A look at how Facebook failed to develop its own voice recognition technology for Portal, source says due to chaotic rotation of staff and confused priorities
Facebook's Portal looked like a slick alternative to the Amazon Echo speaker when it launched earlier this month, but problems abounded behind the scenes. Tweets: @joshconstine and @forbes . Thanks: @parmy Tweets: Josh Constine / @joshconstine : Well-sourced report on Facebook's struggles in voice tech by @parmy http://www.techmeme.com/... it claims head of Messenger David Marcus lied to me on stage in 2016 when he said voice wasn't something Fb was working on @forbes : Although Facebook started investing heavily in voice tech in 2013, the company has yet to plant a stake in technology that lets you talk to computers, widely-regarded as the next wave of human-to-machine interfaces http://www.forbes.com/... http://twitter.com/... Thanks: @parmy