In some news that could be classified as “good” for Apple, the news is out that Apple has scooped up a company called Cue according to Apple Insider. Here’s what this company is all about:
Cue’s functionality was much like that of Google Now or Apple’s new iOS 7 contextual notifications, though it debuted before both of those services.
Originally founded as Greplin, the company would index content from social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, as well as pulling data from Gmail. For example, a single search for “Jim” would surface contacts from the user’s LinkedIn account, emails from Gmail, and documents from Dropbox.
The company transitioned in 2012 to become Cue, and offered a personal assistant application for Apple’s iOS that would automatically turn data such as flight or restaurant reservations into a daily agenda. Cue would accomplish this by collating and indexing a user’s contacts, files, and emails, then display important and timely information. The company was founded by entrepreneurs Daniel Gross and Robby Walker.
So, this implies that this could be integrated into iOS in the form of a Siri update or it could be used as part of the core apps like the appointment book or address book. Seeing as the company hurriedly shut down operations, we may not have long to find out.
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Apple Buys Personal Assistant Company Cue
In some news that could be classified as “good” for Apple, the news is out that Apple has scooped up a company called Cue according to Apple Insider. Here’s what this company is all about:
Cue’s functionality was much like that of Google Now or Apple’s new iOS 7 contextual notifications, though it debuted before both of those services.
Originally founded as Greplin, the company would index content from social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, as well as pulling data from Gmail. For example, a single search for “Jim” would surface contacts from the user’s LinkedIn account, emails from Gmail, and documents from Dropbox.
The company transitioned in 2012 to become Cue, and offered a personal assistant application for Apple’s iOS that would automatically turn data such as flight or restaurant reservations into a daily agenda. Cue would accomplish this by collating and indexing a user’s contacts, files, and emails, then display important and timely information. The company was founded by entrepreneurs Daniel Gross and Robby Walker.
So, this implies that this could be integrated into iOS in the form of a Siri update or it could be used as part of the core apps like the appointment book or address book. Seeing as the company hurriedly shut down operations, we may not have long to find out.
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