Google hopes steamy reads will make its bots more conversational The goal is to make the Google app — known for its stiff, factual style — more conversational.
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This will become especially important as Siri becomes more conversational.
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It has made my writing more conversational and less precious.
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It makes him more conversational and happier and more functional.
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He starts out quiet and eventually settles into a more conversational mode.
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Overall, the smart assistant promises to be more conversational, with better concierge features.
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"In general, open-ended questions lead to more conversational paths," Craig Weiland says.
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We wanted to have a more conversational experience — and a more powerful experience.
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Reviews on Apple's iOS and Mac app stores are about to get more conversational.
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Their expertise will accelerate our product and design thinking around making Twitter more conversational.
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It is also making Bing more conversational and allowing people to search within images.
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All Google had to do was make the Home more conversational than its streaming dongle.
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This allows more conversational and complex queries that more closely resemble how people actually talk.
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Other tenors sang "Che gelida manina," that aria from "La Bohème," with more conversational intimacy.
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The results can sometimes feel stilted and forced, however, and Vanaman wanted something much more conversational.
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"They're going to be a lot less transactional, and a lot more conversational," he said. Amazon.
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Being more conversational was a chief motivator for me, too, in writing these weekday morning briefings.
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Can this more conversational (but still curated and exclusive) approach to "magical" stones really catch on?
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It's designed to be more conversational, and it's a big part of Microsoft's new focus for Cortana.
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The language is significantly more conversational and the now ubiquitous #Ad warning is nowhere to be found.
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Blackstorm Labs is trying to have a notification system that seems more adaptable and even more conversational.
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A lot of the language he wanted to use was just very different; it sounded more conversational.
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Microsoft now appears to be targeting Cortana at more conversational interactions for workers who are organizing their days.
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One of the differentiators is a feature called "Chit-Chat," an attempt to make the assistant more conversational.
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Alexa needs to become more conversational, make skills more discoverable, and generally just become less awkward to use.
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According to Sarikaya, these improvements have played a role in reducing user friction and making Alexa more conversational.
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I would like more of our employees to be more conversational on our service on a regular basis.
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It sounded more conversational; it sounded more like a conversation normal people would have who weren't in politics.
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She has the floor; a more conversational tone might be better for connecting with folks at home Smile.
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Windows Central reports that Microsoft is producing a more conversational UI for Cortana that'll resemble Google Assistant on Android.
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"Although digital technology and social media have allowed less top-down and more conversational political communication," the study explains.
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Demo of the new Bixby – looking to be more conversational so you don't have to repeat yourself #unpacked pic.twitter.
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The app's content is more conversational and lighthearted than you will typically find on TechCrunch, which makes for easier reading.
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Everyone in the contest also agrees on what would be most helpful to push machine learning forward: more conversational data.
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Dai and his team simply hope that the AI engine will become more conversational, thus providing a better user experience.
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Flynn says Ocasio-Cortez is successful at drawing attention to mundane issues because she takes a much more conversational approach.
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The audio team trains reporters to write for the ear and conduct interviews in a more conversational tone, for example.
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Cortana is going to be far more conversational when answering queries by voice or text and more integrated into Office.
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"It will take us years to get more and more conversational, but this breakthrough is very big for us," he said.
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Podcasts are gracious hosts for a kind of journalism that is more conversational and personality driven than gray type naturally accommodates.
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As the team gears up, it plans to produce a range of shows, from the more conversational to serial-style narratives.
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But the podcast will be much more conversational than the video series, according the NowThis editor and executive producer Sarah Frank.
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The updates are focused on bringing more conversational, nuanced answers to users in the "cards" UI being used by competitors like Google.
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This year, it says Bixby has been enhanced, tweaking voice commands to be more conversational and interactive by including more natural language.
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Today, Microsoft announced a series of artificial intelligence-driven features for its Bing search engine to make it more conversational and nuanced.
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My thoughts exactly, though tonight's more melodic tune exposed an iffy vocal we don't usually hear on Avalon's more conversational song choices.
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The policy has also been entirely rewritten in an effort to simplify the language used and make it more conversational, Twitter says.
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These systems are designed to be more conversational than conventional auto voice control systems that typically require a user to learn precise commands.
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Two separate reports today from Thurrott and Windows Central mention the possibility of a changed UI for Cortana that'll make it more conversational.
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Leary is predicting they will build on last year's AI announcements and introduce more conversational interfaces like Alexa from Amazon this time around.
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Omega's list of talking points includes more conversational interactions and the ability to serve as a sort of bridge for other smart assistants.
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Instead of filling pews, guests sat in straight back chairs on the church stage for an atmosphere that felt more conversational than formal.
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The company confirmed it's currently running another public-facing test focused on making Twitter "more conversational" — but this time with Retweets instead of Replies.
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" So it's really under that initiative of like, "Let's better organize how people are utilizing this so that we make Twitter feel more conversational.
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That's going to be an important avenue for Google, as services turn their eyes to more conversational user interfaces and AI-powered concierge services.
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A Twitter spokesperson told Gizmodo that their efforts to make Twitter more conversational are being developed alongside their ongoing efforts to prevent abuse and spam.
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For example, the two front seats can swivel 25 degrees to enable a more conversational, lounge-type environment when the car is in autonomous mode.
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"We're working on updates to Retweet with Comment as part of our efforts to make Twitter more conversational," a spokesperson for Twitter confirmed to TechCrunch.
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As a result, Leela's editorial team plans to add English teaching content in the future, including podcast episodes about grammar basics and more conversational content.
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She has the floor; a more conversational tone might be better for connecting with folks at home Hillary having a big night in the primaries.
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Becoming clearer, as well as more conversational, relevant and natural is starting to appear as a key strength that drives a better relationship with customers.
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The report itself — dense in both language and layout — reflected Mr. Mueller's caution and stood in contrast to Mr. Starr's more conversational and discursive style.
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But a Notebook piece — they're often called "Reporter's Notebook" — tends to be more conversational and tries to convey a sort of behind-the-scenes perspective.
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Interestingly, it is also the time where I have a more natural, more conversational, exchange with Siri: Siri: There is a new message from XYZ.
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""At times the slower pace and ability of the broadcaster to turn their attention more readily to the chat window can produce a more conversational quality.
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Huffman noted that the Assistant will get more conversational in the coming months and also allow you to have conversations around things that you see, for example.
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They mimic human-like qualities by being more conversational and easy to engage with because you can talk or text with them like you would a person.
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With the guidelines he offers, people often make the legalese more conversational, and they add language that reminds them of the free time a retirement can offer.
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Meanwhile, Thurrott says that in addition to making its interface more conversational, Microsoft is considering relocating the assistant in Windows 10 to the system tray, near the clock.
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It has trouble with "highly technical or esoteric types of content" but when it comes to more conversational writing it generated "reasonable samples" 50 percent of the time.
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Not only does it allow you to cue up songs via simple voice commands, Alexa's machine learning makes the experience "more conversational and personalized" over time, Amazon claims.
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The format of most of RLM's videos since then has been more conversational, where the guys sit around and review recent films or ridicule older, bad movies together.
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The announcement comes as the company goes after more predictive search results while it tries to make its products more conversational and useful, which would keep people engaged longer.
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"[Revamping the way a received like looks] turned it from something that could feel a little bit transactional into something that feels a little bit more conversational," he says.
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Other bots that were demoed, like Poncho The Weather Cat (no joke), use a more conversational approach to delivering the weather, mimicking a natural chat as close as possible.
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The bot is part of Facebook's Messenger program revealed at F8, and it will help our readers get the news they want from us in a more conversational way.
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The interviews became more conversational than formal which allowed for some ease of nerves and more of my personality to show and be conveyed through the examples I gave.
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The company has fed its artificial intelligence system 2,865 romance novels in an attempt to make various Google products more conversational and natural during user interactions, Buzzfeed first reported.
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Users of Amazon's voice-controlled speakers may also see updates through "Alexa Conversations," which the company announced so developers make their services on the virtual assistant Alexa more conversational.
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In something like On Cinema at the Cinema, where hosts Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington are more conversational and occasionally under-enunciate words, Live Caption can get lost quickly.
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It allows the company to appear more conversational and cool (in a way less cringe-inducing way than its main Twitter account) without having to put in much effort.
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Bixby gets more conversational Samsung demoed an updated version of Bixby, the company's voice assistant that saw much backlash when it was released last year, due to its lackluster performance.
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What works: A more successful approach with Trump is a more conversational, anecdotal style with lots of references to him — his theories and beliefs, things he has said in the past.
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Assistant will also become more conversational, more capable when used on a device with a display and be in 80 countries and support 30 languages by the end of the year.
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Samsung this morning showed of a new version of its Bixby voice assistant, which is now more conversational and is able to continue your conversation when you ask a follow-up question.
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"I understand that social media is much more conversational than traditional media and often uses creative word play to attract readers or followers, or better, re-tweets of our messages," they wrote.
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The update makes Alexa more conversational when interacting with people at a user's front door, including asking if it can "take a message" or telling a deliveryman where to leave a package.
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User engagement—especially during live events—may also increase because people no longer have to perform mental gymnastics in order to compose the shortest tweets possible and can instead use more conversational language.
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They are still in progress—they're not finished in that way, so the studio becomes conducive for a more conversational sharing of the work instead of exhibition when people are coming to see something finished.
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Google today announced at its Google I/O developer conference that the Google Assistant, the company's virtual personal assistant that's available on devices like the Google Home and Pixel phone, will soon get more conversational.
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It's not exactly a breakthrough feature (though it's pretty adorable), but it's a clear demonstration of a lot of the work that's been going on in the backend to make Alexa smarter and more conversational.
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It's part of a larger trend toward more conversational user interfaces, where users are requesting data in the form of natural language instead of the keyword searches that Google has effectively trained us to do.
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"She changed the face of classical music radio in this country from its former somewhat stodgy and patrician sound and format to a warmer, friendly and more conversational medium," Mr. Alley said in an email.
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Many features of NYT Now — including morning and evening news briefings, bullet-point lists and a more conversational tone — have also been incorporated into The Times's main news products, including the core mobile app, he said.
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All of this helps Google get its users more accustomed to "asking" Google for answers and actions in a more conversational way, where it finds itself quickly diving into a massive competition with Amazon and Apple's Siri.
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Even though Cortana is designed to deal with reality, Harrison's writing team has built some whimsy into the "chit-chat," which is what they call the chatty mode Cortana adopts when you ask her more conversational questions.
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I've rarely heard the multiple set pieces in this play sound more conversational and matter-of-fact, as if the speech were second nature to the speaker and not some sort of pileup of well-known quotations.
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Within the next few months, you'll also be able to share photos and videos with friends and family in a more conversational format that is also reminiscent of an Instagram feature — in this case, its direct messages.
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It might also help your cause if you can put up with some political commentary from time to time, so you don't come across as trying to stifle others — you would just really appreciate more conversational variety.
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It's smarter and more conversational, but for the most part you will get the same results from using "OK Google" on your phone today as from the Google Assistant (minus features like booking OpenTable reservations with your voice).
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A July memo sent with the above script said it had been "tweaked...to sound more conversational," which seems to support the accounts of several former therapists, who told The Verge they were intended to be used verbatim.
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Indeed, Allo marks the first time you'll be able to use the Google Assistant, the company's more conversational version of Google Now that will also soon find its way into products like Google Home, Android Wear and others.
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As part of his effort to build up G Suite since joining Google in 2019 after spending four years at Microsoft, Soltero has been focusing on boosting features like search and making Gmail more conversational, according to Axios.
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Google notes that this update will work best for longer, more conversational queries — and in many ways, that's how Google would really like you to search these days, because it's easier to interpret a full sentence than a sequence of keywords.
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The new pages will now add significantly more conversational testimonials and other social features to company's recruitment sites, making them more about trying to convey a company's culture rather than simply the jobs that are on offer at the moment.
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Disclaimer: I initially intended to interview Lucy Xavier, the vocalist of Primal Rite, over the phone for a more conversational tone; but thanks to shitty German wifi while I'm on the road, we've been reduced to a standard Q&A format.
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But the real point of Lens is for it to be built into the Assistant, working in real time in a more conversational way, and then after that, in Google Keep and the camera app and who knows what else.
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Instead of having to deliberately move through a process by clicking, selecting and perhaps copying and pasting — the kinds of interactions we have come to expect from software over the last 30 years — we interact in a more conversational way.
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Striking a markedly more conversational tone than usual in his address, Obama went on to tout the progress his administration has made in tackling the nation's economic issues, combating climate change and helping nearly 18 million Americans get health insurance.
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Ahead of the app's final shutdown, planned for September, many of its features have already made their way to the core mobile app, including the morning and evening news briefings, bullet-point lists and more conversational tone, The NYT also claims.
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They can then hand that information to developers so they can build "more robust conversational interfaces around it", as Patel puts it — such as, for example, a chatbot that's more conversational and capable, given it can serve up answers it found online.
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For an agency known for secrecy, the CIA's social media presence has been noisyAfter the CIA joined Twitter in 2014, solemnly tweeting "we can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet," the agency's online presence grew more and more conversational.
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Lex, on the other hand, would allow developers to create bots that convert speech to text and those that could recognize the intent of the text, making the resulting bot more conversational, and more sophisticated than those on the market at present.
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"We are most used to seeing leaders sitting in times of crises — for instance, a presidential address from the Oval Office — or when they are striking a more conversational tone such as a Barbara Walters interview," said Evan Thies, a political strategist.
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A lot of the rhetorical scaffolding holding up the punchlines shows its age—the trend in stand-up these days is much more conversational, and Carlin introducing a list of song parodies or some unconnected bits of wordplay make the slight bits feel even slighter.
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Text is sent as soon as it's typed without the need for a separate "send" command, which the FCC says lends a more conversational rhythm and also allows for at least some information to get through if it's not possible to complete the message.
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By taking a more conversational approach, Sanchez and her team hope they might create a warmer experience (even with a bot) that will encourage people to not only understand how to improve their credit, but feel like they can even look at their credit score without freaking out.
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"At times the slower pace and ability of the broadcaster to turn their attention more readily to the chat window can produce a more conversational quality," T.L. Taylor, professor of Comparative Media Studies at MIT and author of Watch Me Play: Twitch and the Rise of Game Living Streaming, said.
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Instead, she is holed up with aides to practice her body language, facial expressions, vocal cadences and more conversational answers about college debt, the heroin epidemic and other topics that have come up at her campaign events and that have allowed her to show empathy and emotion along with policy knowledge.
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While Haider wrote in her tweet that the changes were intended to "make it feel more conversational here," they also take the site further away from its original conception as a strictly linear flow of posts—somewhat along the lines of its much-maligned decision to inject algorithmically curated tweets into feeds.
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Actually, though, it's a somewhat different kind of book: less scholarly, more conversational than Carrier's earlier efforts, it's a small but well-stocked treasury of first-hand observations by someone who's spent a lot of time in art galleries, but who has retained enough critical distance to see them with a certain objectivity.
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Decker and one of Raftr's investors, Harrison Metal founder Michael Dearing, told Kara Swisher, host of Recode Decode, that Raftr cuts through the noise by encouraging users to follow topics rather than people, creating a more conversational environment versus the self-promotional experience and one-way dialogue you may get on other sites.
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So it's something that's easier to pull off on radio than it is on TV. It's more conversational on radio and the segments are 3003 minutes long and if you're a prisoner in your car driving — which you usually are when you're listening to sports radio — you're probably not going to turn it off because you're thinking about the light changed yellow and you're looking at the scenery and it'll go in one ear and out the other.
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