Focusing in the World of Digital Assistants

Until now you have been able to pick and choose in the world of Apps, hardware and services to help do your job.  The typical challenge has been between Google and Apple.  Google Now and Siri for asking questions, searching and notification.  You could typically mix and match the service provider to suit your needs.  Now this article suggests that further improvement will require more focused integration and thus less choice.   Will this happen in all advisory systems?  How can cooperation be preserved?   With a set of standards for advisory protocols?

Google Developer Conference

In Wired:  Good overview of activities at the Google developer conference.  A good mix of interesting innovation.  In particular new work on Google Now,  which attempts to integrate dynamic knowledge with mobile activities, and appears to have been quiet for some time.  Plus their provocative headline: Google’s Ingenious Plan to Make Apps Obsolete ...