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  • Why Google IO 2018 squandered AI leadership to focus on copying Apple's innovations

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    Meanwhile, in the real world, Google is setting the standard for autonomous cars, has the best assistant on the market, and keeps making advances in photos. It's still early days for all AI but to suggest they've squandered their lead is plain silly.
    avon b7KITAthatswhatshesaidsingularitymuthuk_vanalingamaaronsullivan

  • YouTube Music subscription service arrives next week as Google puts its content ducks in a...

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    deminsd said:
    I don't like it.  Not only is it confusing as hell what is what, but to me, YouTube is video.  As a Google Play Music family plan subscriber, I'm going to have to think twice if I want to be paying for anything called "YouTube".  Is the Google Play Store (where Android users get apps) going to be called YouTube Store?  I just don't get it.
    I'm glad it's not just me that is totally confused. I'd consider giving this a go if a. it was available in my country b. I had a clue what it was. From the get go, it looks like Google will be adopting the same strategy they have for messaging - several competing platforms and start from scratch every year.
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  • Huawei beats Apple in China-focused corporate reputation survey

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    MacPro said:

    avon b7 said:
    A dead meme. Huawei is more ‘genuine’ !
    I guess more genuine in stealing designs.
    You guess wrong then.

    Huawei is ahead of Apple in many areas. I think we can agree on that even if you do it begrudgingly.

    Design and brand perception are important factors and have an influence on sales. Just how much is the real question.

    There are some people who rate design very high and wouldn't be seen dead with something that wasn't 'in'. Some see the company itself as a status symbol. Of course, there are others who simply seek value for money on a decent handset. I'm basically in that last group but when you are operating in saturated markets it's wise to try and claw in users from all groups.

    I have read about anti Apple sentiment in China flowing onto social networks as a result of the pressure applied to carriers and retailers to keep Huawei's effective presence in the US to virtually zero. I have no idea if it is actually true. I have read two accounts of Tim Cook actually asking for protection from Huawei in the US market at government level. Something I didn't give credence to. If there was an ounce of truth in that it would have been widely reported. However, following the protectionist moves by the US government it has been revealed (a couple of days ago) that Tim Cook and Donald Trump spoke specifically on the China situation (no doubt from an Apple perspective) during their private meeting. Last week we read about a decline of Apple in some of its core EU markets with Huawei showing very strong growth. On Tuesday, Huawei's Honor brand revealed that it's UK sales had increased 100% YoY for Q1. Yesterday, Canalys reported that Apple had fallen to 4th place in Spain (overtaken by Xiaomi) and that Huawei was within one percentage point of taking top spot from Samsung.

    These are situations that have an influence on brand perception. Couple that with the fact that the P20 Pro is being hailed as the top smartphone bar none so far for 2018 and that perception could be reinforced and the better Huawei does away from home, the more pronounced that sensation is.




    Just curious, where is the history if how these companies developed their technology prior to Apple's iPhone with its years of R&D and amazing paradigm shifting IP.  Is it all a case of 'simultaneous invention' taking place across the globe or like Google, a case of jumping in once the genius is seen and ripping everything off?  Perhaps they had a member of Apple's board in their pay too?
    Putting aside the accusations of Huawei stealing IP from Cisco and the national security risk of letting them into telco networks - the idea that they copied the iPhone ten years ago and have done nothing since ignores the reality of how invention works. Apple piggy backed off the inventions of Nokia, Microsoft, Google, etc Other handset manufacturers piggy back off Apple and make advances of their own - whether it's technology like screens, cameras, software or something simple like willingness to take less profit and sell cheaper phones. The iPhone of today wouldn't exist without competition from the clones pushing them.
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  • AI-powered Google News debuts in iOS App Store, replaces Google Play Newsstand

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    nunzy said:
    Just remember that if the app is free, then YOU are the product. Google can't be trusted.
    Are you paying to access this website?
    nunzy

  • Apple grows self-driving test fleet to 55 vehicles as project remains in shadows

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    cgWerks said:
    AppleInsider said:
    The company has yet to apply for a permit to test without backup drivers, but those only became available in California last month.
    Boy, am I glad I don't live there anymore. Maybe just hide in your homes and offices.
    Of course, even WITH backup drivers, once they stop paying attention, you get what happened in Arizona (though the media and police will help cover it up).

    What a friggin' $$$ grab with little regard for human safety.

    applesauce007 said:
    Apple may not be the First but they will likely be the Best!
    From the company that brought you Siri.... 
    37,000 deaths on the roads in the US per year. Which state do you live in where you don't need to hide in your home or office?
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