Amazon buys Siri rival Evi - reportApril 18, 2013 - 17:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Amazon has completed the acquisition of Siri rival Evi, according to a report, Digital Spy said. The retail giant has purchased the personal assistant from British start-up True Knowledge for $26 million (£17m), TechCrunch understands. The move sparks rumours that Amazon is planning to introduce the service to its Kindle range, as well as fuelling speculation that the firm is planning to add a smartphone to the line. Amazon recently appointed former Windows Phone executive Charlie Kindel to work on a mystery project believed to be a Kindle smartphone, but the device remains unannounced at this time. Evi is currently available for iOS and Android devices, though the service narrowly avoided being pulled from the App Store at launch as Apple deemed it too similar to Siri. Amazon is yet to officially confirm that it has acquired Evi. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |