In reading the comments here, I think many would be very surprised at just how little scientific research is done by corporations these days.
So, pull people from R&D to fix software bugs, then watch the product line dry up and the company fail due to lack of new products? That's a sound way to run a company.How about a Secretive 'Startup' team to work on providing improvements and stability on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS? It's the software that needs love and attention.
Is this Mark Grumman trying to make news? It's not anything that isn't well known. Apple has always maintained high security over unannounced hardware that is far from commercial release. As others have said, every company has a R&D group.In his most recent newsletter, Gurman revealed new information about Apple's Exploratory Design Group, known as "XDG" inside the company. The team is apparently highly secretive, even by Apple's notoriously high standards. People working on one project within the group are not permitted to communicate about their work with other members of XDG that are tasked with a different project. Individuals are also organized by skill set rather than specific projects, meaning that XDG members often work on several different projects simultaneously.
Ha! Came on here to post this exactly. This is a groundbreaking conceptSo.....Apple has an R&D group.
Big if true.
Don’t these two claims conflict? If many XDG members work on multiple projects, then someone working on projects A and B is highly likely to be communicating with people working on project C, because those people are also working on project B.People working on one project within the group are not permitted to communicate about their work with other members of XDG that are tasked with a different project. Individuals are also organized by skill set rather than specific projects, meaning that XDG members often work on several different projects simultaneously.
Um....this team don't just work on iPhone. Submit your suggestion via the feedback form.I absolutely need to meet someone from this team! I've had an idea for the past couple of years for an iphone feature that I truly believe could be worth millions. Unfortunately, it's not an idea that can be implemented through a third party app, otherwise I would have already developed it. It's something that has to be added to iOS.
Sorry, but there's no way I would ever give the idea to apple for free.Um....this team don't just work on iPhone. Submit your suggestion via the feedback form.
If all it took was "a few hundred million" then this would have been done years ago.I really wish Apple would poor a few hundred million (the loose change in Tim's couch) into getting deep into a REAL AI rather than the personal assistant crap that is Siri and most other takes on the tech. I want something that works better than the crappy human intelligence we're currently saddled with.
Ouch, I'm looking at you Craig Federighi as these are all your areas under your control.How about a Secretive 'Startup' team to work on providing improvements and stability on iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and macOS? It's the software that needs love and attention.
Exactly. Several years ago at the shareholders meeting Tim Cook said that they are aggressively funding R&D projects. Many wouldn’t see the light of day but they have to work them out to see which ones would pan out.Nothing new here. Tim has always said they are working on a lot of stuff that may never come to fruition.
Apple is hardly a pioneer in non-invasive blood glucose monitoring. There has been at least one working prototype since 2018. What XDG is working on is most likely miniaturization, not the underlying technology itself.Last week, Gurman revealed that XDG was behind Apple's recent breakthrough with non-invasive blood glucose monitoring technology.