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  • Voice Interfaces and Contextual Intelligence

    Voice Interfaces and Contextual Intelligence

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    Here’s a scenario: You are leaving to meet your friend Mark and you want to tell Alexa this: You: “Alexa, let Mark know when I am almost there” Alexa: “Okay” To solve this you need to answer: Which Mark is relevant now? and btw, is it Marc or Mark? Where is “there“? Where is Mark –…

  • “Alexa, it’s Peter who pays Paul”

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    Consider these commands: “Alexa, ask Peter to pay Paul.” “Alexa, ask Harry for a meeting with Sally.” and compare with “Computer, ask Replicator for coffee, black!” The last one doesn’t sound right. Does it? That’s because you don’t tell “the Computer” it’s “the Replicator” that can make coffee, black. It knows that. So why should we…

  • iDid works with Wink

    iDid works with Wink

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    Now integrated with Wink, the iDid application provides contextual intelligence for many different home automation devices. With this release iDid now supports Belkin WeMo, Insteon, Lowe’s Iris, Nest and Wink systems enabling automation of thermostats, switches, outlets, garage door openers and light bulbs from GE, GoControl, Phillips, Leviton, Lutron, TCP Light and other Z-wave and Zigbee device makers. Door locks and…

  • iDid works with Insteon

    iDid works with Insteon

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    iDid works with Insteon Now, iDid can automate and control your Insteon home automation devices. Use the voice command interface to easily build scenes: “turn driveway light on as I approach home after dark”. Download the iDid App. Currently Insteon integration is available on the Android version. iPhone coming soon. After you download the app, from…

  • iDid: Contextual Intelligence (Videos)

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    iDid Works with Insteon Now, iDid can automate and control your Insteon home automation devices. Use the voice command interface to easily build scenes: “turn driveway light on as I approach home after dark”. iDid Works with Nest Automate your Nest thermostats using iDid. You can attach Nest controls to places using Place Actions, a friend’s…

  • Now iDid works with Nest

    Now iDid works with Nest

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    iDid now controls your Nest thermostats based on your context. For instance, with Nest thermostat settings tied to iDid-Predictions, you can now set your thermostats to your desired “at-home” temperature before you arrive. iDid knows when you are headed home and will trigger your thermostats. Want to get very specific? Say you want to control…

  • iDid for Travelers

    iDid for Travelers

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    iDid Android version 10.1.8 is now live on the Google Play store. Download from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.usocialnet.idid New in this release: Predicts destinations and warns of traffic and other hazards Integrated with Sabre Inc.’s TripCase for travelers Automatically attaches expenses to places for Chase customers Call Uber taxi easily from the app New User Interface iDid initial…

  • iDid: Smart Notes

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    “Remind me to buy flowers when I am near a florist!” Why do you need to tell your phone where to buy flowers? With iDid Smart Notes, just say what you want and the app will remind you when and where it’s most appropriate. It automatically discovers places where it can find what you want…

  • iDid: Place Notes

    iDid: Place Notes

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    iDid Place Notes allows you to setup reminders for yourself or your friends and family and attach these reminders to places. For instance, you can setup a note that reminds you to pick up a water filter at places like Home Depot or for your spouse to pick up dinner on the way home from…

  • iDid: Coupons and Deals

    iDid: Coupons and Deals

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    New Feature: iDid – Coupons and Deals. As iDid automatically detects and logs places you visit, it collects coupons at or around those places and presents them to you in real time. iDid is an automatic life event logger and ever learning virtual assistant. Use it to automatically log your places, drives, flights, calls, sleep…

  • iDid: Free Daily Activity Reports by Email

    iDid: Free Daily Activity Reports by Email

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    iDid now sends you a summary of your daily activity automatically to your email. Couldn’t be easier. Download, install, authorize and go about your day. No more manual time and mileage tracking.

  • iDid: Privacy

    iDid: Privacy

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    Our privacy policy is simple: We don’t have your information! iDid works completely by using the calendar you select when you install the app as your private database to log your completed activities – such as drives, flights, places visited, sleep etc. We don’t have a database on the internet, so we don’t have your…

  • iDid: The Heads-up Feature

    iDid: The Heads-up Feature

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    The heads-up feature let’s people know you are on your way. You pick a person and a place and when you are almost there, they get a text. When this idea first surfaced as a feature for iDid, I thought to myself – why won’t I just pick up the phone and call? Do we…

  • iDid: Proximity Alerts

    iDid: Proximity Alerts

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    iDid supports four kinds of proximity alerts: Alert me when my friend is near me. Alert my friend I am near him/her. Alert me when my friend is in or near a selected place. Alert my friend when I am in or near a selected place. Alert me when my friend is near me: To…

  • iDid: Activity Reports

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    iDid keeps track of your activities and records them in your calendar. A reporting tool is included with the iDid app. Use this tool to generate a report of your activities over a past period. You can select what kinds of activities you want included in your report. Such as drives, flights, places, biking, calls…

  • iDid: Automatic Navigation

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    iDid supports several automatic functions when it detects driving. One function is “Automatic Navigation/Driving Directions”. iDid uses several mechanisms to detect where you may be going and through a notification asks you if you would like to pull up navigation to that place. This option is useful to learn of traffic conditions even if you…

  • iDid: Meeting Radar

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    Meeting Radar is another automated location sharing function of iDid. When you turn this feature on it automatically shares location information among upcoming meeting attendees. A persons location is plotted on a map with traffic overlay, so if someone is running late that information is available to other attendees. With this feature you are no…

  • iDid: Calendar and Map View

    iDid: Calendar and Map View

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    iDid comes with a Map View and integrates with your calendar as well. With Map View you can plot your events. These can be your recent events or event results from a query. Just click “Show Map” action to get you to the map view. Show Recent Events: When you turn on this setting, you…

  • iDid: Settings

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    There are several Settings supported by the app. We’ll cover them in several posts starting with this one: You can launch the Settings function from the menu on any screen. Select Account: If you have multiple accounts on your phone, use this option to select an account. This account is used when you activate location…

  • iDid: Automatic Actions and Custom Places

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    With iDid: Auto-Actions, set up automatic actions for any place you visit, your drives, your meetings or for when you go to sleep/wake-up. Control phone settings, run other apps or turn on/off Belkin-WeMo appliances. As iDid keeps track of what you are doing – visiting a place, driving, in a flight, meeting and such, this…