In the news … May 23, 2018

Siri winning battle of the virtual assistants in Canada: poll

TORONTO — In the heated battle between Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft to get consumers hooked on their virtual assistants, Siri seems to be enjoying the first-mover advantage.
Just shy of 40 per cent of Canadian adults recently used a virtual assistant, according to a report by the Media Technology Monitor, which polled almost 8,200 Canadians by phone late last year.
About 25 per cent said they had used Apple’s Siri in the past month, 15 per cent had said “OK Google” to interact with one of the search giant’s devices, four per cent had used Microsoft’s Cortana, and one per cent had chatted with Amazon’s Alexa.
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Apple teases a ‘smarter’ Siri with a new look and voice

LOS ANGELES—For years, Apple has used the stage of its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to announce upgrades to the Siri personal assistant that would make it more useful.
This year’s plan, according to a Siri trick Apple has put out there: Siri will be smarter, get a new look and a new voice.
TORONTO STAR

Passport application services border on useless

Judy Csillag lost her passport when her car was broken into last year. She was on vacation outside Canada and had to wait for papers to be able to return.
Once home, she did a Google search to find a passport office near her and ended up at PassportOnline.ca, a privately-owned company that helps with processing the paperwork.
TORONTO STAR

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