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Apple Acknowledges Siri Leadership Has Officially Moved From Eddy Cue to Craig Federighi
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I think this was more true in the past. When apple was blowing up faster than ever. Apple's strength in negotiation was more unknown and in the background.
But with Apple's massive success, a lot of light and attention was put on Apple's business practices. How they manipulated deals. how they strong arm vendors, and in some cases turn around against their own suppliers
Suppliers/Vendors and services who Apple now approach have to look at them very carefully. "Do I sign with the devil with the knowledge they can turn on me and abandon me at any point they feel, or do I just avoid apple all together"
I think we're starting to see the latter and Cue's been unable to really push forwards the deals in Apple's favour like they used to.
While I kinda agree. No personal assistant are really living up to the hype or dreams of users. They all fall short by a couple hundred miles! It's not how many people but how many parallel areas can we create. Asking the time is a different thing from asking the time and different from asking for an Uber or cooking tips or booking appointments. They all require their own algorithms and I think it's obvious when the assistant is missing it. Apple needs to fill in the gaps more than fix what already works. It's gonna take 30-40 years before they become something we can't live without not 1-2 years of throwing a few engineers at it.
The one that gets me almost every single time I try
"Siri, What's the weather". 50/50 gives me "Here's a websearch for Whether"
Google now never fails this one.
Just got the iOS11 beta and now have to put it through it's testing to see if they've managed to do a better job.
Has Eddy Cue ever done anything positive of note? It seems like every time he gets put on a project, people get depressed and every time he gets pulled off a project, people rejoice.
Well, facts ie. success and profits, trumps anedoctical experience at every turn, don't you agree?
And you're comparing Tim Cook to Steve Jobs. Honestly I think mine was the closer comparison.
Cook has done well developing the product lines that were already in place when Jobs passed away, he deserves credit for that, but lets be honest any half competent CEO would've done alright given the roadmap he inherited.
The new products during Cooks tenure have been a mixed bag to put it mildly. The two big ones the Apple TV and the Watch were half baked products that were shoved out of the door before they were even ready.
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Phil Schiller now oversees the App Store which is almost certainly where the vast majority of Apples services revenue comes from.
He’s not a cardboard cut out like Tim, to be sure. But Eddy seems to have the business acumen. Let each drive their own area of expertise. Eddy is a business expert. Craig does software.
offloading his responsibilities to other more capable people like App Store to Phil and now Siri to Craig.
The failed attempt to align content providers under the apple tv plans, im guessing
Best news all day. I actually tried to use Siri for once in a blue moon today, to create an email to order a prescription. Now the name of the doctor isn't in my contacts, but it is in several emails. Of course, when I just say "create an email to 'x'," Siri fumbles and looks in the contacts instead of multiple places, so I just have to do it manually. All while sitting at the kitchen table with family, attempting to show off Siri's intelligence in these situations.
Ans this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Ans this is just the tip of the iceberg.
You mean like Enron? "America's Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years and $101B in revenue 2001! Wait...
