Joseph Bland on Mark Gurman: Ternus wants a more agentic Siri - 'Good on you, Mr. Federighi! The absolute target as AI evolves is personal privacy protection. Apple’s system gives its users a choice. If Mr. Ternus isn’t 100% behind that, then putting him in charge was a mistake. More likely, though, this is just Mark Gurman making trouble.'
on Mark Gurman: Ternus wants a more agentic Siri - 'I thought they were doing this already. Stop pussyfooting, Craig!'
on Mark Gurman: Ternus wants a more agentic Siri - 'I use Grok Bot for agentic work that I wish Siri could handle. Yesterday I asked it to check iPhone Duo inventory at local Apple and T-Mobile stores every hour. It found exactly the model I wanted within a few hours. Siri cannot do that, but it should be able to!'
on Mark Gurman: Ternus wants a more agentic Siri - 'Have you met them? Apple will not stop. They don’t have the same goals as the others. They need an agent to get things done on device. And Apple is still the best device for AI – even the competitions.'
on Singapore has become Apple's biggest tax shelter - 'Giddy up Guinness. Ireland stood by Apple throughout that political nonsense. So I will give them kudos for being a stalwart partner fighting the likes of Vestager from beginning to end.'
on Counterpoint: Apple hoovered up half of Sept. quarter phone revenue - 'It gets even better next quarter, when Duo sales get counted,'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Joseph, I agree with you. Doing the investigations doesn’t do anything to lower the price of gas or food. I think some of the early comments that I heard may be encouraging that at least there is some sanity left in some of the politicians but we will have to see. They would be more wise to dealing with things that will make people’s lives better and not looking for revenge. I would hope that investigations into Apple would be further down the list. But, then again, you never know. There may be a few on the far left(as with the far right) that may say some crazy things but hopefully, they don’t speak for most of the people elected to office this past week. But we will have to see.'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Shocking though this is, I think the Washington Post is all wet here. I am unaware of Apple ‘hosting tracking apps” used by ICE. I do recall that Apple removed “ICE Block” from the App Store at the Trump Administration’s request. That was an app that some people protesting ICE used to keep track of the agency’s movements in real time so they could show up in time to video-record their actions. Photographing and even protesting law-enforcement actions that occur in plain sight is activity protected by the First-Amendment. So if Congress plans to apply some heat to reinforce that basic idea, I am in favor of it.'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Could well be. But Cook et al know how to deal with Xi, etc. I am sure they can handle any posers. What will be critical is not how smart the Congresscritters are but how capable their staff people are. They are the ones really behind all this. I expect a lot of good lawyers, etc. will be waiting to get involved, just as they did with Watergate. So I am hopeful we have hearings as capable as that. Time will tell.'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Why would anyone take on a job wherein half the population thinks you’re an idiot and that pays less (in some cases a lot less) than their day job, unless they have some degree of a god complex, or the side benefits are really good. Are lawyers anymore ethical than the average politician? I think not.'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Unfortunately congress is made up of a bunch of amateurs posturing for constituents rather than legal professionals evaluating the facts and merits. I don’t expect that kind of rational thinking from them.'
on Saturday Apple video: Why Apple Didn't Make Steve Jobs Rich - 'It is not uncommon to hear people say the Jobs was all about the product and not the profit. And yet…….'
on Jason Snell: 100,000 Duo apps and counting - 'And in sharp contrast with their response to the Vision Pro…'
on Jason Snell: 100,000 Duo apps and counting - 'My take:… easy for so many develops to quckly get in line. develops can act quckly when they want to and there’s nothing you can do about it!'
