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Nuance Communications, a provider of various speech recognition and predictive text products, said today it’s purchased Jott, whose service translates spoken messages into text and then emails or inserts them into various web services, for an undisclosed sum. As part of the deal, John Pollard, co-founder […] Read more »

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I’ve been struck by the recent proliferation of audio microblogging or micropodcasting (or micro audioblogging?) apps out there. In addition to Jott (read one of our reviews) and Utterli, there is now Trottr, Chirbit and AudioBoo, just to name a few. While micropodcasting hasn’t yet taken […] Read more »

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Editor’s note:  With this post we wecome Doriano Carta to the WWD team. Doriano, better known as “Paisano” on Twitter and everywhere else online, has written for several blogs including Mashable, SarahLacy.com, PistachioConsulting and Chris Brogan’s Dadomatic.com where he is also the Editor-in-Chief. How much are […] Read more »

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We’re all so used to completely free and beta Web 2.0 services that it’s a bit of a shock when one grows up and actually releases a paid version. The latest on this front is Jott, the voice-driven service that interfaces with email, Outlook, Twitter, Remember […] Read more »

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Reckon the Blackberry is only good for email? Maybe when it’s fresh out of the box. But if you want to bump it up a few notches, here are seven powerful applications that can transform the way you use and interact with your BlackBerry. Jott for […] Read more »

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London startup SpinVox raised $100 million today in a round of financing that values the company at $500 million. That’s big money for a company that translates voicemails into text, but SpinVox appears to have achieved some valuable intellectual property associated with its speech-to-text software. Currently […] Read more »

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Sony won’t have much time to celebrate winning the format war against HD DVD: Notorious Antigua-based software maker Slysoft says it’s cracked Blu-Ray’s copy protection. Slysoft’s AnyDVD HD application is now offering unencrypted access to Blu-Ray content, making it possible to back up Blu-Ray discs onto […] Read more »

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The term UMPC is too generic, we’ve said that before and we’ll say it again I am sure.  Ultra-mobile PC as a description can be applied to a lot of different types of devices and it often makes for some confusion.  I have always thought it […] Read more »

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With this entry, Chris Poteet joins the WWD team as a contributing writer. Look for his posts every week. Welcome, Chris! -Ed Every once-in-a-while I find an application like Jott that truly revolutionizes the way I organize my life. We all write notes on pieces of […] Read more »

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Widget makers from across the web have gathered in San Francisco for Widget Summit 2007. In honor of all those wonderful bite-sized bits of code that are transforming our industry, here are five of my favorite video widgets you should definitely play with. All of these […] Read more »

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Nokia certainly isn’t taking the iPhone-nomenon lying down in the ‘States. That new N95 with a fast 3G radio that works here will have a higher capacity battery than the 2006 model and Symbian-Guru has the first pics to show how Nokia accomodates it. Looks like […] Read more »

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David Galbraith: Apple is a great vindication of ballsyness rather than MBAness. Jobs is our generation’s Frank Lloyd Wright. That Apple is doing well is also a great vindication of everyday people over faceless corporations. When companies buy laptops they buy boring thing like Dells on […] Read more »

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Once in a while, as a reporter, you come across an article you wish you had written. I have been pointing all the problems Intel is having across the board, and most people can’t seem to put all the pieces together of the rough ride the […] Read more »