He believes the new devices will not have keyboards, which was the motivation for creating MindMeld app. Tuttle predicts that during the next few years computing devices will move from laptops, smartphones and tablets to everyday objects like a table or wearable technologies such as Google Glass. To protect privacy, conversations are not recorded or stored. The app also summarizes key concepts of the discussion. Up to eight people can join in on a chat. The app detects words and phrases related to current events and local businesses and searches the Internet while people are speaking to each other to gather more information related to the conversation. "wouldn't it be great if your phone could automatically find the information you're talking about and display it at the right time?" To use MindMeld, which costs $3.99, users log on to the app with Facebook.
"Imagine a situation where you're on the phone or talking with a friend," Timothy Tuttle, founder of San Francisco-based Expect Labs, which created the app, said in an interview. MindMeld for the iPad is a voice conferencing assistant that understands conversations, and depending on what people are talking about, will find a map of a city and tourist information if the chat is about a trip, or restaurants if it is about eating out.
By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - New apps that listen to conversations or scan emails and calendars can predict and provide information such as websites, videos and maps to users before they ask for them or realize they want them.
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