A few short years ago, a group of semantic technology companies rode a wave of venture capital and inflated expectation. They were going to change the world. They were going to bring semantic technologies to the mainstream. They were going to make people very rich. They were the must-have keynotes of the conference circuit. And then, one by one, they disappeared. Powerset vanished inside Microsoft, to do something for Bing. Twine vanished inside Evri, amid rumours of a fire sale and investors covering their backs. Freebase vanished inside Google, and bits of Freebase DNA routinely pop up across Google’s sprawling empire. And Siri vanished inside Apple, as we scrambled to understand whether the Cupertino money machine was after semantic smarts or ‘just’ speech recognition technology. Now, though, the rumours suggest that Siri may be back, and that it’s going to be the thing that makes the next iPhone a compelling buy. Read more

Semantic Tech & Business Conference Returns to San Francisco

Semantic Tech & Business Conference returns to San Francisco in June! Join us from June 3-7 for complete coverage of Big Data, Linked Data, Extreme Information Management, and Semantic Web. From breakthrough approaches to solving business problems to the big data implications of fast–evolving technologies, SemTechBiz provides you with an unparalleled interactive experience and delivers tangible business value. We're offering a special early rate when you register by February 17. Sign up now!

Last year President Obama signed the 21^st Video Accessibility Act into law, “requiring broadcasters to include closed captions with Web video content.” RAMP, a leading content optimization platform has responded with MediaCloud, a platform that “provides online video publishers with highly accurate, timecoded transcripts that can be easily integrated into popular video content management systems.” Read more

Geek.com

Apple Snags Siri All Things Digital (blog) It will do this via a combination of technologies, including speech recognition, natural language processing and semantic Web search. Get that? … What Apple’s Acquisition of Siri Means for the Future of Mobile Search Mashable (blog) Apple Buys Virtual Personal Assistant Startup Siri TechCrunch (blog) Apple Buys Siri, A Mobile Assistant App, As War With Google Heats Up Forbes (blog) all 81 news articles »

Disclaimer:  This article does not reflect the views of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and does not constitute endorsement by the EPA of the standards or products mentioned.

Read more

D7 Tech Demo: Siri All Things D Blogs, CA It will do this via a combination of technologies, including speech recognition, natural language processing and semantic web search. Siri CEO Dag Kittlaus comes out. Introduces himself and the produce. It’s been many years of work, he says. …

The digital revolution is responsible for igniting hundreds of smaller revolutions which have ultimately transformed technology and communications, creating one of the most influential and life changing events that humanity has experienced in current times, and possibly throughout its history. These revolutions continue to reshape our cell phones, computers, cars, even the Internet, profoundly changing the way we view ourselves and the world.

Read more