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- ↑ Expect Labs Anticipates a Day when the Computer Is Always Listening, Wade Roush, Xconomy, August 20th 2013.
- ↑ How Real Is “Her?” Five Myths About Intelligent Assistants., Tim Tuttle, Re/Code, March 4th 2014.
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- ↑ Tim Tuttle's App for Automatic Search, Ari Levy, BloombergBusiness, November 8th 2012.
- ↑ Tim Tuttle's Page, Wired.