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With Nuance's voice print technology onboard, ZTE's Car Mode app will be able to recognize who is speaking and what he or she wants without the driver lifting a finger.

Phone manufacturer ZTE and Nuance Communications, provider of a wide range of voice recognition software, are teaming up at CES 2014 to announce an updated and enhanced Car Mode application for ZTE's Android devices.

The ZTE Car Mode app will provide an eye-free, hands-free way to interact with these phones on the go. Nuance is providing new voice biometrics tech for the screen unlock, enabling the hardware to recognize a voice command from a specific person's voiceprint to activate and access different functions and modes without physical contact.

For example, as part of a new feature called Music Barge-In, a driver listening to music could say, "Play next song," or "Pause," and the ZTE Android device would recognize that it is, in fact, the driver talking and then execute the command.

I get very annoyed when passengers won't stop talking while I'm issuing a voice command to a smartphone or navigation system; it confuses most simple systems. If Nuance's voice print and biometrics technology can help these devices to differentiate my commands from those of my mouthy passengers, it will be a welcome addition to the cockpit.

Additionally, Nuance's Natural Language Understanding (NLU) tech makes an appearance, allowing the driver to speak to the system with natural questions and commands, rather than memorizing and following a list of expected prompts. You could ask the phone, "Where is Union Square?" or say, "Take me to the post office" and the Car Mode app will search for the nearest matching destination and provide spoken directions from Google Maps.

Many smartphone owners are already used to the idea of talking to their phones as they would a human being thanks to the rapid evolution of voice search services like Google Now and Siri (video). Nuance and ZTE's partnership should take this concept a step further by removing the need to touch or look at the phone when behind the wheel.

ZTE has already implemented some of Nuance's technologies in the Car Mode app available on its current Android devices. When we should expect that app to be updated with the new voice biometrics technology and Music Barge-In has not been announced.

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Sunny Isles, FL (PRWEB) January 07, 2014

Innovative. Groundbreaking technology. New business model. All are words to describe Livecharity, yet ones that do not paint the whole picture. But, how about a billion dollar promise? A promise not to the company, but a promise to the world. Livecharitys CEO, Johnny Saffar, has made this promise: Over half of the companys net profits earned through its users will be donated to non-profit organizations that Livecharity software users select.

The beta version of Livecharitys free software is available today at http://www.livecharity.com for Chrome users first (it integrates within the browser based upon user settings) and is verified by Norton antivirus. Livecharity is an online ad networking company, one with a revolutionary new ad model that puts control into the hands of the users. Ads are displayed every day when one surfs the Internet; those ads generate money because advertisers pay for the ads to be seen. Livecharity now offers a new online surfing experience.

Johnny Saffar noted, What we have to offer is simple: We are giving you the ability to help. Fifteen million children across the world die of hunger each year. One hundred million people are homeless, and 780 million people don't have clean water to drink. Overwhelming numbers, but how about this number? Three billion. Thats the number that some corporations have made in one month from online advertising revenue.

That is money made from individuals browsing the web. Livecharity has created a way to change things, a way to turn the conventional advertising model around so that better targeted ads are displayed and proceeds help NPOs with their causes to make a real, positive difference. Now its not an issue of wanting to help, but rather doing it. That is what Livecharity is truly about empowering people with the ability to effect change.

With the free software, Livecharity users can make a powerful difference at no cost to them simply by downloading the software and doing what they do every day online. The user has control and is able to set ad preferences for a personalized experienced. Its time to #surf4change.

About Livecharity Corporation: Livecharity Corporation is a start-up business out of South Florida with intentions to grow worldwide. The software will be available for additional browser types in the weeks ahead. Visit http://www.livecharity.com to learn more.

Contact: Please email press(at)livecharity(dot)com or call 855-200-0455.

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ANN ARBOR (WWJ) The collaboration and document managementsoftware Flow, from the Ann Arbor database publisher ProQuest LLC, is nowaccessible free for researchers including those working for institutions that dontsubscribe to the service.

Flow manages researcher workflows while integrating document management and sharing with citation data. This enables users to discover and manage content, store and organize documents, and through integration with Microsoft Word, write papers, supported with instant bibliographies and annotation.

Flows social capabilities also allow simple document sharing.

Flow is based on ProQuests RefWorks-COS software, the combination of two web-based research management, writing and collaboration tools now in use by millions of university researchers around the world.

Like RefWorks, Flow is designed to keep libraries at the hub of university research. Subscribing libraries can tap into usage data, revealing patterns that help them understand what their users are researching and which resources are most useful to them. Broadening access to Flow via free individual accounts is expected to yield richer analytics and content usage data.

The ways in which researchers are managing materials and collaborating has changed, said Sharol Lubrano, vice president of research solutions for ProQuest. Flow recognizes and supports those new routines intuitively. But it also takes the next step by generating data that libraries can rely on to improve their service, hone their collections and plot trends that help them anticipate future needs.

Flow was introduced in mid-2013. Its integration of text documents and references enables researchers and scholars to easily organize their research. Sharing capabilities support team collaboration, providing a platform for study groups to work together from multiple locations and for instructors to make class readings accessible within the student workflow.

Users can save web page content and metadata, create collections to organize documents and citations, and upload PDF and Office documents. Flow also has built-in recognition of documents and citations so users dont have to enter metadata manually. Once saved to the cloud, these documents can be read, highlighted, and annotated.

In addition to providing usage statistics, institutional subscriptions enable libraries to offer a premium service to their users, including 10 gigabits of storage per user, unlimited collaborators and training services. The free accounts have 2 gigabits of storage and may add up to 10 collaborators per project.

More at http://flow.proquest.com/.

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The company is also offering certain McAfee Security components for free on Android and iOS

Intel wants to hold onto the McAfee Security software, but drop the name for something a little more synonymous with the Intel name.

According to a new report from CNET, Intel CEOBrian Krzanich told an audience at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014 that his company is killing off the McAfee Security brand name and will instead call it Intel Security. This transition is expected to take about a year to complete.

Krzanich said the software will stay the same, right down to thered McAfee shield logo (at least for now). Just the name is getting a makeover.

In addition,Krzanich noted that the mobile versions of the McAfee software will start offering certain components for free on Android and iOS. However, he wasn't clear on which components were the free ones, but said more details would roll out in the coming months.

Intel acquired McAfee back in 2010 for $48 USD a share, for a total price of $7.68 billion USD. At the time, Intel said themajor reason for the acquisition was to expand its wireless security offerings.

Oh, and John McAfee is also known for being a little "crazy" in his personal life. Just last year, he created an ad full of guns, drugs and women that explained how to uninstall the McAfee Antivirus software he created. It's not real shocking that Intel would want to withdraw his name from the software it now owns.

The only reason to hold onto the McAfee name would be for recognition purposes. Many customers out there are very familiar with the McAfee name, but at the same time, there are negative associations with the brand because it, like many other security software packages in the early 2000s, had issues where it either didn't work or bogged computers down to much slower speeds.

Also, Intel is a big name in computers that many customers will recognize and likely trust.

Source: CNET

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Boston, MA (PRWEB) January 06, 2014

Kanda Software, a leading software development company, has announced that it has added Google+ Hangouts, Viber and Facebook recording capability to Callnote Pro in addition to Skype call recording. Callnote Pro is a top-of-the-line version of Callnote software created to enhance caller experience by adding capability to record Skype video and audio calls.

More and more people are communicating using Hangouts, Viber and Facebook video calling in addition to or instead of using Skype. They want to record audio and video of their calls no matter how they call. Weve been working hard to enhance Callnote Pro with Hangouts call recorder, Viber and Facebook video recording options to satisfy our consumers need," says Alex Karpovsky, CEO of Kanda Software.

With Callnote Pro Video Call Recorder customers get access to video and audio editing. They can cut unwanted parts of the video, change audio stream and add notes, titles to recorded video calls. Callnote Pro preserves the features that Callnote Premium users enjoy, including the ability to save Skype, Hangouts, Viber and Facebook video calls to Evernote and Dropbox. The option to share recorded video calls via Facebook and YouTube is also available.

Beta version of Callnote Pro with built in Hangouts video recorder, Viber call recorder and Facebook video chat recorder is available on kandasoft.com.

Kanda Software offers 1-Year Free Trial for anyone who downloads Callnote Pro before January 15th, 2014. Download.

About Kanda Software

Based in Newton, Massachusetts, Kanda is a proven software development and testing partner to companies large and small with over 20 years of experience and hundreds of satisfied customers. We are a fully integrated service provider specializing in assisting the delivery of custom software solutions to established companies like Nuance and Lionbridge and exciting startups like Intervention Insights, RallyPoint, and Worthworm. At Kanda, we have deep experience in core development technologies as well the well-established process in how best to fit within our customers development organizations.

Kanda is your partner for a world where software development speed and quality is a make-or-break consideration for the success of your product in the marketplace.

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