News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Google is close to releasing Siri rival called Majel by generalk on Thursday December 15, 2011 @09:53AM (#3356335)

  > Apple: Lets innovate here and add Siri > Google: Voice? 
  > To control a phone? Lets do that!
No, Apple acquired a company that was using DARPA-funded research from the SRI. Their software was in the iOS app store and on its way to Android/Blackberry when Apple bought them.

  > It seems that when Apple innovates, Google copies.
From the other point of view, Android is way ahead and iPhone is catching up slowly. A tray for multitasking? Notification pulldown from the top statusbar? Microphone-on-keyboard for dictation? All Android features, some from day one.

Face it: everyone takes good ideas from wherever they're found and builds on them. Treating Apple as if it's some divine font of innovation that everyone else can only copy is absurd.

There are no comments on this comment yet.