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<h1 style="text-align: center;">google now</h1>
<h2>[WHAT]</h2>
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<li>] "google now" is an app (android 4.x, ios, web) that enables users to use&nbsp;voice activated commands to&nbsp;</li>
</ol>
<h2>[WHY]</h2>
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<li>] perform voice activated actions</li>
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<li>] open "apps", open "websites", make a voice call to one of your "contacts", send an SMS message OR email to one of your "contacts" ] create&nbsp; "appointments" in your calendar ] create "reminders" ] post to social media networks like - fb, twitter ] create notes &amp; memos</li>
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<li>] control the phones settings&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] turn on/off wifi, bluetooth, gps,&nbsp; turn volume up/down, ...</li>
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<li>] perform voice activated search queries - online </li>
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<li>] the difference between a google now search and a traditional search for information is that instead of getting back a list of links to&nbsp;sites on a page as your search result, you get back a card of information that displays the information you are requesting.</li>
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<li>] perform voice activated search queries - on device </li>
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<li>] search your device for files, people, music,&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] automatically performs predictive search based queries based upon your Personal Information </li>
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<li>] based on your location, your search history, your email, your calendar&nbsp;</li>
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<li>] type using voice dictation</li>
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<li>] open word, ] create document 'my memoirs' ] 'today was a good day, I spent it learning about this neat app called ...' ] save &amp; exit</li>
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<li>] data cards - native</li>
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<li>] activities, ] accomodation, ] calculations, ....</li>
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<li>] data cards - third party services</li>
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<li>]<a href="http://www.google.com/landing/now/integrations.html" target="_blank"> http://www.google.com/landing/now/integrations.html</a></li>
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<h2>[WHY NOT] a look at some of the competitive products and be aware ...</h2>
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<li>] apple ios siri</li>
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<li>] apples in famous voice activited assistant,</li>
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<li>] samsung touchwiz</li>
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<li>] galaxy voice control - app as part of their "touchwiz feature set" that it adds to it's version of android.</li>
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<li>] windows phone 8..x </li>
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<li>] tellme?&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=2276" target="_blank">cortana</a></li>
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<li>] blackberry 10.x</li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/article?id=1052" target="_blank">voice control</a></li>
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<li>] google now and your privacy</li>
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<li>] when you use ths app, your sending your data to google, did you ever ask yourself <a href="/view/article?id=1984" target="_blank">what does google know about you?</a> more importantly - do you know what google does with your data?, do you still want google now?&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[WHERE]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;to use [what]</li>
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<h2>[WHEN]</h2>
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<li>] voice activated search and ...&nbsp;</li>
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<h2>[EXAMPLE]</h2>
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1JEXDBWehvI?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" width="640" height="360"></iframe>
<h2>[HOW-TO]</h2>
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<li>] getting started with [google-now] step-by-step </li>
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<li>] <a href="/view/step?id=176" target="_blank">step-001 - complete listing of google now commands</a></li>
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<li>] check out our&nbsp;android native voice control article linked below. this article lists 150+ voice actions from search queries from the categories defined above that you can perform using the google now/google voice search app</li>
</ol>
<h2>[ANALYSIS]</h2>
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<li>] <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4LvJOFTlGo" target="_blank">google now VS siri </a></li>
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<h2>[REFERENCE]</h2>
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<li>]&nbsp;<a href="http://www.google.com/landing/now/" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/landing/now/</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.google.com/landing/now/#cards" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/landing/now/#cards</a></li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.google.com/landing/now/integrations.html" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/landing/now/integrations.html</a></li>
<li>] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Now" target="_blank">wikipedia - google-now</a></li>
<li>] <a href="http://lifehacker.com/top-10-awesome-features-of-google-now-1577427243">http://lifehacker.com/top-10-awesome-features-of-google-now-1577427243</a></li>
<li>] <a href="http://lifehacker.com/everything-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-with-google-voi-512727229" target="_blank">http://lifehacker.com/everything-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-with-google-voi-512727229</a></li>
<li>] PREV <a href="https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2842392?hl=en" target="_blank">google - voice action commands</a></li>
<li>] PREV <a href="/view/article?id=1899" target="_blank">android native - voice control</a></li>
<li>] <a href="http://www.citeworld.com/article/2114392/mobile-byod/google-now-tips-using-cards.html" target="_blank">http://www.citeworld.com/article/2114392/mobile-byod/google-now-tips-using-cards.html</a></li>
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<li>] removed functionality to "take photo" and search web for "info"&nbsp;</li>
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