Neowin News Feed for: Tellme

Microsoft to shut down Bing 411 service June 1st

John Callaham — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:25:13 +0000

Microsoft has announced it will shut down the Bing 411 service on June 1st. It allowed anyone to call 1-800-BING-411 to find a business and connect to it, along with other features. Read more...

Microsoft buys equity stake in software company 24/7 Inc.

John Callaham — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:32:37 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it has bought an equity stake in 24/7 Inc as well as a partnership with the company to help develop future customer service software products. Read more...

Microsoft's Tellme not the same as Siri, as video explains

Denis Wong — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:23:06 +0000

Are Microsoft's Tellme and Apple's Siri comparable? An Australian blog claims otherwise, with a side-by-side video of, amongst other things, WP7's Tellme planning a meeting "at teen anal." Read more...

Microsoft Announces Ford Sync with TellMe

Neowin Staff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:30:05 +0000

Microsoft closes Tellme deal

Tom Warren — Fri, 04 May 2007 06:35:46 +0000

Microsoft said Thursday it has closed its deal to buy voice recognition specialist Tellme Networks. Tellme CEO Mike McCue remains at Microsoft as head of that unit, working with Zig Serafin, who is the general... Read more...

Microsoft Boosts Speech/Voice Capabilities With Tellme Buy

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:18:36 +0000

Microsoft took another step toward rounding out its unified communications vision Wednesday with a deal to acquire voice/speech services player Tellme Networks. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, although several online reports placed the transaction... Read more...