In just a matter of days, a second trustworthy source has mentioned the Apple’s unnamed Amazon Echo competitor. And this time around we have a purported launch date for the gadget, which will mark Apple's first new iOS-powered product line since the Apple Watch.
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note to investors seen by 9to5Mac that Apple will launch a “Siri Speaker” product at WWDC 2017 un June. Kuo, who has an accurate track record when predicting Apple’s plans, says there’s a more than 50% chance of Apple announcing the device at its developers conference next month. The product should then hit stores in the second half of the year, though it's unclear how much it will cost.
Kuo calls the unbranded device “Apple’s first home AI product,” saying that it’ll feature “excellent” sound, packing in seven tweeters and a subwoofer. The device will be sold as a more premium option compared to the Amazon Echo.
A few days ago, Apple leaker Sonny Dickson said that Apple’s Siri speaker design is currently being finalized. He later added that the device might feature some form of Beats technology and run a version of iOS.
https://twitter.com/SonnyDickson/status/857584905982693379
Dickson further explained to Mashable that the gadget will feature a design similar to Apple’s Mac Pro, but also to UE Boom’s mesh speaker. Finally, he noted that it’ll have controls in a concave area on top of the speaker.
Workers and activists marked May Day around the world Monday with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hundreds of protesters blocked roads in Puerto Rico's capital Monday as May Day demonstrators angered by a decade-long economic crisis marched against looming austerity measures and demanded an audit to identify those responsible for running up a $70 billion public debt load.
There’s something about polls that are endlessly fascinating to humans. It doesn’t make much sense, but we as a species really, really like to record our feelings, opinions, and stances in every possible way, even if it’s something that really doesn’t have any actual meaning whatsoever. Treeo, a new app that bills itself as “addictive emoji voting” squeezes that little part of our brains until it practically bursts, and there’s a good chance you could lose some serious time
As the name implies, the core mechanic of Treeo is a three-option polling system that forces you to decide how you feel about the specific options. It could be as simple as choosing which of three really awesome looking vacation destinations fits your taste the best, or deciding how you feel about three different outfits. But rather than just pick your favorite, you have to choose between the three emoji options — typically ranging from great, which might be a thumbs-up emoji, to awful, like a poop emoji, along with a third option somewhere in between.
You drag the circular image of the choices to the emoji that matches, according to you, and your vote is then logged. Immediately after you vote, you get to see a breakdown of exactly how everyone else voted, with percentages showing how close you were to the average or how completely absurd your opinion actually is. It’s extremely easy to grasp, and there’s really no barrier to entry or learning curve, you just open the app, vote, and view results.
But the real fun of Treeo is less about your own voting habits and more about seeing how your friends have voted. On the post-voting results screen you can scroll down to see how other people you’ve connected with on the app also voted, which really makes the whole exercise feel very, very personal. Finding out which guy (or gal) celebrity your friends find the most attractive, their favorite obscure 80s band, or what their dream car is can be a pretty enlightening experience, and the option to comment on friends’ votes makes it a much more social experience than you’d initially expect.
Of course, if you really want to embrace Treeo’s most addictive feature, you can create your own polls, where you pick a category, choose the options, and assign the emojis you want the voters to use. It’s very simple and you can whip up a poll in a matter of seconds. It’s one of the app’s best features, but it’s also where there could be potential for abuse — think “hot or not” mixed with a hefty helping of adolescent bullying, for example. It’s not a deal-breaker, but it’s something Treeo’s creators would do well to monitor to ensure things don’t go off the rails. You can read more about Treeo in the company's Medium post, and download the app below.
Treeo is free to download, and is live right now on the App Store.
Disclosure: BGR Editor-in-chief Jonathan Geller is an investor.
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