A federal jury in Massachusetts return a mixed bag of results for Nuance in the company’s efforts to assert Vlingo had infringed on a Nuance patent. Vlingo aimed to invalidate the patent. Yesterday’s verdict was a good news/bad news for both companies. The jury validated Nuances patent. That’s good news for Nuance and less than more »

Vlingo has just released an updated version of its Virtual Assistant Android app. Available now in version 3.0 from the Android Market, the newly updated Android app now sports a cleaner and more intuitive interface that makes it looks like a brand new Android app. In addition to the app’s refreshed user interface, Vlingo has more »

Google Maps is experimenting with speech recognition technology for its mobile users. The lucky guinea pigs are owners of the Blackberry Pearl 8110, 8120, and 8130 in the US. This is the same voice search technology that they use in their free directory service, GOOG-411.

This service proves to be very useful for many mobile users who lack the time or patience to type the long names of the places they want to go to. It will hopefully also add a level if safety as it could help to keep peoples hands and eyes off their phones and on the road, because even knowing the danger people still insist on using a mobile phone while driving. Here are the simple steps: