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The Uber mobile phone app. (Getty Images)

The World is about to Change Even Faster

by Barry Ritholtz | Jul 11, 2017 | Opinion

We sometimes take for granted that which is right before our collective noses. Creative destruction caused by technology is so rampant that it is practically a cliche. It is easy to ignore not only the speed at which disruption caused by technology is affecting...

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Apple iPhone 6 Plus. Reuters

Apple’s iPhone Turns 10

by Khaldoun Ghassan Said | Jun 29, 2017 | Technology

Jeddah- On this date, 10 years ago, Apple Inc. held its hopes on a small phone as it launched it in the markets, selling more than one billion units around the world and becoming the world’s largest market value. The phone has changed many of the concepts of...

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Amazon’s new Echo Show has a touch screen that allows users to make video calls to others who have the device, or an iPhone or Android device with an Alexa app. Credit Amazon

With New Echo Speakers, Amazon Lets You Ask Alexa to Phone Mom

by By Brian X. Chen and Nick Wingfield | May 23, 2017 | Technology

SAN FRANCISCO — With an Amazon Echo speaker today, you can talk to Alexa, the virtual assistant that powers the device, and ask it to play songs, order diapers and even turn on your air-conditioner. Now Amazon wants you to do more than talk to Alexa. It also wants you...

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Susan Bennett, a voice-over actor from suburban Atlanta, Georgia

Siri: My Friends Told Me I Was Apple’s Voice Assistant

by Najlaa Habriri | Apr 14, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- Millions all over the world talk to her daily. She directs them to the nearest restaurants, cafes and warns them of changes in weather. She also accompanies them during the periods of boredom. She is Siri, iPhone’s voice assistant. Susan Bennett, an...

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Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president for marketing, at the unveiling of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus last week in San Francisco. Credit Josh Edelson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Imagess

IPhone 7 Review: Though not Perfect, New iPhones Keep Apple’s Promises

by Brian X. Chen | Sep 27, 2016 | Business, Technology

Like adolescents coping with awkward changes to their bodies, the iPhone 7, due for release on Friday, introduces some uncomfortable transitions. They include the much ballyhooed removal of the headphone jack and the replacement of the physical home button with a...