Theoretical improvements: The status of Siri in iOS 12

In the battle of digital voice assistants, people often mock Siri for lagging behind competing products from Amazon and Google. During Monday’s WWDC 2018 keynote, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, glossed over those failings, calling Siri the “world’s most-used digital assistant.” What he neglected to mention was the increasing frustration of […]

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from Ian Fuchs – Cult of Mac https://www.cultofmac.com/553339/siri-ios-12-wwdc-2018/

Avoid road hazards and slowdowns with Waze [50 Essential iOS Apps #22]

All across the country (and the world), people depend on cars to get from place to place. Unfortunately, not knowing where traffic is slow, or where a police officer is hiding, can cause serious delays. The Waze navigation app takes out the guesswork. It tells drivers where traffic, construction or the 5-0 might turn a […]

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from Ian Fuchs – Cult of Mac https://www.cultofmac.com/552225/waze-review-best-navigation-app/

What WWDC’s ‘sneak peek’ at project Marzipan could mean for the Mac

Near the end of Monday’s WWDC 2018 keynote, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi addressed a question that’s been circulating in the tech press for a while: Are Mac and iOS merging? His answer was direct and unequivocal: “No.” Then he delivered a “sneak peek” of Apple’s long-rumored cross-platform project codenamed “Marzipan.” […]

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from Ian Fuchs – Cult of Mac https://www.cultofmac.com/552963/wwdc-2018-project-marzipan-sneak-peek/