Apps Become ‘Robotic Personal Assistants’

Tuesday, 30 July 2013 | by Pat's Picks

What if there was an app that knew what you were going to ask before you asked it? That day is already here, says the New York Times this morning. The buzz word in Silicon Valley these days is predictive search and companies big and small are hard at work to make your phone or your laptop into “robotic personal assistants.” Imagine your phone telling you to leave early for a meeting so you can beat the traffic even though you never told the phone you had a meeting or how you’d be getting there. A new generation of apps knows to scan your calendar, read your email, track your location and parse traffic patterns to offer up a new level of customized information.

SOURCE: New York Times