Siri Actually Cares How Names Are Pronounced in iOS 7

In iOS 7, Siri’s voice is becoming less robotic and more human (we’ll have to wait and see if she’s more useful). One of those improvements will be how she pronounces names. Instead of butchering your name or choppily spelling out letters of your friends’ names, she’ll be able to be ‘taught’ what the correct pronunciation is. Read more…        

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Siri Actually Cares How Names Are Pronounced in iOS 7

An Artist Got 16 Bucks for a Song That Pandora Streamed a Million Times

A million of anything is pretty much always an insanely impossible number. Winning a million dollars, having a million Twitter followers, selling a million products—anything done a million times is something to be proud of. But maybe not getting your song streamed on Pandora a million times. All you get sometimes is 16 measly dollars. Or $16.89 to be exact. Read more…        

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An Artist Got 16 Bucks for a Song That Pandora Streamed a Million Times