steven n.

Great news all around on this one.

Works flawlessly on Mac and Windows using Safari/Edge/IE.

I avoid Chrome like the plague it is.

I don't get this. I am sure she was compensated for the work she did for Nuance even if it was a small amount and probably 100% hourly based. As for the statement:

'Siri it's been turned "into a vehicle for improper and humiliating speech."'

???

It would be nice to know the views she thinks Siri has that are improper and humiliating. My guess is she had no idea what Nuance was going to use this for and had even less clue Apple would use Nuance's work as the basis for Siri voice command and control. Now she just wants more of the pie.

I'm puzzled over this. Really I am.

In 2008, the media lauded the Obama campaign for using the growing social media platforms to create a grass roots campaign by scraping data from its users and user's "friends". Obama even had a special app for the 2012 campaign requiring FB login and it collected (without clear notification) very similar data as the CA data.

Personally, I think they are both reprehensible invasions, but why was it lauded by the media in 2008 and 2012 as a wonderful use of the new social media platforms and fully demonize in 2016?

spice-boy said:

Good for France and other "woke" nations. For those that are crying on Apple's behalf each nation has rules for those that live and earn income within that country. Apple and other tech giants have reaped massive amounts of money and by exploiting loopholes in the tax laws have managed to avoid paying what other business' are already paying.

Yes Spam there is such a thing as "fair share" it is what the tax laws say is fair and not what a fan boy says it is for poor, little Apple. 

Exploiting loopholes? You mean companies are following the convoluted laws the governments set up to solicit favor with specific constituents? 

Eventually, they will run out of other people's money.