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Google Voice Access Beta Lets You Control Your Smartphone by Voice

April 13, 2016 SrijitaAccess, Beta, by, Control, Google, Lets, Smartphone, Voice, You, Your

Google was supposed to introduce its ‘Voice Access’ service back at last year’s Google I/O conference, but never did so. The search giant has finally launched an ‘Voice Access’ beta app using which people can control several more features of their smartphones with voice commands. Users can now give commands such as ‘Open chrome’ to open the browser or ‘go home’ to navigate back to the handset’s home screen. Unlike other voice apps, the voice access beta app gives you access to some commands which can be used from anywhere…

Sidestepping Apple Dispute, Obama Makes Case for Access to Device Data

March 14, 2016 SrijitaAccess, Apple, Case, Data, Device, Dispute:, for, Makes, Obama, Sidestepping, to

US President Barack Obama on Friday made a passionate case for mobile devices to be built in such a way as to allow government to gain access to personal data if needed to prevent a terrorist attack or enforce tax laws. Speaking at the South by Southwest festival in Texas, Obama said he could not comment on the legal case in which the FBI is trying to force Apple Inc. to allow access to an iPhone linked to San Bernardino, California, shooter Rizwan Farook. But he made clear that, despite…