Siri, the voice recognition technology on Apple’s new iPhone 4S, has attracted buyers by the millions with its ability to handle complex search queries. Siri’s personified as a somewhat sassy female personal assistant, but at least one person finds her downright disturbing: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. At a U.S. Senate antitrust hearing in September in which Schmidt testified in front of Congress, he said Apple’s voice-activated search technology could prove to be a “significant development” in search technology and could become tough competition to traditional Google searches.
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Could Siri Seriously Sting Google?
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani November 8, 2011 11:11 AMSiri, the voice recognition technology on Apple’s new iPhone 4S, has attracted buyers by the millions with its ability to handle complex search queries. Siri’s personified as a somewhat sassy female personal assistant, but at least one person finds her downright disturbing: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. At a U.S. Senate antitrust hearing in September in which Schmidt testified in front of Congress, he said Apple’s voice-activated search technology could prove to be a “significant development” in search technology and could become tough competition to traditional Google searches.