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Write about 500 words as a reaction to one or more of the talks by Bonnie, Anne and Bailey, Mano, or Rushin. Analyze how their talk applies to one or more of the 202 lectures this semester and demonstrate with your cogent use of 202 concepts and your knowledge of the course readings that you've benefited from coming to class.
(This is optional extra credit that we'll just tack onto your cumulative score for the other assignments; this assignment is worth 1/2 of an assignment)
A lot of effort goes into making websites that enable user interactions effortlessly, are visually appealing, provide ease-of-navigation and can be easily interpreted. Life goes on as usual. The birds are chirping, the trees are blooming, the sun is shining but all of a sudden, darkness befalls. Welcome to the age of mobile devices where website navigation is limited to much smaller dimensions and resolutions than those of the computer screens. Thus, the biggest challenge is how to retain the same experience on both these interfaces. However, it is not as bad as it sounds.
With Google launching a voice search to compete with Siri on the iOS platform, and Apple being set to launch Siri even on the new Mac OS, I’m led to question the role of such voice based search assistants in the future of information retrieval.