Dec 09 2011
So, Apple’s engineers recently found themselves with egg on their faces with regard to the iPhone 4S’ Siri application. Why? Privilege, as it happens. My best guess about the “Siri doesn’t help find abortion clinics” maneno is that the engineers responsible for the application completely forgot to vet stuff relevant to women today, like abortion …
Oct 19 2011
Poor Siri. I’d hate to see the server statistics for how often Siri is sexually harassed since the iPhone 4S came out. (And yeah, Apple has those numbers — your voice commands are interpreted by the central Apple servers, so during peak use times, it’s apparently difficult to get Siri to function properly.)
Aug 05 2011
A few quick Space links to cap Friday night. On Bad Astronomy: Atlantis’ final reentry was caught from the IIS in this amazing picture. Also, an amateur astronomer managed to catch the IIS and Atlantis in broad daylight, 1.5 hrs after sunrise. Awesome! Speaking of amateur astronomy, this iPhone telescope clip would be awesome. If …
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