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AppleInsider Podcast discusses Siri's rocky start, Google Assistant on iPad, and Fitibit for kids

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This week on the AppleInsider podcast, Victor talks about Siri, the spat between people responsible for it, Google Assistant on the iPad, and the problems around a Fitbit for kids.

AppleInsider editor Victor Marks discusses:

  • The Information spoke to anonymous Apple sources who spoke about the litany of problems with Siri, especially in its early days at Apple
  • This prompted Dag Kittlaus who co-founded Siri to respond. Pull up a chair and grab some popcorn, we never see this happen.
  • It's kind of strange just how many times Siri has bounced around among managers. Forstall, Williamson, Cue, Federighi...
  • Google Assistant comes to iPad. Google deserves some credit for what they've accomplished.
  • France's Finance Minister is going to take Apple and Google to court over App stores. We'll be watching to see how this develops.
  • Calendar 2 returns to the Mac App Store, minus its cryptocurrency miner. Why does a calendar application mine cryptocurrency? I'm glad you asked...
  • United Healthcare adds Apple Watch Series 3 to their motion device program, giving insured people up to 1000 USD for accomplishing motion goals.
  • Fitbit announces their second generation smartwatch, and a Fitbit for kids. There are a lot of problems around a device tracker for kids. Have they addressed them all?
  • and, a tip about how to view and DVR over-the-air TV on AppleTV

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