Vlingo Corporation, the company behind the application that turns your words into actions, unveiled the most popular actions of 2010 based on data accumulated through hundreds of millions of actions. Without further ado, here’s what they got:
2010 Most Popular Local Businesses Called, Mapped or Navigated:
- Pizza (Top Brand: Pizza Hut)
- Coffee (Top Brand: Starbucks)
- General Merchandise (Top Brand: Walmart)
- Burgers (Top Brand: McDonald’s)
- Home Goods (Top Brand: Home Depot)
- Electronics (Top Brand: Best Buy)
- Gas Station (Top Brand: Shell)
- Banks (Top Brand: Bank of America)
- Drug Stores (Top Brand: Walgreens)
- Auto Repair (Top Brand: AutoZone)
2010 Top Searched Movies and Tickets Booked:
- Tron
- Harry Potter
- True Grit
- Black Swan
- Tangled
2010 Most Searched US Hotel Destinations:
- New York, NY
- Miami, FL
- Chicago, IL
- Denver, CO
- San Francisco, CA
At the end of the press release, Vlingo reminds they’ve recently updated their app with hotel, restaurant, movie and text search allowing users to speak such commands as:
- “Tell Joe that I am running 15 minutes late”
- “Hotels in Seattle for tomorrow night”
- “Where is Harry Potter playing tonight?”
- “Update Facebook: I’m going skiing in Aspen!!”
- “Find the best sushi restaurant nearby”
- “Where can I get a burrito?”
Vlingo is available for a number of platforms, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile…