Apple blasts Siri class-action: Gold-diggers with unfair expectations
Apple has fired back at iPhone 4S users who joined a class-action suit accusing the company of deceptive advertising around Siri‘s capabilities, arguing the complainers are simply out to make money. In a freshly filed motion to dismiss the suit, Apple suggests that rather than having legitimate issues with the accuracy of the “beta” virtual personal
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16 May 2012
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Siri Violates Patents, Chinese Company Claims
Following media exposure over customer care, Apple is once again in focus in China. A Chinese company filed a lawsuit claiming Apple has copied components of Siri’s voice recognition software. Zhizhen Network Technology Co., a Shanghai-based company, alleges Apple’s virtual private assistant Siri violates its patent related to voice recognition technology. The companies are expected...Siri Violates Patents, Chinese Company Claims is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource
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Nike‘s second-gen FuelBand fitness monitor will include heart-rate tracking and Bluetooth 4.0, insider sources claim, as well as the ability to feed motion data into third party applications. The sports company is already field-testing the new wearable in casings disguised to look exactly like the first model, Gear Live‘s tipster suggests, with a boost in Read The Full StoryRead similar
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Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 won’t be enough to stem the flow of iPhone buyers, new US research suggests, with the freshly-revealed fourth-gen flagship facing waning brand loyalty. Just 15-percent of US consumers intend to buy a Samsung phone within the next six months, Yankee Group‘s March research indicates, versus 40-percent aiming to buy an iPhone. Read The Full StoryRead similar
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LG will appeal the near-€500m European Commission fine for allegedly price-fixing CRT displays, arguing reduced liability as well as unfair treatment in comparison to the five other companies stung by the investigation. LG had no part in the running of LG Philips Displays post-July 2011, the company insists, despite the EC holding it liable. “For Read The Full StoryRead similar
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Apple Looking To Boost Siri’s Accuracy & Performance, Posts 12 Job Openings
Apple has posted 12 new job listings over the weekend, all of which relate to Siri, suggesting that the company is getting pretty serious about boosting its speech-recognizing personal assistant’s accuracy and performance, as noted by FastCompany. One of the job posts suggests that Siri is going to expand dramatically, because Apple’s looking for a “Siri...Apple Looking To Boost Siri’s Accuracy & Performance, Posts 12 Job Openings is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource
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Apple asked the US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to dismiss the lawsuit filed by seven consumers accusing the company of having a monopoly over apps available for download on the iPhone, Bloomberg reports. The initial lawsuit was filed two years ago with attorneys charging Apple with monopoly because iPhone users have no other option...Apple Seeks to Dismiss Lawsuit Alleging iPhone App Store Monopoly is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource
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Two class action lawsuits have been launched against Apple in Quebec and Saskatchewan over the promotion of Siri as a feature of the iPhone 4S. The digital assistant feature had a limited launch in Canada with the debut of the iPhone 4S, which was misleading according to the proposed lawsuits. According to Bereskin & Parr LLP:...Apple Faces Class Action Lawsuits Over Siri in Quebec and Saskatchewan is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource
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After releasing Siri on the iPhone 4S back in 2011, Apple has finally disclosed how long it keeps all of those commands and hankering questions you have for Siri. The Cupertino-based company says that it keeps all Siri data for two years, but they state that all of the data from Siri that the company Read The Full StoryRead similar
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It’s not surprising, obviously, but it seems Apple is wanting to boost the accuracy and performance of Siri, the company’s voice-controlled personal assistant of sorts. Apple posted up 12 job listings over the weekend, all of which relate to Siri. Most of the positions are rather vague on what exactly the involvement is with Siri Read The Full StoryRead similar
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Yesterday, we reported that hardware hacker Jeri Ellsworth, who joined Valve in 2012, had been fired. She made the announcement via Twitter, but didn’t provide any details about what had caused such an action. Now reports are rolling in that more than two dozen other Valve employees have been laid off, with nothing more than Read The Full StoryRead similar
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Libratone, maker of felt-covered wireless speakers, has abandoned its obsession with Apple, updating three of its most recent models to support Android and Windows thanks to freshly-added DLNA support. The Libratone Zipp, Live, and Lounge models will all gain DLNA streaming capabilities, piping music from your smartphone, tablet, or Windows PC over your WiFi network. Meanwhile, Read The Full StoryRead similar
