Top 5 Stocks To Own Right Now

A few years ago, the idea of speaking to your cell phone and getting a response was like something out of a sci-fi movie. Nowadays, if your smartphone doesn't offer voice recognition technology, you're likely missing out on some possibilities. Between Google (NASDAQ: GOOG  ) Now and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) Siri, I'm sure you've heard about a thing or two about voice recognition technology. Perhaps what you haven't heard is how Google Now for iOS has completely undermined Apple Siri, to the point where it may threaten Apple's coveted halo.

Google does it better
Let's face it: Apple's Siri hasn't really made much of a splash with users. It's often dismissed as a nice-to-have feature because it lacks the usefulness for everyday smartphone use. Sure, you can use Siri to control your phone, which could come in handy while driving, but when it comes down to searching for answers, Siri often falls short. That's because Siri lacks the wealth of data and experience that Google has been building over the last 15 years.

Top 5 Stocks To Own Right Now: Boss Energy Ltd (BOE.AX)

Boss Resources Limited engages in the exploration and development of gold projects in west Africa and an oil shale project in northern Tasmania. It holds 100% interest in the Golden Hill, Gourma, and Tenkodogo gold projects covering approximately 1730 square kilometers located in Burkina Faso, west Africa; and an interest in Latrobe oil shale project located in northern Tasmania. The company was formerly known as Boss Energy Limited and changed its name to Boss Resources Limited in September 2011. Boss Resources Limited is based in Subiaco, Australia.

Top 5 Stocks To Own Right Now: Global Payments Inc.(GPN)

Global Payments Inc. provides electronic transaction processing services for merchants, independent sales organizations (ISO), financial institutions, government agencies, and multi-national corporations located in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. It offers a comprehensive line of processing solutions for credit and debit cards; business-to-business purchasing cards; gift cards; and electronic check conversion and check guarantee, verification, and recovery, including electronic check services, as well as terminal management. The company also offers proprietary software products to establish revolving check cashing limits for the casinos? customers in the gaming industry. In addition, it sells, installs, and services automated teller machine and point of sale terminals; and provides card issuing services, including card management and card personalization. The company markets its products directly, as well as through ISOs, retail outlets, tra de associations, alliance bank relationships, and financial institutions. Global Payments Inc. has a joint venture with La Caixa Group to provide merchant acquiring services to merchants in Spain. Global Payments Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Top 5 Safest Companies For 2014: KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (KS)

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation engages in the production and sale of unbleached kraft, linerboard, saturating kraft, and unbleached folding carton boards primarily in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. It offers kraft paper to converters, who produce multiwall bags for agricultural products, pet food, cement, chemicals, and grocery bags, as well as specialty conversion products, such as wrapping paper products and roll wrap; and linerboards to converters in the corrugated box industry and to other converters for various end uses, including laminated tier sheets and wrapping material. The company offers its saturating kraft products to various industries, such as construction, electronics manufacturing, and furniture manufacturing; and unbleached folding carton board products to the general folding carton segment of paperboard packaging. KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation offers its kraft paper, linerboard, and saturating kraft products under the DuraSorb brand name; and folding carton board under the Kraftpak brand name. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

Top 5 Stocks To Own Right Now: Agritec Systems Inc. (AGR.V)

AgriTec Systems, Inc., through its subsidiary, AgriTec, Inc., engages in the commercialization of patents and other technology related to the use of agricultural wastes as raw materials worldwide. The company�s methods and products for amorphous precipitated silicas, silica gels, and activated carbon products derived from biomass are used for commercial applications in the rubber, plastics, and semiconductor manufacturing industries, as well as in water and gas purification applications. It has approximately 22 granted patents and 22 pending patents. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Top 5 Stocks To Own Right Now: Interactive Intelligence Inc.(ININ)

Interactive Intelligence, Inc. provides software application suites for voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) business communications to enterprises in the United States and internationally. The company offers software products and services for contact center, enterprise IP telephony, multichannel contact management, and business process automation. Its solutions include Interactive Intelligence Customer Interaction Center that provides contact centers and enterprises a single platform and a pre-integrated all-in-one application solution for IP telephony, including phone calls, faxes, e-mails, and Web interactions; Interactive Intelligence Customer Interaction Center for the Enterprise, an IP PBX phone and communications system for SIP-supported VoIP for mid-sized and larger enterprises, as well as offers real-time presence management and remote access with unified messaging, IVR and interaction client integrations for Microsoft applications; Interaction Process Automation t hat allows an organization to capture, prioritize, route, escalate, and track each step in a work process; and Interaction Content Management solution. The company also provides professional, managed, education, and support services. Its solutions are used by businesses and organizations that employ remote and mobile workers in teleservices, financial services, insurance, higher education, utilities, healthcare, retail, technology, government, and business services industries. The company distributes its products through partners and direct arrangements with end-user customers. Interactive Intelligence, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.