Google in a hurry with the release of an analogue of Siri for Android

As reported by the journalists of the newspaper Wall Street Journal, the manufacturer of the operating system Android, the company Google, has accelerated the pace of developing its own rival Siri. This is a personal assistant,  Assistant Google .

 

Internet giant wants to make Google Assistant - the main control function smartphones and tablets on the basis of the next version of the operating system Android. The main difference from the Siri will be the "openness" of the instrument. With this third-party developers to integrate Google Assistant in their programs.

It is unknown whether the development be limited to only Android or whether it will be available in other software platforms. By the way, Google has already started work on the voice search engine, and perhaps these ideas will be included in the basis of future innovations.

  

Note that the first mention of the development of analog Siri for Android came in December last year, then reported on a new technology code-named  Majel . In March 2012 portal TechCrunch reported on the Google project called Google Assistant. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Internet giant hopes to include in your voice service platform Android 5.0 Jelly Bean.

According to reports, Jelly Bean will be more market-oriented plates and preparing to bring a dual-boot feature, as well as the ability to switch between different operating systems without shutting down the device.

PIN-code to turn off the iPhone as a smartphone anti-theft protection

On pages SizloCore.com can find dozens of stories about how the service is Find My iPhone helps you find the stolen smartphone iPhone, iPad, and even the plates stolen, along with iOS-device thing .

 

Thanks to the search service of Apple, users can easily calculate the location of their gadgets, but only if the robber is not familiar with the intricacies of iOS. An attacker, encroach on the iPhone, enough to switch off the device to eliminate the possibility of its detection. Twitter User Cable Maxfield Sasser (@ Cabel) found a way out: he proposes to add in iOS lock function off with the PIN-code.

The idea for the new features Cable learned from past experience:

"When the iPhone was stolen last year in San Francisco, the kidnappers immediately blocked the Find My iPhone, simply turning off the device. My idea is to add a setting in iOS «PIN-code to disable the iPhone».

In the event that a thief can not stop the "apple" of the communicator, his rightful owner will be more likely to detect the device. The function Find My iPhone, built-in "OSes", will provide a continuous broadcast of information about his whereabouts. And losing your iPhone, the user can enter the service, and certainly knows the location of the gadget, as well as be able to send him a message, block or erase all the information.

Such a function would be one more obstacle to those who want to steal the iPhone or iPad. Lotion is really interesting and easy to implement. What will Apple?