Apple Buys Siri for its Voice Technology

Apple has bought start-up named Siri, which is a virtual personal assistant for the iPhone and the iPod Touch.

Siri, describes itself as a virtual personal assistant which can take voice commands and act accordingly. For instance, you can ask Siri to book a table at a restaurant, ask it about the movies being played at nearby theatres or about the weather by voice instead of typing it in a search engine on your browser.

Siri, had tie-ups with 3rd Party APIs to provide several services like cab and restaurant table booking.

Scobleizer has a blog post about the acquisition here. Jenna Wortham writes about the event here on The New York Times.