Without further ado and much speculation and excitement, Apple has just announced the new iPhone 5 at the Yerba Buena Center! Here are some snazzy pics of it too, which confirms all the rumors and speculation so far.
The Departed, Goodfellas, Casino, and The Color of Money are just a few of the many films famous director Martin Scorsese has been a part of. I am not so sure if he will be so proud of his most recent project though. Scorsese is featured in a new Apple commercial for Siri, Apple’s voice activated assistant.
It takes a lot to knock Apple off kilter, who is one of the biggest tech companies in the world. If any time were a bad time for Apple, this week may have been it. Let’s take a look back and see just how bad it was for multi-billion dollar company.
It’s not just a patent war, it’s also a full on product war. Who is building better products these days - Apple or Google? Techno Buffalo compares Siri and Google Search side by side to see who will out perform the other. The results may surprise you based on which fanbase you favor. With Google Now coming in the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update, Android will really be building a phenomenal product.
Some of you may have noticed that I am an iPhone fanboy, well because I own one and it’s pretty darn awesome. One of the major changes to iOS 5 version that came along last year was Siri, the “intelligent assistant.” Siri allows you to ask it questions, and get responses based on queries it makes to different sources. The big problem that I have had with Siri is that it hardly works. Most of the time whatever I say just ends up being a Google search.
At the Apple World Wide Developers conference today, Apple made the official, and long rumored statement that Facebook will be fully integrated into Apple iOS6. So for all the iPhone and iPad users out there, this should be a welcomed changed.
Let’s say Superman and Batman were sitting at a cafe, and Superman pulled out his communication device - the device being an iPhone 4S with Siri. And then Batman pulls out his Batphone. Would you say the Batphone trumps the iPhone? Watch this video and find out!
In this day in age when our data is so important, losing or getting your iPhone stolen can be detrimental. Sure you can lock your iPhone, but it can be hacked into or you can even remote wipe your data, deleting it for good if it fell into the wrong hands.
Not only does Apple’s iPhone assistant Siri help you in the palm of your hand with voice commands, Siri is now getting upgraded to become the first voice activated mobile assistant for Mercedes-Benz vehicles. According to Mercedes, Siri will be integrated into it’s A-Class electronics system as part of the Digital DriveStyle App.
Those that were expecting a miracle from the new iPad (iPad third gen) may be a little disappointed, but not too badly. The new iPad event just ended a short time ago, with announcements of some nice new features for iPad lovers.
As part of a NY Times post on the updated and new premium services for Wolfram Alpha, the computational search engine, they let out a tidbit of information that 25% of all searches on the search engine derive from Siri. Siri as you know is the Apple intelligent voice assistant which just debuted with the iPhone 4S a few months ago.
Ever since Apple came out with it’s intelligent voice assistant Siri, the mobile market has been developing and hacking around it plus other mobile platforms have been trying to come up with alternatives to call their own, which haven’t been that successful.
Siri is really popular these days, so it’s no big surprise that even Santa Clause is getting in on the action. Apple’s new ad featuring the jolly Kris Kringle shows that even Santa can use a little help spreading happiness and gifts all over the world.
When Apple’s intelligent assistant Siri is not reading your mind, it is helping you with certain life situations such as, trying to mitigate arguments with your significant other.
This may be one of the best hacks to date. Called Project Black Mirror, Ollie and Josh who are a couple of hackers have created proof of concept and have a working prototype of a Siri hack that will read your mind.
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