Whereas in the I/O presentation, when Duplex jumped right into booking a dinner reservation, the Duplex now generally starts with this introduction: “Hi, I’m calling to make a reservation.

Google allowed reporters to play around with Duplex, the technology that books restaurant reservations or make appointments with a hair salon. Duplex is still in the testing phase, but Google ...

The startup is trying to change that, by offering scheduling software for the the salon and spa industry. And it's been catching on because it's free. Now they're raising $6 million.

StyleSeat, the “OpenTable for hair stylists” backed by Founders Fund (via FF Angel), 500 Startups, Ashton Kutcher, and others (including a who’s who of angel investors), is today launching a ...