Engineers have developed a new computer program that gauges human feelings through speech, bringing the prospect of a phone that can pick up on your mood and, say, play you music to match.
A Spanish team says it's developed a system that allows a machine to recognize a person’s emotional state and take it into account during conversation.
Apple - which recently relaxed its draconian iOS restrictions - is poised to re-approve a banned Google Voice-enabled app. But does the latest decision indicate a true change of attitude towards developers and a sudden affinity for openness?
Google has ended a long-standing "invitation only" policy for its Voice platform. However, the service is still only available to users within the United States.
