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Former Apple Insider: “Steve Would Have Lost His Mind Over Siri”
Tim Cook has been profiled in this month’s issue of Fortune. Cook is being portrayed as a leader that is approachable. When a group of investors visited Apple as part of a “bus tour,” Apple CEO Tim Cook actually showed up to the meeting and answered questions diligently. This is something that Steve Jobs never did. As CEO, Cook also issued a dividend to shareholders and created a program to match employee gifts to charity. Cook also sits randomly with Apple employees in the cafeteria at lunchtime whereas Jobs typically dined with design chief Jonathan Ive. This is a small difference that employees have seen in terms of interacting with their CEO. In terms of shortcomings at the company since Jobs passed away is Siri. Siri is still in “beta” mode and it’s response time is considered slow. The servers and software powering Siri are inadequate. “People are embarrassed by Siri,” stated a former insider at the company. “Steve would have lost his mind over Siri.”
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iSuppli: Apple To Spend $27 Billion On Semiconductors In 2012
iSuppli’s head of electronics and semiconductor research Dale Ford is predicting that Apple will spend $27 billion on semiconductors in 2012. He presented his prediction at the company’s Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Summit. Apple is set to maintain a huge lead over Samsung through at least 2013. Apple went from being the third largest buyer of semiconductors in 2009 to the front in 2010. According to iSuppli, Apple spent $23 billion on semiconductors in 2011, which is over 50% more than their closest rivals. Ford also pointed out that Apple’s microprocessor spending has grown from $9 billion in 2009 to $27 billion this year. Ford is predicting that Apple will spend $29 billion on semiconductors next year.
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Report: Apple Ships Over 13.6 Million iPads In Q2 2012
According to a report by DisplaySearch.com, Apple Inc. has shipped nearly 17.2 million mobile PCs in Q1 2012. DisplaySearch cites the latest NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report for the data. About 80% of Apple’s mobile PC shipments were iPads, which hit over 13.6 million units in the quarter. Total PC shipments in Q1 2012 were 76.2 million units. This led to a seasonal drop of 15% compared to Q4 2011. Apple’s mobile shipments of 17.2 million mobile PCs worldwide for the quarter gave them a 22.5% market share. This is more than double their closest rival, Hewlett Packard.
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Rumor: New iPhone Will Have Less Than A 4-Inch Display
There are rumors that the Apple iPhone 5 will have a screen that is larger than 4 inches, but a source with 9to5Mac has heard that the iPhone 5 will have a display that is 3.999 inches diagonally. The iPhone 5 prototypes are floating around Apple’s headquarters in thick, locked shells to disguise the exterior design to “undisclosed” employees. Apple will increase the size of the display and leave the current resolution, but pixels will be added to the display. The new iPhone display resolution will be 640 x 1136 according to 9to5Mac’s sources. This makes the iPhone 5 176 pixels longer. The screen will be the same at 1.9632 inches wide, but it will be made 3.484 inches tall. The new resolution is close to a 16:9 screen ratio.
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IBM Does Not Want Employees To Use Siri At Work
If you have an iPhone 4S and work for IBM, you may want to avoid using Siri. Siri is the virtual assistant built into the iPhone 4S. Siri transmits everything you say to a data center in Maiden, North Carolina. IBM CIO Jeanette Horan said that Siri has been banned because “the company worries that the spoken queries might be stored somewhere.” Apple primarily collects all of this information to help improve responses by Siri. Recently I wrote a list of the funniest Siri responses, which clearly shows how inaccurate the virtual assistant can be to search queries. The American Civil Liberties Union issued a warning a couple of months ago because some of the data that Siri collects can be very personal.
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Apple Design Leader Jonathan Ive Gets Knighted In Buckingham Palace
Apple design leader Jonathan Ive was knighted today at Buckingham Palace. The honor was performed by Princess Anne. His knighthood was first announced back in December. As part of the knighthood, Ive gave a rare interview with The Telegraph. When in college, he studied design at Newcastle Polytechnic (now known as Northumbria University). He often goes back to give guest lectures there.
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TiVO Streaming Device Coming To iOS This Summer
TiVo is releasing a new device that will transcode content for viewing on the iPhone and iPad. The company announced the new device at the 2012 NCTA Cable conference in Boston yesterday. The TiVo streaming device will be available for purchase later this summer and it will connect to TiVo Premiere or the Premiere Q DVR. The content will be able to stream on iOS devices at the same time without interrupting what is playing on TV with a choice of download or stream.
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Why Was The Apple Logo Upside Down On Earlier Laptop Models?
Former Apple employee Joe Moreno said that the company has an internal system called “Can We Talk?” Any employee can raise questions on almost any subject. Moreno asked the forum “Why is the Apple logo upside down on laptops when the lid is open?” on earlier models.
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TOP 80 FUNNY SIRI RESPONSES
Siri (Speech Interpretation and Recognition Interface) is an intelligent personal assistant. The application uses a natural language user interface, but it is not 100% accurate. Siri responses have become a meme, but Apple is currently dealing with a lawsuit over the inaccuracy of the service. Below is a gallery of over 80 of funny Siri responses:
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Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer Sends Brochure To Cupertino Residents About Campus 2
Apple Inc. CFO Peter Oppenheimer sent a brochure to Cupertino residents about the planned “Campus 2.” The brochure is asking for feedback in several ways. Some residents are concerned about the added traffic. Cupertino residents can fill out postage paid response card or fill out information on the Cupertino.org website. Below is a letter from one of Apple’s new neighbors as obtained by 9to5Mac:
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