step aside, Siri! Google's personal assistant app hits Apple devices
Google announced Monday it will offer its personal assistant app Google Now to users of Apple devices, stepping up its challenge to its rival's Siri program.
nydailynews.com (24 days ago)
Google launches Google Now for iPhone and iPad
When Google first announced Google Now, lots of people called it a “Siri rival.” The two services do have some overlap, but Google Now is much more than a sassy personal assistant. Like Google itself, Now is all about using data to provide the answers you’re looking for – whether you’ve asked or not. Today iPhone users can finally get in on the Google Now fun...
gizmag.com (25 days ago)
Early Google Glass user describes it as ‘creepy-looking,’ says it’s likely to fail
The common knock on Google Glass has been that it’s far too dorky-looking for normal people to want to wear. David Pogue, writing at Scientific American, says that he got a chance to play around with Google Glass recently and came away with a somewhat different take: Google Glass is too creepy. In particular, Pogue says that people who are wearing Google Glass instantly make...
yahoo.com (17 hours ago)
Google gets Siri-ous: Battle of the mobile personal assisants comes to the iPhone
Google today launched its Google Now personal assistant service for Apple's iPhone and iPad, where it will compete directly with Apple's Siri software.
dailymail.co.uk (25 days ago)
Bits Blog: Larry Page Gets Personal at Google’s Conference
Google’s chief executive made a surprise appearance on stage on Wednesday, taking questions from software developers in the audience.
nytimes.com (9 days ago)
Cameras everywhere, including in bathrooms: Is Google Glass cool or creepy?
SAN FRANCISCO - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its “Glass” wearable computer during last week’s developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette when using the recording-capable gadget, which some attendees faithfully wore everywhere - including to the crowded bathrooms. Google ...
bangordailynews.com (5 days ago)
Google Assistant Heads to iPhone, iPad
Watch out Siri: Google Now, the search giant's personal assistant app, is now out for the iPhone and iPad.
abcnews.com (25 days ago)
Virtual personal assistant shootout: Talk the talk
What can I help you with? Hope your day is going well. It's a start. But it'll take time for the likes of Siri and Google Now to live up to the Intelligent Personal Assistant title. Surprisingly, intelligent isn't too far off for software that's context and location aware, does speech recognition...
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