The Big G Assistant: Android to Launch Siri Alternative in 2012 - with the best links of the day

Nokia: http://Nokia.com

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It's the perfect time for another links roundup. We'll be talking about Google, Facebook and Nokia.

OK, who has been discussing Google? It was www.searchenginejournal.com who wrote an article called Google Assistant: Android to Launch Siri Alternative in 2012.

What did they say about Google? They said:

When the iPhone 4S was released in late 2011, the addition of a virtual assistant helped the new device exceed sales projections and consumer expectations

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Although nothing about Siri's voice recognition software is exceptional, the human-like interaction, data selection process, and intuitive way information is presented have made the "virtual assistant" an instant success. Now, Google is reportedly developing a Google Assistant that will compete with Siri

Facebook: http://facebook.com

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Next up we have a site that's been talking about Facebook - Facebook Foils Robbery.

They wrote:

In Pretoria, South Africa, a Facebook status posted by a woman being attacked by two armed robbers in her home was able to summon help, according to The Daily News

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Lizette Langeveld, 43, was attacked by two armed men who broke into her Centurion home around 7:30 PM Monday, the Beeld reports

Google: also known as The Big G

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To finish we have U.S. Senator Calls for Apple, Google Mobile Privacy Probe from business.time.com, also focussing on Google. The wrote some good stuff, particularly

This was followed by a report that Google's Android mobile operating system allowed application developers access to user photos without explicit permission

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The latest flareup began last month with news that Path, a popular social networking application, was uploading entire iPhone address books to its servers, without user permission.