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Apple Hires Former AltaVista and Amazon Search Exec to Run Siri Unit
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I'd wait for all the Motorola Litigation to finish prior to claiming the LOL.
Hey, if you can't beat em...sue em
9 degrees?!?? OK, that's most likely C given your location (though I'd call 48F still pretty chilly
Yeah, that's probably my only complaint with Siri. What she thinks is nice weather often isn't what I think is nice weather. I wish I could tell her what I prefer, and she'd remember and update her commentary appropriately.
I thoroughly enjoy using and depend on Apple products everyday. I just don't think it's smart for them to get into the search business. There's not a need for it right now.
Many want Apple to get into the TV business because we can all pretty much agree that we're sick of TV and cable box/satellite UIs and I loathe having to pick up a remote control for some devices when others (my Yamaha receiver and Roku box) can be controlled via my iOS device. That's what I want. More integration of the appliances/electronics I already have with the Apple devices I already own.
If Apple decides to go down the path of search, I'm afraid they may be drifting further away from what has been a guiding principle at Apple for a long time under Jobs. They were only going to do a few things. They were going to focus on those things with laser-like intensity and determination. And I'll be damned if, when they did that, they didn't make the things they chose to focus on so much better than the rubbish other companies had been peddling for years.
Which brings me back to my main point. Who's clammering for a new search engine? I, for one, wasn't clammering for a new Maps app, but I got one anyway. And I don't see much of anything in the new Maps app that exudes the polish and precision that comes from having a laser-like focus and intensity. Rather, I see an app that is on pretty much all accounts mediocre. It does more things than the previous Maps app did, but it doesn't do any of them particularly well. I hope we're not saying that about an Apple-branded search engine within the next year or two.
Many want Apple to get into the TV business because we can all pretty much agree that we're sick of TV and cable box/satellite UIs and I loathe having to pick up a remote control for some devices when others (my Yamaha receiver and Roku box) can be controlled via my iOS device. That's what I want. More integration of the appliances/electronics I already have with the Apple devices I already own.
If Apple decides to go down the path of search, I'm afraid they may be drifting further away from what has been a guiding principle at Apple for a long time under Jobs. They were only going to do a few things. They were going to focus on those things with laser-like intensity and determination. And I'll be damned if, when they did that, they didn't make the things they chose to focus on so much better than the rubbish other companies had been peddling for years.
Which brings me back to my main point. Who's clammering for a new search engine? I, for one, wasn't clammering for a new Maps app, but I got one anyway. And I don't see much of anything in the new Maps app that exudes the polish and precision that comes from having a laser-like focus and intensity. Rather, I see an app that is on pretty much all accounts mediocre. It does more things than the previous Maps app did, but it doesn't do any of them particularly well. I hope we're not saying that about an Apple-branded search engine within the next year or two.
LOL at clueless person assuming that he's a Google fanboy
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The scary reality of people on the internet. I sincerely KNOW that he thinks that what he wrote is true.
And are we to assume that you surely don't think what you write is true? If you don't think so, then why write it? And if you do think what you write is true, are you the self appointed judge of what is "true" and "not true"? Now THAT'S SCARY REALITY TO ME.
it never gets my german right and i refuse to talk to her like a robot and shes not understanding english when set to german either which makes the whole music control feature useless
needless to say i havent used Siri since last year, almost forgot i had it tbh
and lol at people thinking they can take on google. its burned into everyones mind to just "google" search and they didnt get their data over night. just look at the maps disaster and how that turned out. some things should just stay left alone
needless to say i havent used Siri since last year, almost forgot i had it tbh
and lol at people thinking they can take on google. its burned into everyones mind to just "google" search and they didnt get their data over night. just look at the maps disaster and how that turned out. some things should just stay left alone
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Yes, before I read the headline my first thought was that they had hired Jason Alexander for their next ad campaign.
He never said it was. He was saying all of the pieces are being put in place behind the scenes to make it one. Of course it isn't now, but it looks more and more like that's what Apple intends to do (based on what we've seen so far of course).
Interesting that you cut out the rest of my post from your quote, so that your reply seemed factual...
Sounds like an issue with your connection to the server rather than the server itself. Blame the carrier.
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Take dah german out of j00r mouf den' Hanz.
Given that Apple make about 70% of their sales OUTSIDE the US, these survey results are completely irrelevant.
Siri in a multilingual environment is indeed laughably bad, but -to be honest- so are the competition's offerings.
Apple isnt making a search engine. Apple is attempting to create a solution that makes search engines unnecessary for a finite set of searches by providing tailored actionable results. When Apple gets Siri right its going to do a lot more damage to Google than Bings 15%
Their company got bought by Apple. They weren't really needed any more. So they left in order to go swim in their swimming pools full of cash.
Sounds like a good hire choice. I sure hope he finds a way to speed up Siri's search and command functions. It's been getting gradually slower over time and I'm seeing a lot more people getting frustrated with it too.