spice-boy

Apple should pull Siri's "virtual plug" and license a better technology. Beyond finding "taco places in my area" Siri has proven pretty useless outside of small task and very simple questions and that's if it understand what I am asking. Apple appears to be a bit scattered with its focus these days, like a child with too many toys to play with they develop a service or product make a big deal out of it then move onto the next "great" idea and let the last one collect dusts. Time for Apple to be perfect a few things rather than dabble in fields others have now mastered. iOS in a complex nightmare these days when you need to change a setting quickly. Do us all a favor and strip it down and bring some joy back to your products and services. 

Does anyone that has the new MacBook like it? Maybe Apple spent too much effort on that "nobody asked for it" led strip and forgot about what a pro needs from a pro machine. 

usersinceos1 said:

Bribery by any name....  It used to be illegal for American businesses to bribe foreign officials to obtain their business, but I guess not anymore.  How much of that $40M will help the people and economy of Indonesia, and how much will end up in the (foreign) bank accounts of the leaders?

Here is an excerpt from Reuters link which Appleinsider provided… 

"Apple received a "local content certification" in November, I Gusti Putu Suryawirawan, director-general for metal, machines, transport equipments and electronics at the industry ministry, said in a text message.

An Apple spokeswoman declined to confirm the investment figure, but pointed to an announcement last year that the U.S. tech company had committed to build an iOS App Development Center in Indonesia."

This is not a bribe but how and actual "deal" looks.